William Teague was honored recently when Centenary College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Well known in the organ world, Teague joined the AGO student chapter at SMU in 1939 and has been a member ever since.
He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Alexander McCurdy. For many years he concertized under the management of Lilian Murtagh in this country and under Ibbs and Tillet in the U.K. Teague taught at Centenary College for 44 years and retired as Professor Emeritus of Music.
He was also the organist and choirmaster for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (now the cathedral) for 39 years and is Organist and Choirmaster Emeritus. In September Teague and his older brother, Abner, who is a rocket scientist, were inducted into the Gainesville, Texas High School Hall of Fame.
