Background
LeMieux, Raymond William was born on March 6, 1905 in Marquette, Michigan, United States. Son of Adolphe and Marceline (St. Amour) LeMieux.
Historical researcher music educator
LeMieux, Raymond William was born on March 6, 1905 in Marquette, Michigan, United States. Son of Adolphe and Marceline (St. Amour) LeMieux.
Bachelor in English, Northern State University, 1927. Bachelor of Music in Composition and Viola, Eastman School Music, University Rochester, 1934. Master of Arts in Musicology, Columbia University, 1945.
DEd, Columbia University, 1966.
Director music Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, Michigan, 1927—1938, Public Schools, Negaunee, 1928—1931. Instructor music Teachers College, Montclair, New Jersey, 1936—1938. Director orchestral music DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, 1939—1946.
Director music Board Education, 1946—1966. Director graduate music education Manhattan School Music, since 1950. Choral conductor community churches Big Rapids, 1927—1928.
Viola player Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, 1931—1934, String Quartet, New York City, 1940—1960. Director evaluation Urban Education Title I, 1967—1974.
Adjudicator Talent Hunt, Omega Psi Phi, New York City, 1981. Member of Menninger Foundation, National Association Jazz Educators, New York State Council Music Education Programs (president 1973), New York State School Music Association (conductor state junior High School band 1945), Music Educators National Conference, Reveille Club (New York City) (president, historian), Sigma Pi Phi.
Married Pocahontas Foster, June 17, 1938. Children: Marceline, Remi.