Background
Ballard, Louis Wayne was born on July 8, 1931 in Miami, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles Guthrie and Leona Mae (Quapaw) Ballard.
Ballard, Louis Wayne was born on July 8, 1931 in Miami, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Charles Guthrie and Leona Mae (Quapaw) Ballard.
Bachelor of Music and Music Education, University Tulsa, 1954. Master of Music, 1962. Doctor of Music (honorary), College Santa Fe, 1973.
Doctor of Music (honorary), William Jewell College, 2001.
Director vocal and instrumental music Nelagoney (Oklahoma) Public School, 1954-1956. Director vocal music Webster High School, Tulsa, 1956-1958. Private music teacher, 1959-1962.
Music director Institute American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, 1962-1965, director performing arts, 1965-1969. National director music education curriculum and review Bureau Indian Affairs, Washington, 1969-1979. Lecturer, clinician, since 1960.
President First American Indian Films, Inc., since 1969. Distinguished visiting professor music Wm Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, since 2000.
Member American Society of Composers, Music Educators National Conference (chairman minority concerns committee for New Mexico 1976), American Symphony Orchestra League, International Society for Polyaesthetic Music Education and Performance (lecturer), Phi Beta Kappa (alumni member Beta chapter Oklahoma 1999). Lodges: Masons, Scottish Rite (32d degree).
Married Ruth Sands, December 6, 1965. Children by previous marriage: Louis Anthony, Anne Marie, Charles Christopher.