He was a professor at Maryville College from 1947 to 1981 and professor of music and chairman of the Department of Fine Arts from 1964 to 1981.
He received his B.A. from San Jose State College in San Jose, Calif.; his master of music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and his S.M.D. from Union Theological Seminary, School of Sacred Music, New York City.
Dr. Harter had 25 choral pieces published by Mills Music, Belwin Inc., Shawnee Press Inc.
He was appointed Director Emeritus of the Appalachian Ballet, commissioned by the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment of the Arts in 1976 for Fantasia on Shape Note and performed at Maryville College in May in celebration of the U.S Bicentennial.
He was a member of the Knoxville Chapter of the AGO in the 1960s and 1970s and served as dean for two terms in 1963-65. In 1998, Maryville College bestowed the Distinguished Medal of Honor to Dr. Harter.
Dr. Harter served as choir director for many years at New Providence Presbyterian Church in Maryville.
He was a professor at Maryville College from 1947 to 1981 and professor of music and chairman of the Department of Fine Arts from 1964 to 1981.
He received his B.A. from San Jose State College in San Jose, Calif.; his master of music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and his S.M.D. from Union Theological Seminary, School of Sacred Music, New York City.
Dr. Harter had 25 choral pieces published by Mills Music, Belwin Inc., Shawnee Press Inc.
He was appointed Director Emeritus of the Appalachian Ballet, commissioned by the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment of the Arts in 1976 for Fantasia on Shape Note and performed at Maryville College in May in celebration of the U.S Bicentennial.
He was a member of the Knoxville Chapter of the AGO in the 1960s and 1970s and served as dean for two terms in 1963-65. In 1998, Maryville College bestowed the Distinguished Medal of Honor to Dr. Harter.
Dr. Harter served as choir director for many years at New Providence Presbyterian Church in Maryville.
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