Jim Bob Floyd

• Headerstyle — background-color:#F8F9FB • Labelstyle — background-color:#F8F9FB • Datastyle — Main 1 • Header1 — JB Floyd • Label2 — Born • Data2 — James Robert Floyd aka Jim Bob Floyd 2 June 1929 Tyler, Texas • Label3 — Avocation • Data3 — Concert pianist Collegiate music educator • Label4 — Idiom • Data4 — Classical Avant-garde Experimental • Label5 — Academic Positions • Data5 — (1981–2013) Northern Illinois University (1962–1981) (c. 1962) University of Corpus Christi (mid 1950s) Piano Instructor University of Kentucky (1949) University of North Texas (1948) • Label19 — Website • Data19 — www.jbfloyd.com

Floyd earned a Bachelor of Music in 1948 and a Master of Music in 1950 from the University of North Texas (College of Music). While at North Texas, he studied piano with Isabel and Silvio Scionti. In the 1950s, at the University of Corpus Christi, Floyd became head of the Department of Music, then Chairman of the Fine Arts Division. In Fall 1949, Floyd joined the music faculty of the University of Kentucky as piano instructor. He also served on the music faculty of Sam Houston State University.

Floyd, in 1949, was a grand winner of the National Guild of Piano Teachers Young Artist Competition at Town Hall in New York City. The award led to a sponsored solo recital at Town Hall, Wednesday, 8:30 pm, April 9, 1952. Harold C. Schonberg (1915–2003), a music critic for The New York Times, reviewed the performance. Floyd went on to earn a DMA in 1961 from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. In 1962, Floyd joined the music faculty at the University of Northern Illinois. In 1981, Floyd joined the faculty at the University of Miami. He taught there for 32 years, retiring as Chair Emeritus in 2013 while serving as Chair of the University of Miami's Department of Keyboard Performance.