B. M. E. University of Southern
Mississippi
M. M. E. George Peabody College for
Teachers
email:
vhorton@leeuniversity.edu
Assistant Professor of Music
Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, Virginia
Horton grew up in that state and
attended the University of Southern
Mississippi for her undergraduate study
in music education.
She was active in the opera department at USM
performing the roles of Georgette in Puccini’s
Il Tabarro, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote,
and Abigail in Robert Ward’s The Crucible.
Mrs. Horton continued her college career at
Indiana University, studying voice and vocal
pedagogy with the renown Ralph Appelman. She
completed her master’s degree in music education
at George Peabody College for Teachers in
Nashville, TN, studying voice with Louis
Nicholas and working as a studio musician.
Mrs. Horton came to Lee University in 1969 as a
part time faculty member and has taught full
time since 1976 in the music department in the
areas of applied voice and vocal pedagogy.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities,
she is the coordinator for the applied voice
area.
Mrs. Horton has had an illustrious career as a
soloist, but her most loved performing venue is
with her husband, David, as they have ministered
and continue to minister in church services,
workshops, and conventions literally around the
world—Japan, Ireland, Wales, Bulgaria, Romania,
Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Jamaica, Bermuda,
Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
She also considers her involvement in the Campus
Choir ministry, which her husband directs, an
integral part of her ministry and work at Lee
University.
The Hortons have one son Johnathan, who is a
talented bassist and is currently a candidate
for the master’s degree in church music at Lee
University.
Virginia Horton
