James Thomas Quarles (November 7, 1877 in St. Louis, Missouri – March 4, 1954 in Los Angeles, California[1]) was a 20th-century American organist, educator, and academic.[2] He was National President of both the Music Teachers National Association and music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.[3] In his long tenure he taught at Lindenwood University, Cornell University, and the University of Missouri.[4] He was the founding dean of the University of Missouri School of Fine Arts including the University of Missouri School of Music.[5] In 1905 he wrote one of Cornell's school songs "Cornell Hymn"[6] In the 1920s he edited a compilation of Missouri school songs and was advisor to the Zeta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He acquired and played the organ at Missouri United Methodist ChurchinColumbia, Missouri.[7]
For a time Annie White Baxter served as his secretary.[8] He studied organ under famed St. Louis organist Charles Henry Galloway.
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