Robert Marshall Copeland

Background

Copeland, Robert Marshall was born on January 30, 1945 in Douglas, Wyoming, United States. Son of Wilbur Clyde and Arvilla Estella (Walkinshaw) Copeland.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Geneva College, 1966. MM, University Cincinnati, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1974.

Postgraduate, Westminster Choir College, 1982. Postgraduate, Emory University, 1988.

Career

Assistant professor to professor music Mid-American Nazarene College, Olathe, Kansas, 1971-1981. Professor music, director choral activities Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, since 1981, chairman department music, 1981-1999. Visiting lecturer University Kansas, Lawrence, 1977.

Trustee, secretary Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, 1981-1993, visiting lecturer, 1983-1984. Member Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel, 1988-2002, secretary, 1995-2002.

Achievements

• Robert Marshall Copeland has been listed as a noteworthy music educator, department chairman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director music International Covenanter Conference, Northfield, Minnesota, 1970, 76, 80, 84. Ruling elder Reformed Presbyterian Church, since 1973. Moderator, Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, 1995-1997.

Member Republican County Committee, 1992-2005. With Army of the United States, 1966-1968. Member American Association of University Professors (vice president Kansas Conference 1980-1981), American Musicological Society (vice president Allegheny chapter 1987-1989, 97-99, president 1989-1991, 99-2001, council member 1992-1995, 2001-2004), Sonneck Society for American Music (founding member, program committee 1982), American Choral Directors Association (co-editor Pennsylvania Newsletter 1983-1985, editor 1985-1990), Society for Ethnomusicology, Huguenot Fellowship (board directors since 1987), Presbyterian and Reformed Joint Commission on Chaplains and Military Personnel (secretary 1995-2002).

Connections

Married Louise Margaret Edgar, June 10, 1966. Children: Thomas Edgar, Anne Louise, Kathryn Elizabeth.

Father:

Wilbur Clyde Copeland

Mother:

Arvilla Estella (Walkinshaw) Copeland

Spouse:

Louise Margaret Edgar

child:

Anne Louise Copeland

child:

Kathryn Elizabeth Copeland

child:

Thomas Edgar Copeland