Beard, Katherine Marjorie Keyes (fem) 29.sep.1926-9.oct.1990 USA New Jersey, Orange - Indiana, Portland
pianist, private piano teacher, studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, 1975 private piano teacher in Portland Indiana, she introduced handmade music boxes of cardboard and paper templates as a learning tool for her pupils which are still in use and available from one of her students music teacher Lisa Wehrly of South Bend Indiana, 1990 Katherine K Beard resided at 1397 West 150th Street in Portland Indiana ; daughter of Life Insurance salesman Jay Hall Keyes (NY, Hanover 8.mar.1900-28.jun.1983 Florida, Fort Myers) and Dorothy Lillian Downer (NY, Hanover 18.sep.1903-30.nov.1986 Tennessee, Maryville) ; 9.aug.1946 in Portland she married Mutual Security officer Gerald Lewis Beard (Portland 23.apr.1925-29.dec.2015 Portland) ; their daughter Brenda died aged 24

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[] Song of Mary. SATB Choir, piano or harp and optional organ
words and music Katherine K. Beard
pub Shawnee Press, Inc., Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania 5aug1971

[] I sing for the joy. SATB Choir a cappella
words and music Katherine K. Beard
pub Schmitt Publications 23jan1975

[] I got the rhythm. SATB Choir a cappella
words and music Katherine K. Beard
pub Schmitt Publications 31jan1975

[] Creepy crawly things and some that fly. Piano
pub Boston Music Co., Boston 1980

[] Nature pieces. Piano
pub Boston Music Co., Boston 1980-1983
[] Scene I. Down by the pond. 14 Early grade solos
[] Scene II. Out in the barn. 15 Solos slightly more advanced
[] Look what's growing in my garden. 29 Elementary piano pieces
pub Boston Music Co., Boston 1982

[] Scales, chords, intervals and all that stuff. Piano. 1985
pub Willis Music Co., Cincinnati 9may1986

[] Interval pieces. Piano
pub Boston Music Co., Boston 1986

[] Concertino in d. Piano and string orchestra (or second piano)
string orchestra setting by Robert Bauernschmidt
pub Wynn Music, Orinda, California 1986

[] Guide me, o thou great Jehovah. Old welsh hymn tune, for 4 octaves of handbells
pub Bourne Co., New York 1986

[] Fiddle fancy, impressions of the fiddle contest at the country fair. Piano 4 hands. 1987
pub Willis Music Co., Cincinnati 24feb1989

[] Pinwheels. Trio, three children at one piano
pub Willis Music Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 1988

[] Little invention in C. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence, Kentucky 1988

[] Sonatina on scales. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Cincinnati 28sep1988

[] Fantasy in F. Piano
pub Willis Music, Cincinnati, Ohio 1989

[] Little invention in c. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 1989

[] Brother John's jazz. Piano 4-hands
pub Willis Music, Cincinnati, Ohio

[] Desert drums. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Doodling around (with dotted quarters). Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Etude in D
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Etude in d
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Friendly conversations. Invention. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Graceful waltz. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Little chromatic waltz. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Sad story. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Song for left hand alone. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Souvenir of Mexico. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Valse dramatique. Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Very small parade (16th note rhythm study). Piano
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Carillon. A great pealing of bells. Piano 4-hands
pub Willis Music Co., Florence Kentucky

[] Cycle of seasons. Piano
pub Boston Music Co., Boston 1991
[] 1 - Autumn variations. Theme and variations in a
[] 2 - Winter variations. Theme and variations in c
[] 3 - Spring variations. Theme and variations in d
[] 4 - Summer variations. Theme and variations in F
[] Psalm 98 Make a joyful noise. Choir
pub Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

[] Fa la la at Christmas. Choir
pub Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

The music box. Early childhood musical education (keyboard emphasis)
Lisa Wehrly, originally from Portland Indiana, adapted from the materials of Katherine Beard
Lisa's Music Box, South Bend, Indiana 2003

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