Robert O. Briggs
American bandleader
Why Is Robert O. Briggs Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Orlando Briggs was the longtime director of the University of California Marching Band. He was the fourth full-time director since the founding of the band in 1891. Biography Briggs was born in Modesto, California on August 20, 1927, the great-grandson of pioneer James Briggs, who cofounded the town. He graduated from Modesto High School and briefly attended Modesto Junior College before entering University of California, Berkeley in 1947. Briggs joined the Cal Band, played the cornet and took up the french horn. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in music in 1951, he joined the United States Army and served in the Korean War, joining Army bands at Fort Ord, Monterey, California, and Okinawa, Japan. Later, he earned a master's degree in music from San Francisco State University.
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