Arthur Myron Cochran
Alias: A. Myron Cochran
Life
Born: 27 September 1878
Died: 12 January 1956
Biography
The Reverend Arthur Myron Cochran was born in Charleston, SC on September 27, 1878. He graduated Fisk University in 1901 with a degree in music and later studied at New York University, NYC. After college, he served as instructor and principal of the Episcopal Church School in Raleigh from 1901 to 1917. He served as principal of the Episcopal School in Vicksburg, MS for one year in 1918. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Cheshire in 1918 and served as curate and organist at Saint Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA for two years before being ordained priest by Bishop Delany in 1920. He became rector of Saint Ambrose, Raleigh that same year. He also served as Director of Music at Saint Augustine’s University. He served both communities from 1920-1928 before becoming vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Nashville, TN, where he also taught at Fisk University, his alma mater. He served Holy Trinity from 1928-1943 before becoming vicar of Meade Memorial Chapel in Alexandria, VA until his retirement in 1951. He died on January 12, 1956. (Biography courtesy of St. Ambrode Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC)
List of choral works
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL