Glenn E. Burleigh

BURLEIGH, Glenn Edward. b. Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, 5 July 1949; d. Oklahoma City, 11 December 2007. Composer, pianist, teacher, church musician, and conductor, Burleigh studied piano at The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, (graduated, 1971), and Oklahoma City University (MM, 1977). He directed music in churches in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Texas, and was principal accompanist and assistant music director for the Lyric Theater of Oklahoma; accompanist for the University of Oklahoma School of Dance; composer-in-residence for the Oklahoma City’s Ambassador Concert Choir (1984-2000); traveling music evangelist for Graceway Baptist Church, Oklahoma City; director of music for the...

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