About R. L. Turner High School

R. L. Turner High School is a 5A campus in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. The campus' namesake, Robert Leon Turner, devoted 29 years of his life to education in Dallas County. Turner, who also chaired the committee that wrote the original charter for the city of Carrollton, served as superintendent of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD from 1945 until his death in 1962. Built in 1959, the school served as a junior high for three years until 1962, when all of the district's high school students were moved to the newly named R. L. Turner High School.

About the R. L. Turner High School Choral Department

The legacy of the R. L. Turner High School Choral Department is longstanding. A bastion of choral excellence, choirs at R. L. Turner have been led by prominent choral directors for over fifty years. These choral music educators have gone on to influence myriad lives through music.

Previous Choral Directors

Ted Polk - in memoriam; Director of Fine Arts | Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD

Terry Price - Director of Music | Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX

Peggy O'Neill - retired

Emily Crocker - Director of the Milwaukee Children's Choir; Vice President of Choral Publications | Hal Leonard; composer

Allan Andrews - Director of Music Ministries | Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA

Jeffery Goolsby - Director of Choral Activities | Abilene Christian University

Laura Wheless - Director of Choirs | Krum Middle School

Robert Peacock - Owner | Michael's Tobacco of Keller, TX

Josh Brown - Director of Choral Activities | Ouachita Baptist University

Rachel Massey - Director of Choirs | Memorial HS

Eric Robertson - Elementary Music Specialist | Arlington ISD

Riley Worthen - Director of Choirs | Heritage HS

Randall Capshaw - Director of Choirs | Forney HS

Brian C. Murray - Associate Director of Choral Activities | University of Wyoming