Byron Cartwright

Music, history, faith, and family have always been interwoven in the life of Byron James Cartwright. After completing a fifty-plus year professional career in music and ministry with two colleges and five congregations, Dr. Cartwright has found time to write during retirement: first, his memoirs, Connections and Reflections; second, his introduction to philosophy of music, All About Music ... Nothing About Music, and now Amazing Music in a Midwestern Town, 1846-1966. Dr. Cartwright holds...See more

Music, history, faith, and family have always been interwoven in the life of Byron James Cartwright. After completing a fifty-plus year professional career in music and ministry with two colleges and five congregations, Dr. Cartwright has found time to write during retirement: first, his memoirs, Connections and Reflections; second, his introduction to philosophy of music, All About Music ... Nothing About Music, and now Amazing Music in a Midwestern Town, 1846-1966. Dr. Cartwright holds degrees from the Cincinnati Bible Seminary, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He and his wife/soulmate/musician-mate Katie live in Lanett, Alabama. They are the parents of a son and daughter and have five grandchildren. See less