Violinist, conductor, administrator & Composer
Dr. Karl Ahrendt, Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens,
Ohio 1950-1967, was a recognized as an accomplished composer, violinist and
conductor.

Among his 60 or more compositions are works for orchestra, band, solo
instruments with piano accompaniment and chorus. During his distinguished
career, Dr. Ahrendt won numerous awards, including the Philadelphia Arts
Alliance Award for Composition (1944), The University of Illinois
Contemporary Festival Competition (1950), the First Prize, Ohio Music
Teachers Association (1972), and the Baker Award at Ohio University (1969).
He is listed in the International Who’s Who in Music. He was also a resident
at the MacDowell Colony nine times during the 1950 and 1960s.

Dr. Karl Ahrendt’s manuscripts are archived in the OU School of Music
Library (courtesy of Dr. Richard D. Wetzel) along with a revised
catalog/thematic index of his works and a collection of performances of his
works on CDs (courtesy of Anastasios Polis {A Thesis for a Masters degree in
Music History and Literature}).

A duplicate set of CDs are also available for listening requests on WOUB
Public Radio Station. They operate six transmitters that broadcast
throughout southeastern and east central Ohio. Tune in to:

• WOUB-AM (1340) in Athens, Ohio
• WOUB-FM (91.3) in Athens, Ohio
• WOUC-FM (89.1) in Cambridge, Ohio
• WOUH-FM (91.9) in Chillicothe, Ohio
• WOUL-FM (89.1) in Ironton, Ohio
• WOUZ-FM (90.1) in Zanesville, Ohio