***SS/Morris and Nadine.
Dr. Brian Morris Minor, 42, an associate professor of musical performance at Ball State University and a well known classical saxophonist, died Tuesday in Chicago. He became ill after returning from Europe.
He was born in Muncie, graduated from Albany High School in 1956 and attended Ball State and Northwestern universities. He was a Carnegie Fellow at Ball State from 1972 to 1974, earning the doctor of arts degree in saxophone and humanities in 1975.
Fluent in French, he studied at the Universite de Besancon, Universite de Montpellier, the Alliance Francaise of Paris, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Paris Conservatory.
He did additional graduate work at the Eastman School of Music, as well as work at Loyola, Purdue, and Indiana Notre Dame universities.
His earliest teaching was at the Lakeville and Elston Senior High School in Michigan City. He taught French at Culver Military Academy from 1966-68.
Dr. Minor taught French and music at Muskegon Community College from 1968-77, was an adjunct professor of saxophone at Western Michigan University from 1970-73, and taught saxophone at Hope College from 1975-77. He began teaching at Ball State in 1977.
He was a frequent soloist in Stein's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet.
Dr. Minor was a frequent recitalist, concerto soloist, and clinician in the U.S. and Canada. During his European tours, he had broadcast recitals with the Bavarian Radio in Munich and from the Netherlands. He appeared with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and on French national television.
In addition to his concerts and recordings, he published in music journals and conducted clinics for Selmer Instrument Co., Elkhart.
He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Delta Kappa, National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Dutch Immigrant Society, College Music Society, and National Parks and Conservation Association.
Also, the executive board of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the international committee for the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Kodaly Institute and Academy, Association des Saxophonistes de France, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Survivors include his mother, Nadine Minor, Albany; a half-brother, Roger Keith Bennett, Albany; and a half-sister, Elaine C. Bennett, Washington, D.C.
Services are pending at Meeks Mortuary.
Dr. Brian Morris Minor, 42, an associate professor of musical performance at Ball State University and a well known classical saxophonist, died Tuesday in Chicago. He became ill after returning from Europe.
He was born in Muncie, graduated from Albany High School in 1956 and attended Ball State and Northwestern universities. He was a Carnegie Fellow at Ball State from 1972 to 1974, earning the doctor of arts degree in saxophone and humanities in 1975.
Fluent in French, he studied at the Universite de Besancon, Universite de Montpellier, the Alliance Francaise of Paris, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Paris Conservatory.
He did additional graduate work at the Eastman School of Music, as well as work at Loyola, Purdue, and Indiana Notre Dame universities.
His earliest teaching was at the Lakeville and Elston Senior High School in Michigan City. He taught French at Culver Military Academy from 1966-68.
Dr. Minor taught French and music at Muskegon Community College from 1968-77, was an adjunct professor of saxophone at Western Michigan University from 1970-73, and taught saxophone at Hope College from 1975-77. He began teaching at Ball State in 1977.
He was a frequent soloist in Stein's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet.
Dr. Minor was a frequent recitalist, concerto soloist, and clinician in the U.S. and Canada. During his European tours, he had broadcast recitals with the Bavarian Radio in Munich and from the Netherlands. He appeared with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and on French national television.
In addition to his concerts and recordings, he published in music journals and conducted clinics for Selmer Instrument Co., Elkhart.
He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Delta Kappa, National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Dutch Immigrant Society, College Music Society, and National Parks and Conservation Association.
Also, the executive board of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the international committee for the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Kodaly Institute and Academy, Association des Saxophonistes de France, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Survivors include his mother, Nadine Minor, Albany; a half-brother, Roger Keith Bennett, Albany; and a half-sister, Elaine C. Bennett, Washington, D.C.
Services are pending at Meeks Mortuary.
***SS/Morris and Nadine.
Dr. Brian Morris Minor, 42, an associate professor of musical performance at Ball State University and a well known classical saxophonist, died Tuesday in Chicago. He became ill after returning from Europe.
He was born in Muncie, graduated from Albany High School in 1956 and attended Ball State and Northwestern universities. He was a Carnegie Fellow at Ball State from 1972 to 1974, earning the doctor of arts degree in saxophone and humanities in 1975.
Fluent in French, he studied at the Universite de Besancon, Universite de Montpellier, the Alliance Francaise of Paris, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Paris Conservatory.
He did additional graduate work at the Eastman School of Music, as well as work at Loyola, Purdue, and Indiana Notre Dame universities.
His earliest teaching was at the Lakeville and Elston Senior High School in Michigan City. He taught French at Culver Military Academy from 1966-68.
Dr. Minor taught French and music at Muskegon Community College from 1968-77, was an adjunct professor of saxophone at Western Michigan University from 1970-73, and taught saxophone at Hope College from 1975-77. He began teaching at Ball State in 1977.
He was a frequent soloist in Stein's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet.
Dr. Minor was a frequent recitalist, concerto soloist, and clinician in the U.S. and Canada. During his European tours, he had broadcast recitals with the Bavarian Radio in Munich and from the Netherlands. He appeared with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and on French national television.
In addition to his concerts and recordings, he published in music journals and conducted clinics for Selmer Instrument Co., Elkhart.
He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Delta Kappa, National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Dutch Immigrant Society, College Music Society, and National Parks and Conservation Association.
Also, the executive board of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the international committee for the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Kodaly Institute and Academy, Association des Saxophonistes de France, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Survivors include his mother, Nadine Minor, Albany; a half-brother, Roger Keith Bennett, Albany; and a half-sister, Elaine C. Bennett, Washington, D.C.
Services are pending at Meeks Mortuary.
Dr. Brian Morris Minor, 42, an associate professor of musical performance at Ball State University and a well known classical saxophonist, died Tuesday in Chicago. He became ill after returning from Europe.
He was born in Muncie, graduated from Albany High School in 1956 and attended Ball State and Northwestern universities. He was a Carnegie Fellow at Ball State from 1972 to 1974, earning the doctor of arts degree in saxophone and humanities in 1975.
Fluent in French, he studied at the Universite de Besancon, Universite de Montpellier, the Alliance Francaise of Paris, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Paris Conservatory.
He did additional graduate work at the Eastman School of Music, as well as work at Loyola, Purdue, and Indiana Notre Dame universities.
His earliest teaching was at the Lakeville and Elston Senior High School in Michigan City. He taught French at Culver Military Academy from 1966-68.
Dr. Minor taught French and music at Muskegon Community College from 1968-77, was an adjunct professor of saxophone at Western Michigan University from 1970-73, and taught saxophone at Hope College from 1975-77. He began teaching at Ball State in 1977.
He was a frequent soloist in Stein's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet with the Chicago Symphony String Quartet.
Dr. Minor was a frequent recitalist, concerto soloist, and clinician in the U.S. and Canada. During his European tours, he had broadcast recitals with the Bavarian Radio in Munich and from the Netherlands. He appeared with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and on French national television.
In addition to his concerts and recordings, he published in music journals and conducted clinics for Selmer Instrument Co., Elkhart.
He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Delta Kappa, National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Dutch Immigrant Society, College Music Society, and National Parks and Conservation Association.
Also, the executive board of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the international committee for the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Kodaly Institute and Academy, Association des Saxophonistes de France, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Survivors include his mother, Nadine Minor, Albany; a half-brother, Roger Keith Bennett, Albany; and a half-sister, Elaine C. Bennett, Washington, D.C.
Services are pending at Meeks Mortuary.
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