Caledonia Mumford Central High School - Ainodelac Yearbook (Caledonia, NY)

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Mr. Paul Brown is a man who projects a true love of music, and he evokes this same feeling from his students. He sincerely desires a broad musical background for his instrumentalists. This leads him to deem a varied musical experience of more value than an award. It is because Mr. Brown is this selfless man that the senior class dedicates its Ainodelac to him. Mr. Brown was born October 20, 1916. He attended elementary and secondary school in Champaign, Illinois. Music has always played a major role in his life. During his sophomore and junior years, he participated in the orchestra at the University of Illinois. He left Champaign while in his senior year. His high school edu- cation was resumed at Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. Mr. Brown organized a music program for this area while he attended. His diploma was obtained from night school in 1936. That same year Mr. Brown was offered the only posi- tion as music teacher at Portsmouth, providing that he would further his education. ln 1937 he was awarded a scholarship at Curtis Institute of Music, but declined. He taught music and played with the Norfolk Symphony until 1940. He then married Taylor Jackson. It was also in 1940 that Mr. Brown resigned from his position and volunteered for the Air Force. During his six years of duty, he became a first sergeant in the Air Force Band Training School, which instructed men for overseas bands. From 1942 until 1945 he was a member of the Miami Symphony. The 1945 Orange Bowl halftime show was written and directed by Mr. Brown. lt proved a tremendous job since it involved the coordination of five service bands. ln 1946 Mr. Brown went to New England and attended the Conservatory of Music in Boston. ln his leisure time he conducted both a band and an orchestra in Beverly, Massachusetts. Mr. Brown returned to Portsmouth as music director in 1947 and remained until 1960. While at Ports- mouth, he took courses at Northwestern University and William and Mary College. The Portsmouth Symphony and the Adult Community 'Band were organized and di- rected by Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown had the honor of being invited to represent the state of Virginia in the Wind Ensemble Workshop at the Eastman School of Music in 1960. Because he was so impressed with the school he left the job he had held for twenty years without a degree and moved his family to New York. ln 1960 and 1961 Mr. Brown was a student at Eastman. His previous college credits made it possible for him to obtain his Master's Degree in Music Education in 1962. His combined major afforded him both his degree and a performerls certificate on the tuba. Mr. Brown was both a conductor in the Ensemble Department and a lecturer in Music Education at Eastman in 1963. ln January 1963, Mr. Brown came to Caledonia as a part-time faculty member and he has been teaching full time since 1964. The students at C.Nl.C.S. are most fortunate in having such a capable man to instruct them. Under Mr. Brownls direction are the Senior Band, Wind Ensemble, Junior Band, as well as individual musicians. Vile are deeply indebted to Mr. Brown for all he has done to promote a cultural interest in music. Total involvement is characteristic of all that Mr. Brown does, for he truly enjoys his work.

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DEDICATION 3 MR. PAUL BROWN

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MR. RICHARD LAPP . FS l pil Si li 8 5 Q itll IN APPRECIATION The Senior Class of 1969 offers its Ainodelac in ap- preciation of lVlr. Richard Lapp. lVlr. Lapp graduated from LeRoy Central School. His college education was obtained from St. Bonaventure University. His graduate work has consisted of courses at the University of Rochester, Geneseo State Teachers Col- lege and Brockport State Teachers College. Since Septem- ber l963, Mr. Lapp has taught science at Caledon1a-Mum- ford Central School. We proffer our gratitude to a man with great com- passion and understanding for his students. lVlr. Lapp will be recalled not only for the knowledge he has imparted to us, but also for the rapport he has established with us.