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“Teacher Talk: Elements Straight Out of the Class- He also served as adjunct professor at UMKC, Wil-
room” and conducting masterclasses for undergraduate liam Jewell College, and also held choral positions
pre-service teachers. Additionally, the annual FSU Cho- at First Methodist Church (Wichita, KS) and Valley
ral Ed Symposium serves as a platform for current music View UMC (Overland-Park). Prolific as a composer
education interns and first-year teachers to share their of octavos for all ages, he had over 1,000 published
teaching experiences with undergraduates, providing compositions with 46 publishing houses. Butler’s music
practical insights and advice for those about to enter the has been performed throughout the world, and he was
field. Advisors: McKenna Stenson, Michael Hanawalt, the recipient of the ASCAP Standard Music Award in
and Kevin Fenton 1972. Predeceased by his beloved wife, Mary Ann, he
is survived by his daughter and son, Lydia and Grant,
and several grandchildren.

Wall of Honor Inductees

Maurice Casey (1932-2022) was born in
Peter Bagley (1936-2024) was a pathfinder Washington, DC, and earned a BME
for African American choral conductors. from the University of Kansas and a
He was professor emeritus of music at the masters in choral conducting from Co-
University of Connecticut. He received a lumbia University. Casey taught at Mon-
BME from the Crane School of Music, tana State University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and
SUNY Potsdam, and master’s and doctoral degrees in was on the faculty at The Ohio State University from
choral music from Indiana University. Bagley began 1967 to 1992. From 1983 to 1985, Casey was national
teaching music in 1957 in Greenwich, Connecticut, president of ACDA; he was Central Region president
where he was the first African American teacher in the (1977–1981), and Ohio state president (1975–1977).
public schools. While teaching in Greenwich, he sang Casey had a lifetime association and friendship with
with the Collegiate Chorale, led by Robert Shaw. He Robert Shaw and assisted him in preparing the
served for 16 years as professor of music at SUNY New Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for performances under
Paltz before being appointed director of choral activities George Szell, Pablo Casals, and Shaw himself. After
at UConn (1984). He was in high demand as a choral
clinician/adjudicator, nationally and internationally.
In 1990 he was named Connecticut Choral Educator
of the Year and was recipient of the 2022 Lifetime
Achievement Award from Choral Arts New England.
Peter Bagley died on January 20, 2024, at the age of
eighty-eight.

Eugene Butler (1935-2024) was born on
January 13, 1935, in Durant, Oklahoma,
to C.O. and Ruth Butler. He received the
BME from the University of Oklahoma,
the Master of Sacred Music from Union
Theological Seminary (NYC), and the DMA in com-
position from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
From 1973 to 1998 he served as the DCA at Johnson
County Community College in Overland-Park, KS.

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