Background
Carter, Ronald was born on July 5, 1953 in Naylor, Georgia, United States. Son of Don and Arletha Carter.
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Ronald Carter
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Bachelor, Bethune-Cookman, 1975; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1977.
Career
Jazz director, Lincoln High School, East St. Louis, Illinois, since 1978;
jazz director, University Illinois, Champaign, summer 1982;
jazz director, Western Illinois University, Macomb, summers 1985-1987;
jazz director, Birch Creek Music Center, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, summers 1986-1987. Leader Infiniti jazz band, East St. Louis, since 1979. Chairman Allstate jazzband, Illinois, since 1982, District VI Illinois Music Education, since 1983.
Adjudicator Ill.Grade School Association, 1984-1985. Selected as one of top 15 United States jazz dirs.to participate in Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival, 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Association Jazz Educators, Music Educators National Conference, Illinois Music Educators Association (chairman 1981-1987), American Federation Musicians, St. Clair Band Dirs. Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Omega Psi Phi (Omega Man of Year 1980), Phi Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Linda Sue Brown. Children: Antwan, Christopher, Jeremy.
Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Community Service award Sigma Gamma Rho, 1983, Woody Herman award Instrumentalist magazine, 1988. Northwestern University fellow, 1984.Recipient Outstanding Community Service award Sigma Gamma Rho, 1983, Woody Herman award Instrumentalist magazine, 1988. Northwestern University fellow, 1984.