Biography:

Singer, educator. Born– Apr. 27, 1928 in Kansas City, Kan. Parents– Jesse and Nannie (Bell) Simmons. Married– Willetta Moore on June 5, 1955. Children– One. Education– University of Kansas, B.M.E, M.M.F, Ph.D.; studied with several vocal coaches. U.S. Army 1949-1953; taught Philander Smith College 1955-1958, Texas Southern University 1958-1960; Southern University 1965-1966 and at Alabama State University after 1966, where he was chairman of music division and dean of College of Arts; performed with Houston Summer Symphony and with Kansas City Philharmonic Male Chorus.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1976.

Publication(s):

Foundation Course in Musicianship. Dubuque, Iowa; W. C. Brown Co., 1967.

Teaching Music in Urban Schools. Boston; Crescendo, 1975.