Married David Alvin Orebaugh on June 30, 1891 in Bloomington, Illinois.
Among the younger native pianists who are daily demonstrating the ability of American musicians to hold their own with any of the foreign teachers and artists, none have achieved a more substantial success or gained a more enviable position in the music circles of Illinois than Mrs. Lillian Wiley Orebaugh of Watseka.
Mrs. Orebaugh is of pure American stock, tracing her lineage from Revolutionary ancestors and having lived her entire life in Illinois. Her father, now deceased, was John S. Wiley, a member of one of the prominent families of McLean County, and veteran of the Civil War. Her mother was Missouri Arnold, whose family has long occupied an honorable place in the annals of McLean County, where the subject of this sketch was born, and who lived in and near the city of Bloomington until her marriage to David A. Orebaugh, a leading lawyer of Watseka.
At an early age Mrs. Orebaiigh displayed remarkable talent and great enthusiasm for music. Her first systematic instruction was from Albert Beuter, of Bloomington, whose
death in the morning of his career deprived music of one of its most brilliant votaries. Later she entered the Illinois Wesleyan College of Music, and finished the course of that institution with the class of 1894. Since her graduation she has taken post-graduate instruction from some of Chicago's most famous teachers, being at present a pupil of Emil Liebling.
Mrs. Orebaugh has been actively engaged in concert work and teaching for a number of years.
In the fall of 1895 she was elected director of the Watseka Conservatory of Music, which position she has since held uninterruptedly to the entire satisfaction of management and patrons.
The high standard of musical attainments achieved by her pupils, who are scattered over Central and Eastern Illinois, attests the splendid success which Mrs. Orebaugh has enjoyed in her work.
Mrs. Orebaugh 's attainments are not by any means confined to the realm of music. She is a lady of rare literary culture and a writer of more than ordinary ability. At the 1902 convention of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association she delivered an address of characteristic strength and vigor of thought, which stirred the interest of the profession at large and attracted the attention of the leading daily papers and music journals throughout the country. In this address Mrs. Orebaugh vigorously advocated the competitive examination and licensing, under State supervision, of music teachers.
Following up her idea with characteristic energy, she procured the introduction in the Legislature of a bill embodying the suggestions made by her before the convention, which, not withstanding its novelty, narrowly escaped being enacted into a law.
As a progressive, modern, wide-awake musician, with an assured future, Mrs. Orebaugh ranks well among her confreres in Illinois.
(* From the "History Of Music & Art In Illinois" - 1904)
Among the younger native pianists who are daily demonstrating the ability of American musicians to hold their own with any of the foreign teachers and artists, none have achieved a more substantial success or gained a more enviable position in the music circles of Illinois than Mrs. Lillian Wiley Orebaugh of Watseka.
Mrs. Orebaugh is of pure American stock, tracing her lineage from Revolutionary ancestors and having lived her entire life in Illinois. Her father, now deceased, was John S. Wiley, a member of one of the prominent families of McLean County, and veteran of the Civil War. Her mother was Missouri Arnold, whose family has long occupied an honorable place in the annals of McLean County, where the subject of this sketch was born, and who lived in and near the city of Bloomington until her marriage to David A. Orebaugh, a leading lawyer of Watseka.
At an early age Mrs. Orebaiigh displayed remarkable talent and great enthusiasm for music. Her first systematic instruction was from Albert Beuter, of Bloomington, whose
death in the morning of his career deprived music of one of its most brilliant votaries. Later she entered the Illinois Wesleyan College of Music, and finished the course of that institution with the class of 1894. Since her graduation she has taken post-graduate instruction from some of Chicago's most famous teachers, being at present a pupil of Emil Liebling.
Mrs. Orebaugh has been actively engaged in concert work and teaching for a number of years.
In the fall of 1895 she was elected director of the Watseka Conservatory of Music, which position she has since held uninterruptedly to the entire satisfaction of management and patrons.
The high standard of musical attainments achieved by her pupils, who are scattered over Central and Eastern Illinois, attests the splendid success which Mrs. Orebaugh has enjoyed in her work.
Mrs. Orebaugh 's attainments are not by any means confined to the realm of music. She is a lady of rare literary culture and a writer of more than ordinary ability. At the 1902 convention of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association she delivered an address of characteristic strength and vigor of thought, which stirred the interest of the profession at large and attracted the attention of the leading daily papers and music journals throughout the country. In this address Mrs. Orebaugh vigorously advocated the competitive examination and licensing, under State supervision, of music teachers.
Following up her idea with characteristic energy, she procured the introduction in the Legislature of a bill embodying the suggestions made by her before the convention, which, not withstanding its novelty, narrowly escaped being enacted into a law.
As a progressive, modern, wide-awake musician, with an assured future, Mrs. Orebaugh ranks well among her confreres in Illinois.
(* From the "History Of Music & Art In Illinois" - 1904)
Married David Alvin Orebaugh on June 30, 1891 in Bloomington, Illinois.
Among the younger native pianists who are daily demonstrating the ability of American musicians to hold their own with any of the foreign teachers and artists, none have achieved a more substantial success or gained a more enviable position in the music circles of Illinois than Mrs. Lillian Wiley Orebaugh of Watseka.
Mrs. Orebaugh is of pure American stock, tracing her lineage from Revolutionary ancestors and having lived her entire life in Illinois. Her father, now deceased, was John S. Wiley, a member of one of the prominent families of McLean County, and veteran of the Civil War. Her mother was Missouri Arnold, whose family has long occupied an honorable place in the annals of McLean County, where the subject of this sketch was born, and who lived in and near the city of Bloomington until her marriage to David A. Orebaugh, a leading lawyer of Watseka.
At an early age Mrs. Orebaiigh displayed remarkable talent and great enthusiasm for music. Her first systematic instruction was from Albert Beuter, of Bloomington, whose
death in the morning of his career deprived music of one of its most brilliant votaries. Later she entered the Illinois Wesleyan College of Music, and finished the course of that institution with the class of 1894. Since her graduation she has taken post-graduate instruction from some of Chicago's most famous teachers, being at present a pupil of Emil Liebling.
Mrs. Orebaugh has been actively engaged in concert work and teaching for a number of years.
In the fall of 1895 she was elected director of the Watseka Conservatory of Music, which position she has since held uninterruptedly to the entire satisfaction of management and patrons.
The high standard of musical attainments achieved by her pupils, who are scattered over Central and Eastern Illinois, attests the splendid success which Mrs. Orebaugh has enjoyed in her work.
Mrs. Orebaugh 's attainments are not by any means confined to the realm of music. She is a lady of rare literary culture and a writer of more than ordinary ability. At the 1902 convention of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association she delivered an address of characteristic strength and vigor of thought, which stirred the interest of the profession at large and attracted the attention of the leading daily papers and music journals throughout the country. In this address Mrs. Orebaugh vigorously advocated the competitive examination and licensing, under State supervision, of music teachers.
Following up her idea with characteristic energy, she procured the introduction in the Legislature of a bill embodying the suggestions made by her before the convention, which, not withstanding its novelty, narrowly escaped being enacted into a law.
As a progressive, modern, wide-awake musician, with an assured future, Mrs. Orebaugh ranks well among her confreres in Illinois.
(* From the "History Of Music & Art In Illinois" - 1904)
Among the younger native pianists who are daily demonstrating the ability of American musicians to hold their own with any of the foreign teachers and artists, none have achieved a more substantial success or gained a more enviable position in the music circles of Illinois than Mrs. Lillian Wiley Orebaugh of Watseka.
Mrs. Orebaugh is of pure American stock, tracing her lineage from Revolutionary ancestors and having lived her entire life in Illinois. Her father, now deceased, was John S. Wiley, a member of one of the prominent families of McLean County, and veteran of the Civil War. Her mother was Missouri Arnold, whose family has long occupied an honorable place in the annals of McLean County, where the subject of this sketch was born, and who lived in and near the city of Bloomington until her marriage to David A. Orebaugh, a leading lawyer of Watseka.
At an early age Mrs. Orebaiigh displayed remarkable talent and great enthusiasm for music. Her first systematic instruction was from Albert Beuter, of Bloomington, whose
death in the morning of his career deprived music of one of its most brilliant votaries. Later she entered the Illinois Wesleyan College of Music, and finished the course of that institution with the class of 1894. Since her graduation she has taken post-graduate instruction from some of Chicago's most famous teachers, being at present a pupil of Emil Liebling.
Mrs. Orebaugh has been actively engaged in concert work and teaching for a number of years.
In the fall of 1895 she was elected director of the Watseka Conservatory of Music, which position she has since held uninterruptedly to the entire satisfaction of management and patrons.
The high standard of musical attainments achieved by her pupils, who are scattered over Central and Eastern Illinois, attests the splendid success which Mrs. Orebaugh has enjoyed in her work.
Mrs. Orebaugh 's attainments are not by any means confined to the realm of music. She is a lady of rare literary culture and a writer of more than ordinary ability. At the 1902 convention of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association she delivered an address of characteristic strength and vigor of thought, which stirred the interest of the profession at large and attracted the attention of the leading daily papers and music journals throughout the country. In this address Mrs. Orebaugh vigorously advocated the competitive examination and licensing, under State supervision, of music teachers.
Following up her idea with characteristic energy, she procured the introduction in the Legislature of a bill embodying the suggestions made by her before the convention, which, not withstanding its novelty, narrowly escaped being enacted into a law.
As a progressive, modern, wide-awake musician, with an assured future, Mrs. Orebaugh ranks well among her confreres in Illinois.
(* From the "History Of Music & Art In Illinois" - 1904)
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