Frederick H. Clark correspondence, 1957-1968

Sub-Series — Box: 6, Folder: 20

Identifier: MSS 8587 Series 3 Sub-Series 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains sixteen letters on fifteen pages written by and addressed to Frederick H. Clark.

Dates

1957-1968

Creator

Clark, Frederick H. (author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Frederick H. Clark arranged scores must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Frederick H. Clark was a composer and conductor of music in central Utah.

Frederick H. Clark was born June 7, 1930 in Springville, Utah. His interest in music began around the age of 10, when he started studying piano with Professor Nelson at Brigham Young University. He later played in the percussion section of the local school bands and orchestra. At the age of 15, his first composition was performed by the Springville Civic Orchestra.

As a high school student, Clark attended music composition classes provided by Brigham Young University. LeRoy J. Robertson taught these first classes. Later on he would study composition with Leon Dallin, Carl Furstner, and Crawford Gates--also Brigham Young University professors. For his Master's degree, he wrote "Symphony For Band" as a thesis. The piece has been played, mostly by college bands, all over the United States. Clark credits its success to Ralph Laycock, a band Director at BYU, who worked hard to circulate the piece.

Clark then taught music at both American Fork and Lehi High School. He later left to attend the University of Washington in Seattle, where he had been accepted to work on his PhD in Music Composition. While attending the University Dr. Welke, Band Director, performed his old composition, "Symphony For Band." Here, Clark had the opportunity to work with professors Dr. Verrell and Dr. Stanley Chapel.