Frederick Hyland King Baltimore Sun

F rederick Hyland King a retired music teacher in Baltimore County and a longtime director of the award winning Dundalk Chorus of the Chesapeake and Sweet Adelines Dundalk chapter died Monday of complications from diabetes at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was . A lifelong devotee and practitioner of barbershop harmony a cappella and four part harmony Mr. King was a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society Hall of Fame which described him in a biographical profile as a barbershopper s barbershopper. This music educator coach judge chorus director master of ceremonies composer arranger and international champion baritone Oriole Four has left an indelible mark on the world of barbershop singing according to the profile. He is the composer of songs and arranger of more than . Mr. King who was known as Freddie was born in Baltimore and raised in Irvington and Pigtown . He graduated in from Forest Park High School. He was very very young when he began singing. You could sing a song t! o him and he d sing it right back said a brother Edward A. King of Reisterstown . By the time he was or he was a talented musician. He learned to play the ukulele piano and drums. Give him any instrument and he learned to play it he said. Mr. King s interest in barbershop singing began during his high school days when he and three other students formed the Oriole Four a barbershop quartet. In a profile in The Sun Magazine he explained that the key element in barbershop harmony is intonation or tonal quality and the tones of barbershop harmony are based on a slightly higher or sharper version of the musical scale than the human voice normally sings. After high school he served in the Navy. He later worked as a bricklayer and as a ditch digger delivered Rice s Bread and held jobs at Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point and at Crown Cork another brother James Pugh of Parkville a sister Merle Burgess of Yorktown Va. four grandchildren and a great grandson. E mail Share Digg Del.ic! io.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Reprint Related topic galleries Parkville Dundalk Perry Hall Reisterstown Overlea Pigtown Bethlehem Steel All topics Get home delivery of The Sun and save over off the newsstand price Copyright The Baltimore Sun Classified Advertise Jobs Cars Real Estate Apartments Celebrations Boats Personals Pets Grocery Coupons Weather Traffic News Maryland Sports Entertainment Life Business Opinion Blogs Fun Stuff Travel Partner Sites Metromix.com bthesite.com Explore Baltimore Co. Explore Carroll Co. Explore Howard Co. Resources Print Edition Wireless Edition RSS Feeds Newsletters Alerts Archives Topic Galleries Site Map Services Subscriber Services Media Kit Reader Rewards Sun Store Sun Fan Shop Contests Special Sections Fifty Plus Advertise Speakers Bureau FAQs Contact Us DRIVER TRACTOR TRAILER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATOR ACCOUNTANT BOOKKEEPER DIRECTOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT View all Top Jobs END navigation rail Popular stories Personality emerges as tight race s pivot point Dr! iven away David Steele If Reed walks away it should be with his head held high Southern discomfort Does he have the answer More most viewed Susan Reimer A woman but why this woman Susan Reimer Gloves came off when column came out Baby boomers the new old people Harbaugh was born for this Genome lights the way to cancer milestone More most e mailed National Hurricane Center Michael Phelps Maria Sharapova Sarah Palin Hurricane Josephine More topics Most viewed Most e mailed Hot topics amNY Chicago Tribune Daily Press Hartford Courant LA Times Newsday Orlando Sentinel Sun Sentinel The Morning Call The Virginia Gazette About baltimoresun

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