Merrill Bradshaw
Musical Artist
1929 – 2000
Who was Merrill Bradshaw?
Merrill Bradshaw was an American composer and professor at Brigham Young University where he was the John R. Halliday Professor of music.
Bradshaw was born in Lyman, Wyoming to Melvin K. Bradshaw and his wife the former Lorene Hamblin. He went to junior high school in Salt Lake City and high school in Portland, Oregon while his father oversaw the construction of air landing facilities in the Aleutian islands. The family then moved back to Lyman, where Bradshaw graduated from high school.
Bradshaw did his undergraduate studies at BYU, where he was mentored by John R. Halliday. He then served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland. After returning from his mission he was accepted into BYU's á capella choir. It was while in this choir that he met Janet Spilsbury, who he later married. Besides Halliday, other BYU professors of music Bradshaw studied with were Leon Dallin and Crawford Gates.
Bradshaw received a masters in music and a doctor of musical arts degree both from the University of Illinois. Among those he studied with at Illinois were Carl Fuerstner, Hubert Kessler, and Claire Richards.
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- Born
- Jun 18, 1929
Lyman - Also known as
- Bradshaw, Merrill
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- Died
- 2000
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on July 23, 2013
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