Mr. Lloyd Tarpley
Former Associate Conductor
Tara Winds sadly announces that Mr. Lloyd Tarpley passed away on February 11, 2008. With permission from his family and loved ones, the program from his Celebration of Life service is available for viewing.
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Lloyd Tarpley, former Associate Conductor of Tara Winds and retired Coordinator of Instrumental Music for Clayton County (GA) Public Schools, received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Miami, the Master of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia and an Educational Specialists degree from Auburn University. His entire teaching career was in Georgia and encompassed all levels of education from elementary through university. Mr. Tarpley taught for one year as Band Director of Statesboro High School in Statesboro (GA), seventeen years as Director of Bands at Forest Park High School in Forest Park (GA), ten years as Assistant Band Director at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA), and served eleven years as Coordinator of Instrumental Music for the Clayton County school system.
While teaching at Forest Park High School, his bands were selected to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association State Convention, the Southern Division of the Music Educators National Conference, and the Music Educators National Convention. Mr. Tarpley served the National Band Association as Southern Division Chairman and was awarded the organization's Citation of Excellence in 1970. During his teaching career, he was active in the Georgia Music Educators Association, serving as State Instrumental Chairman and First Vice President.
Mr. Tarpley was inducted into the Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu Georgia Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 1991, and in 1993 was the recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor award. In 1995, the Lloyd Tarpley Theatre in the Clayton County Schools Performing Arts Center was named in his honor as a tribute to a lifetime of work on behalf of music and the education of young people.
He was Coordinator of Music Ministries for Jonesboro First United Methodist Church, and was founder and conductor of its orchestra.
Mr. Tarpley retired as Associate Conductor of Tara Winds at the close of the 2002-2003 Concert Performance Season.
