GERALD DARROW graduated from Mansfield in 1953, received the Master of Music Education degree from Indiana University in 1957 and the Doctor of Music Education degree from Indiana University in 1965. Following public school experience in Pennsylvania he taught at Indiana University and at Berea College in Kentucky. Since 1960 he has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he has been Professor of Music since 1967. His book "Four Decades of Choral Training" was published in 1975. He is the founder-director of the Platteville Summer Music Festival which has been broadcast annually over Wisconsin Public Radio. He has been a frequent soloist in campus recitals and area oratorio performances.