Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Glenn E. Burleigh

United Methodist Discipleship, Hymnary, and the Metro Library oral history identify Glenn Edward Burleigh as an Oklahoma composer, pianist, conductor, and clinician born in Guthrie. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University, wrote Order My Steps, and held church, publishing, and choir-director roles.

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Oklahoma connection

The cited sources identify Guthrie as his birthplace and document OU, OCU, Oklahoma City publishing, and the Ambassador's Concert Choir.

Musical work and relationships

Pianist; composer; conductor; clinician; minister of music; National Baptist Congress director; composer-in-residence for the Ambassador's Concert Choir.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Glenn E. Burleigh as a gospel pianist, arranger, and conductor inducted in 2001.

Evidence and remaining questions

Death day is inconsistent in the independent references; retain month/year unless a death record is obtained.

Sources

  1. www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-order-my-steps
  2. hymnary.org/person/Burleigh_Glenn
  3. www.metrolibrary.org/archives/audio/2021/11/oral-history-glen-edward-burleigh
  4. www.okjazz.org/glenn-burleigh/