Price A. Doyle was born February 21st, 1896.

Price Doyle was an initiate of the Gamma Delta Chapter at Murray State University and served as former Executive Secretary. He was awarded the “Man of Music” Award posthumously in 1967.

Doyle was also a professor and the head of the School of Music at Murray State from 1930 to 1957, leaving a lasting impression on his Alma Mater. In addition to being an alumnus, the fine arts building at the university was dedicated to him years after its completion, naming it the “Price Doyle Fine Arts Center” on December 5, 1971. Doyle also served as the president of the National Association of Schools of Music. Formed in 1924, it established national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees at music schools.

W. Francis McBeth was born March 9th, 1933.

Sinfonia’s Man of Music for the 1988 Convention was William Francis McBeth, resident composer and professor and chairman of the theory-composition department at Ouachita University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He has been awarded the Presley Award from Hardin-Simmons University, the ASCAP Special Award, the American School Ban Directors Association’s Edwin Ranko Goldman Award, and the Howard Hanson Prize from the Eastman School of Music. An initiate of the Alpha Iota Chapter at the University of Texas, McBeth remains one of the most performed American symphonic wind composers. His works, including such pieces as “Kaddish”, “Joyant Narrative”, and “Masque” , are considered to be standard repertoire for most wind ensembles.