Benjamin Jepson Profile - Benjamin Jepson (1832 - 1914) was one of the first elementary school music teacher in the United States, and introduces music to public schools in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1865. The Benjamin Jepson Interdistrict Magnet School and The Jepson School which is named after him.
Studied at Yale University under G. J. Stoeckel and Dr Horatio W. Parker; pupil of Charles Marie Widor. Organist of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1894-1939. Taught at Yale University. b. New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., Aug. 16th, 1870; d. Noank, Connecticut, Aug. 23rd, 1952. Benjamin Jepson Profile
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