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Delta Chapter
Louis
Ernest Pullo- 1990
1893-1982
Born into a musical family in 1893,
Louis Pullo studied cornet with an uncle at the age
of five. At age twelve, he entered the Conservatory
of Music in Naples for two years. His expertise on
the trumpet was such that he came to the United
States at the age of seventeen and traveled with
carnival bands out of New York City for four years.
After a year as a city band director at
Aberdeen, Mississippi, Pullo spent one year at
Mississippi State University learning English and a year
in Columbus playing in the theater. He then moved to
Jackson to play in the Majestic Theater and in 1921, he
became director of Jackson Boys Band, and also organized
and directed the Wahabi Temple Shrine Band. In 1933, the
Boys Band was taken into the Jackson Public School
System as the Central High School Band. Pullo’s CHS Band
set the standards for excellence among bands in
Mississippi, receiving Superior ratings at the State
Band Contest consistently during his tenure as
conductor.
He was not only an outstanding
teacher, but also a superb performer on trumpet,
cello, flute, and oboe. Pullo served the Jackson
Public School as band director for twenty five
years, during which he was also principal cellist in
the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. He was president of
MMEA Band Division in 1934 and served as concert
director of the Lions All-State Band in 1951.
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