brochure summarized key elements of the school as follows: "theory, harmony, song writing, sight reading, ear training, performance training, conducting, voice, piano, guitar, bass and drums are taught." The school continues to be operated by members of the Speer family following Speer's death with the school being hosted at Middle Tennessee State University in 2018. Honors Speer was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1995, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Southern Gospel Piano Roll of Honor in 2002. References 1930 births 2017 deaths American gospel singers Southern gospel performers Musicians from Alabama People from Winston County, Alabama