Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Lowell Lehman

Oklahoma Music Educators Association, Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, Northeastern State University, and a Muskogee Phoenix obituary identify Lowell Lehman as an Oklahoma music educator and conductor who taught for decades, led the NSU band, started its jazz program, and founded or led major Green Country and Muskogee jazz festivals.

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Oklahoma connection

University and professional music-education sources document his Oklahoma teaching, festival, and higher-education career.

Musical work and relationships

Music educator; conductor; brass and bass performer; composer/arranger; NSU band director; jazz-program and festival founder.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Lowell Lehman as an educator inducted in 2010.

Sources

  1. okmea.org/resources/retired-music-teacher-directory/entry/917/
  2. www.ohehs.org/hof/llowelllehman.html
  3. academics.nsuok.edu/music/band/History.aspx
  4. obituaries.muskogeephoenix.com/obituary/dr-lowell-lehman-phd-1074091953
  5. www.okjazz.org/inductees/