Date of birth

16 May 1919 at Timaru

Parents

Archibald Charles Callaway

Married

Kathleen Jessie Allan 1942

Children

Two sons and two daughters

Education

• West Christchurch High School
• Otago University
• Dunedin Teachers College
• Royal Academy of Music London – Bachelor of Music

Honours

• LRAM
• ARCM
• FTCL
• MACE
• Philip Neill Prize 1946
• Fanny Evans Travelling School 1949
• Battison Haynes Prize and Cuthbert Nunn Prize 1948
• RAC (London)
• Carnegie Travel Grant USA 1949

Military service

• RNZAF Central Band 1940-42

Career

• Head of Music Department King Edward Tech College Dunedin 1942-53
• Reader in Music University of Western Australia 1953-59
• Professor and Head of Music Department, University of Western Australia 1959-
• Conductor of Orchestral and Choral Societies, University of Western Australia 1953-
• Guest Conductor Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Philharmonic Choir, South Australia Symphony Orchestra
• Australian Music Examinations Board 1955 (Chairman 1965-67)
• Member Board of Directors International Society for Music Education 1958
• UNESCO Company for Music 1960
• ABC Federal Advisory Committee 1957
• Attended Conferences Vienna 1961, Tokyo 1962, Michigan 1966
• President Australian Society for Music Education 1966
• Advisory Board Commonwealth Assistance to Australian Composers 1967
• Chairman Western Australia Company Academy of Dancing 1960 and other Organisations
• Commonwealth Arts Festival Conference on Music Education (England) 1965

Author

• Published articles on music education “Studies in Music”

Recreation

• Gardening (Cacti)
• Reading

Last updated: 16 Sep 2021