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David A.
Helvering, BK High graduate,
receives degree from University
of Iowa
David A. Helvering, a 1990
graduate of Bald Knob High
School, recently earned a Doctor
of Philosophy in Music Theory
from The University of Iowa in
Iowa City, Iowa. His
dissertation, entitled Functions
of Dialogue Underscoring in
American Feature Film, provides
the first thorough examination
of the role music performs when
accompanying dialogue in sound
film. The dissertation will be
available from University
Microfilms, Inc. sometime within
the coming year.
Dr. Helvering
received a Bachelor of Music
Education from Arkansas State
University in Jonesboro and a
Master of Music in Music Theory
and Composition from Sam Houston
State University in Huntsville,
Texas. He currently teaches
classes in music theory and
aural skills at Lawrence
University, a nationally
recognized private liberal arts
college located in Appleton,
Wisconsin. His wife, the former
Emily Griswold of Bryant,
Arkansas, holds a Doctor of
Musical Arts from The University
of Iowa and teaches applied oboe
at the University of Wisconsin —
Oshkosh, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
She is also a member of the
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and
the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra
and freelances in the
Appleton/Green Bay area.
Dr. Helvering is the son of
David and Jane Ellis of Bald
Knob and David and Martha
Helvering of Benton, and the
grandson of Leo Watson, and the
late Pauline Watson of Pinson,
Tennessee and Ethel Helvering
and the late James Helvering of
Bradford.
The Daily
Citizen, Searcy, Arkansas
Thursday, September 6, 2007
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