Lila-Gene George was an American composer and pianist.
15 Facts About Lila-Gene George
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Lila-Gene George's work included chamber music, piano and vocal music.
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Lila-Gene George graduated from the University of Oklahoma and studied under several prominent composers, later performing in the United States and abroad.
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Lila-Gene George's parents were Eugene Preston and Lila Plowe.
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Lila-Gene George completed postgraduate work at Northwestern University in 1950.
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Lila-Gene George was a Sigma Alpha Iota alumna, and in 1969 won the Sigma Alpha Iota Oklahoma Composer's Award.
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Lila-Gene George had studied piano under her mother and stepfather as a child.
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Lila-Gene George performed in concerts and lecture recitals across the United States, in Central America, in South America, and in Europe.
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Lila-Gene George held solo performances as part of the Oklahoma City Little Symphony and the Houston Summer Symphony.
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On November 20,1986, it was reported that Lila-Gene George would have a recital at the Horton Foote Theater at Wharton Junior Community College that Sunday.
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Lila-Gene George was a private piano teacher in South America, New York City, and Houston.
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Lila-Gene George gave lecture recitals which discussed music that was used by Maurice Dumesnil when he was touring in South America.
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Lila-Gene George wrote two sheet music, Merry-Go-Round for Christmas and For Winter's Rains and Ruins are Over.
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Lila-Gene George is listed in Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog, The World Who's Who of Women, Volume 2, and the International Encyclopedia of Women Composers.
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In 1969, Lila-Gene George won an award for an original music composition contest sponsored by a women's organization in Tulsa.