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Delta Chapter
BADRAE L. HANNAH 1997
Badrae L. Hannah was born in Greenwood,
Mississippi and attended Broad Street High School where
he played trumpet in the school band. After graduation,
he attended Mississippi Vocational College (Mississippi
Valley State University) and completed an undergraduate
degree in Music Education. He received a master’s degree
form the university of Southern Mississippi in Music
Education.
Hannah taught in Mississippi schools
thirty-five years. His teachin career started at
North-Gulfport High School. He then taught at
d’Iberville High School in Biloxi, Oxford High School,
and Biloxi High School.
In his thirteen years at Biloxi High
School his bands were rated superior in concert nine
times and in marching ten times. In 1994 the Biloxi band
received the school’s first all-Superior rating in more
than fifty years.
Over his career, Hannah's bands earned
superior ratings at a number of Six-Flags events and
appeared at such prestigious events as the Instrumental
Conductors’ Conference at USM and the 1984 World’s Fair
in New Orleans. His bands played for numerous
dignitaries-including two United States Presidents.
in 1977 Hannah became the first
African-American to be initiated into Delta Chapter of
Phi Beta Mu and served as its president in 1989.
Hannah's 1979 election as president of the Mississippi
Bandmasters Association set a precedent for other
African-American directors. He was the first
African-American to hold that office before the two
organization ere merged.
He was selected Star Teacher at
d’Iberville High School four times and in 1974 the
schools year book was dedicated to him. He was chosen as
Omega Psi Phi “Man of the Year” in 1981 and was elected
by Phi Beta Mu as Band Director.
His professional membership affiliations
have included Phi Beta Mu, American School Band
Directors Association, National Band Association,
Mississippi Bandmaster Association, and Gulf Coast Band
Directors Association.
He has served on the Advisory Board of
the Mississippi High School Activities Association and
is demand as clinician and adjudicator thought the
Southeast.
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