Introduction

Biography

Warren was the hus­band of Eva­lyn Wells.

He earned Ba­che­lor and Mas­ter of Mu­sic de­grees in pi­ano and com­po­si­tion from Sy­ra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty, New York, and a Doc­tor of Edu­ca­tion de­gree from Co­lum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty Teach­ers Col­lege (1944).

He taught pi­ano and the­ory at Mur­ray State Teach­ers Col­lege, and head­ed the pi­ano de­part­ment there (1934–36).

In 1936, he be­came Dean of the Col­lege of Fine Arts at Ok­la­ho­ma Bap­tist Uni­ver­si­ty; the col­lege was re­named the War­ren M. An­gell Col­lege of Fine Arts in 1956.

He found­ed the Bi­son Glee Club in 1938, and sang with Fred War­ing’s Penn­syl­van­ians and the Ro­bert Shaw Cho­rale.

He al­so served on the com­mit­tee for the 1956 Am­er­ican Bapt­ist Hym­nal.