Obituary contributed by James Ellis (47815402) on Feb 22, 2015. Edited for those still living.
Charles Albert "Pete" Wiley was born into a band-oriented family in Abilene, Texas, in 1925. His father, Dewey O. Wiley (1898-1980), the "Father of Texas Bands" and one of the founders of the national bandmasters fraternity Phi Beta Mu, was director of the Hardin-Simmons University Band when "Pete" (nick-named by his father) was born.
Beginning in 1942 he spent one year as a student at Texas Tech University (where his father was then band director) before joining the U.S. Navy as a navigator. He participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and in the occupation of Korea and Japan before returning to the same university for a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned the M.Mus. degree at the University of Texas in 1949 and the Ed.D. degree at the University of Colorado in 1962.
Wiley's teaching career began as an assistant director with the Austin, Texas, High School Band in 1949. In 1952 he accepted a position at Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University).
He was named the Texas Bandmasters Association's "Bandmaster of the Year" in 1989 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu's "Bandmaster Hall of Fame" in 1991. In 1974, with the assistance of his wife..., Wiley founded TRN Music Publisher. The name, TRN--That's Really Nice, typifies his original sense of humor and also describes the music he loved.
Charles Albert "Pete" Wiley was born into a band-oriented family in Abilene, Texas, in 1925. His father, Dewey O. Wiley (1898-1980), the "Father of Texas Bands" and one of the founders of the national bandmasters fraternity Phi Beta Mu, was director of the Hardin-Simmons University Band when "Pete" (nick-named by his father) was born.
Beginning in 1942 he spent one year as a student at Texas Tech University (where his father was then band director) before joining the U.S. Navy as a navigator. He participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and in the occupation of Korea and Japan before returning to the same university for a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned the M.Mus. degree at the University of Texas in 1949 and the Ed.D. degree at the University of Colorado in 1962.
Wiley's teaching career began as an assistant director with the Austin, Texas, High School Band in 1949. In 1952 he accepted a position at Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University).
He was named the Texas Bandmasters Association's "Bandmaster of the Year" in 1989 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu's "Bandmaster Hall of Fame" in 1991. In 1974, with the assistance of his wife..., Wiley founded TRN Music Publisher. The name, TRN--That's Really Nice, typifies his original sense of humor and also describes the music he loved.
Obituary contributed by James Ellis (47815402) on Feb 22, 2015. Edited for those still living.
Charles Albert "Pete" Wiley was born into a band-oriented family in Abilene, Texas, in 1925. His father, Dewey O. Wiley (1898-1980), the "Father of Texas Bands" and one of the founders of the national bandmasters fraternity Phi Beta Mu, was director of the Hardin-Simmons University Band when "Pete" (nick-named by his father) was born.
Beginning in 1942 he spent one year as a student at Texas Tech University (where his father was then band director) before joining the U.S. Navy as a navigator. He participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and in the occupation of Korea and Japan before returning to the same university for a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned the M.Mus. degree at the University of Texas in 1949 and the Ed.D. degree at the University of Colorado in 1962.
Wiley's teaching career began as an assistant director with the Austin, Texas, High School Band in 1949. In 1952 he accepted a position at Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University).
He was named the Texas Bandmasters Association's "Bandmaster of the Year" in 1989 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu's "Bandmaster Hall of Fame" in 1991. In 1974, with the assistance of his wife..., Wiley founded TRN Music Publisher. The name, TRN--That's Really Nice, typifies his original sense of humor and also describes the music he loved.
Charles Albert "Pete" Wiley was born into a band-oriented family in Abilene, Texas, in 1925. His father, Dewey O. Wiley (1898-1980), the "Father of Texas Bands" and one of the founders of the national bandmasters fraternity Phi Beta Mu, was director of the Hardin-Simmons University Band when "Pete" (nick-named by his father) was born.
Beginning in 1942 he spent one year as a student at Texas Tech University (where his father was then band director) before joining the U.S. Navy as a navigator. He participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and in the occupation of Korea and Japan before returning to the same university for a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned the M.Mus. degree at the University of Texas in 1949 and the Ed.D. degree at the University of Colorado in 1962.
Wiley's teaching career began as an assistant director with the Austin, Texas, High School Band in 1949. In 1952 he accepted a position at Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University).
He was named the Texas Bandmasters Association's "Bandmaster of the Year" in 1989 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu's "Bandmaster Hall of Fame" in 1991. In 1974, with the assistance of his wife..., Wiley founded TRN Music Publisher. The name, TRN--That's Really Nice, typifies his original sense of humor and also describes the music he loved.
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