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CORY CARLSON, Choral Review Editor for the Choral Journal , died August 9, 1998. Cory, a resident of Coventry Connecticut, taught piano and choral music at Avon Middle School and served as organist-choirmaster of East Hartford's South Congregational Church. He received an undergraduate degree in English from Oberlin College and a bachelor's degree in organ and music education from the Oberlin Conservatory in 1988. His masters degree in music education was from the Hartt School in 1994. He received top honors in all of his majors and a special commendation from Pi Kappa Lamda, National Music Honor Society.
Many of the choral groups Cory led won statewide honors. He ruled his church choir with a firm hand and a sense of humor, sometimes sharing amusing stories about the students at Avon Middle School. He was...