OUR COMPOSERS
Betty Dardess
Born: August 7, 1931
Founder and former executive director of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and its affiliate youth and children's orchestras, she holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education from the University of Alabama and Birmingham Southern College. A composer and arranger of vocal, piano and string music for many years, Dardess currently devotes much of her time to the publication of her works for school- age musicians.