Robert M. Barr (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bob Barr (b. 1918 - d. 1988) was the conductor of the famed Jordan High School Band in Columbus, Georgia from 1946 to 1963. Under his direction, the Jordan High School Band achieved the highest acclaim winning many state and national titles. Barr was born in Hartford, Oklahoma and he studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before becoming a teacher. He was a chorus director in Fort Benning, before moving on to his position at Jordan. He was a national champion as a tuba player and at one point in his younger days played with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. His Jordan High School Band was voted the American Legion Award as the nation's outstanding high school band in 1952. He became conductor of the revived Columbus Symphony in 1950 and founded the Columbus Youth Symphony in 1955.