June Weybright

{{short description|American composer}}

June Elizabeth Weybright Reeder (June 15, 1903 – November 15, 1996) was an American composer and music educator who is best known for her piano method books and compositions, published under the name June Weybright.{{Cite book|last=Stern, Susan, 1953-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3844725|title=Women composers : a handbook|date=1978|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-8108-1138-3|location=Metuchen, N.J.|oclc=3844725}} She was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and studied at the Leo Miller Institute of Music (St. Louis, Missouri), Washington University, and the Juilliard School of Music. Her teachers included Kate Chittenden, Jessie L. Gaynor and Effa Ellis Perfield.{{Cite book|last=Brubaker|first=Debra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-UYAQAAIAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=A History and Critical Analysis of Piano Methods Published in the United States from 1796 to 1995|publisher=University of Minnesota|year=1996|location=Minnesota|pages=324|language=en}} Weybright began teaching in 1925,{{Cite book|last=Cohen, Aaron I.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846|title=International encyclopedia of women composers|year=1987|isbn=0-9617485-2-4|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged|location=New York|oclc=16714846}} and married Leland Reeder in St. Louis on July 20, 1940.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=marriage certificate|url=https://www.ancestry.com/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.ancestry.com}}

In addition to teaching, Weybright conducted choral groups and gave many lectures and workshops on topics such as "For a Musical America," {{Cite book|last=Association|first=Music Teachers National|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqc5AAAAIAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=Volume of Proceedings|date=1943|language=en}}"Music in the Everyday Life of Our Juniors,"{{Cite book|last=Association|first=Music Teachers National|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7gJAQAAMAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=Volume of Proceedings of the Music Teachers' National Association: ...Annual Meeting|date=1940|language=en}} and "Reading Fluency for All Students."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MzjAAAAMAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=Musart|date=1967|publisher=The Association|language=en}} She belonged to the Mu Phi Epsilon international music fraternity.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQgWAAAAMAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon|date=1949|publisher=Mu Phi Epsilon.|language=en}}

Weybright composed or arranged over 300 piano pieces in 48 volumes, as well as pedagogical material on music theory,{{Cite book|last=Krohn|first=Ernst C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4YXAQAAIAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=Missouri Music|date=1971-08-21|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-70932-6|language=en}} and music for four hands, six hands, and two pianos. She was published by Belwin Mills,{{Cite web|title=June Weybright Sheet Music|url=https://cheapsheetmusic.com/educational/june-weybright-sheet-music?sort=2a&page=1|access-date=2020-09-17|website=cheapsheetmusic.com}} which was later acquired by Alfred Music publishing company.

Her best-known works include:

• Belwin Piano Method (in five books){{Cite web|title=WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog|url=https://www.worldcat.org/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.worldcat.org}}
• Belwin Theory Worksheets{{Cite book|last=Cobb, Hazel.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947793675|title=Belwin theory worksheets set 1.|date=2000|publisher=Warner Bros Pubns|isbn=0-7692-3791-6|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=947793675}}
• Etudes for Pianists{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=prwgAQAAIAAJ&q=june+weybright|title=The Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries|date=1953|language=en}}
• Mildly Contemporary: An Introduction to Contemporary Music for Early Grade Pianists
• Technic for Pianists
• Weybright Course for Pianists