Frank McKinley

Submitted By jev0010 on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 12:00am
Frank McKinley, Denton, Professor Emeritus of music who taught at North Texas from 1940 to 1942 and from 1947 to 1980, died Oct. 23. “Mr. Mac,” as he was known by his students, held a master’s degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton and completed his doctoral course work at Indiana University. He joined North Texas as a voice teacher and director of the Chapel Choir. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and briefly at Kentucky Wesleyan College, he returned to lead the A Cappella Choir for more than 30 years. The choir concluded its 1964 European tour with a performance at the World’s Fair in New York. In 1978, it became the first collegiate choir to record with the Royal London Philharmonic. Memorials may be made to the Frank McKinley Endowment for Choral Studies at UNT. For more information, call (940) 565-2243 or e-mail elida.tamez@unt.edu.

Frank McKinley, Denton, Professor Emeritus of music who taught at North Texas from 1940 to 1942 and from 1947 to 1980, died Oct. 23. “Mr. Mac,” as he was known by his students, held a master’s degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton and completed his doctoral course work at Indiana University. He joined North Texas as a voice teacher and director of the Chapel Choir. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and briefly at Kentucky Wesleyan College, he returned to lead the A Cappella Choir for more than 30 years. The choir concluded its 1964 European tour with a performance at the World’s Fair in New York. In 1978, it became the first collegiate choir to record with the Royal London Philharmonic. Memorials may be made to the Frank McKinley Endowment for Choral Studies at UNT. For more information, call (940) 565-2243 or e-mail elida.tamez@unt.edu.

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