EDUCATION
- M.S.L.S., Library Science (Archives & Records Management Concentration), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2013. Master’s paper: A Survey of Media Formats and Storage Practices Used by Ethnomusicology Professors.
- Ph.D., Musicology, Duke University, 2010. Dissertation: Keys to the Past: Building Harpsichords and Feeling History in the Postwar United States.
- M.A., Music History & Literature, University of Southern California, 2003
- B.A., Pomona College, Music, 1999. Cum laude. Senior thesis: The Chopin Ballades as Autobiographical Narrative. (Passed with distinction)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
- 2012. “Historical Authenticity Meets DIY: The Mass-Market Harpsichord in the Cold War United States," American Music 30 (2), pp. 228-253. Click here to access article.
- 2011. “Pained Expression: Metaphors of Sickness, Signs of Authenticity in Kurt Cobain’s Journals,” Popular Music 30 (3), pp. 331-349. Click here to access article.
Other Publications
- 2014. “Arthur Lyman,” Grove Dictionary of American Music
- 2014. “Walter Burr,” “Kits,” Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
- "Lady Keyboardists and the Bach-Boogie Divide," American Musicological Society, Nov. 12-15, 2015
- "Gamba by Day, Banjo by Night: The Hidden 'Folk' of Early Music," Utrecht Early Music Festival Symposium, Aug. 28-30, 2015
- “Selling “Bach to Rock”: Classical Composers as Marketing in the Age of Hip Consumerism,” American Musicological Society, Nov. 7-10, 2013
- “Amplified Plunks: Recording the Harpsichord's Weakness in Postwar Exotica,” Association for Recorded Sound Collections, May 15-18, 2013
- “Period Whispers: Staging the Harpsichord's Acoustic Disadvantage in Postwar Exotica Recordings,” Society for Ethnomusicology, Nov. 1-4, 2012
- “Noise and the Canon: The Meaning of Classical Music in Late-1960s Rock, Experience Music Project Pop Conference, Mar. 22-25 2012. (Part of “Noise and the Canon” panel organized by Barry Shank).
- “An Old World Instrument for Cold War Diplomacy: The Touring Harpsichord in Postwar Asia,” American Musicological Society, Nov. 10-13, 2011
- “‘Refining’ the ‘New World’: Global Harpsichord Tours and the Remaking of America's Postwar Image,” Society for American Music, Mar. 9-13, 2011
- “Overseas and Out of Tune: The Harpsichord in Post-World War II Asia,” Society for Ethnomusicology, Nov. 11-14, 2010
- “Building ‘Authenticities’: Boston School Harpsichord Apprentices and the Revival of Manual Labor,” American Musicological Society, Nov. 12-15, 2009
- “Period Whispers: Staging the Harpsichord's Acoustic Disadvantage in Postwar Exotica,” American Musical Instrument Society, May 21-24, 2009
- “Personal and Technological Trajectories: Historical Time and Anachronistic Labor Among 1960s-1970s Harpsichord Apprentices,” Identities and Technoculture Conference, Apr. 3-4, 2009
- “Decadent Instruments and Unmarked Subjects: New England Harpsichord-Making and the Revival of Old World Heritage,” Society for Ethnomusicology, Oct. 25-28, 2008
- “Manufacturing the Primitive: Recording the ‘Whisperchord’ in Postwar Exotica,” International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Branch, Apr. 25-27, 2008
- “Organological Longings: Building Harpsichords and Feeling Nostalgic in the 1960s-1970s United States,” Society for Ethnomusicology, Oct. 25-28, 2007
- “Noise and the Canon: The Meaning of ‘Classical Music’ in Psych and Prog Rock of the 1960s-1970s,” International Association for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Branch, Apr. 26-29, 2007
- “Speech, Song, and Expressive Ambiguity in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," American Culture Association / Popular Culture Association Joint Conference, Apr. 5, 2007
- “Putting the ‘Bach’ in Bachelor Pad: The Harpsichord in Postwar Pop," Experience Music Project Pop Conference, Apr. 27-30, 2006
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
- Conference Travel Grant, American Musicological Society, 2015
- Conference Travel Grant, American Musicological Society, 2013
- Publication Subvention, American Musicological Society, 2011
- Conference Travel Grant, American Musicological Society, 2011
- William E. Gribbon Award, American Musical Instrument Society, 2010
- Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Grant, Duke University, 2009-2010
- Dissertation Working Group Fellowship, Franklin Humanities Institute, 2008-2009
- Teaching Mini-Grant, Duke University, 2008-2009
- J. Price Endowed Dissertation Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2007-2008
- James B. Duke Summer Research Fellowship, Duke University, 2007
- Research Grant, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 2006
ARCHIVES EXPERIENCE
(Click here for a list of collections I've processed and/or encoded.)
Music Division and Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library of the Performing Arts, New York, NY. Assistant Curator, September 2015-present
- Manage archival collections from acquisition through patron access
- Handle reproduction orders and permissions requests
- Lead instructional sessions
- Staff reference desk
- Assist in preparation of LPA exhibits
Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Temporary Project Archivist, June 2015-September 2015
- Processed Andre Kostelanetz Collection
- Created and encoded finding aid using Oxygen
Southern Folklife Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Special Projects Cataloger & Technician, October 2013-May 2015
- Created original and copy catalog entries for commercial compact disc and 78rpm recordings, using RDA and MARC formats
- Inventoried films, videos, recordings, and data discs from manuscript collections
- Digitized photographic prints and negatives, created item-level metadata and rights-holders information in internal database
- Cleaned shellac, vinyl, and acetate discs, open reel audio tapes as needed
Southern Folklife Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Research Assistant, July 2013-August 2013
- Created digital preservation copies of 4,000 commercial compact disc recordings, using batch-ripping machine
- Reviewed metadata accuracy of copied files before moving to tape-based storage
- Revised workflow for batch duplication in response to unanticipated storage limitations, cataloging needs, and equipment irregularity
- Created MARC-format original and copy catalog entries for commercial compact disc recordings, including items in German, French, Spanish, and Italian
- Wrote blog posts on recently cataloged items
University Archives, Duke University, Durham, NC. William E. King Endowed Intern, June 2011-May 2012
- Answered reference queries for off-site patrons using Knowledge Tracker software
- Co-curated exhibit “From Campus to Cockpit: Duke University during World War II”
- Created LibGuide on history of African Americans at Duke
- Processed collection of student films, created and encoded finding aid using EAD
Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, & Marketing History, Duke University, Durham, NC. Graduate Student Intern, Sept. 2008-May 2010
- Processed 20 collections of advertising agencies and executives, including large, multi-media collections of over 40 linear feet, composed and encoded finding aids using EAD. Click here for example.
- Co-curated exhibits “The Power of Refined Beauty: Photographing Society Women for Pond’s” and “You’ve Got...Personality: Testimonial and Celebrity Endorsement Ads”
- Evaluated proposals for annual travel grant competition
- Researched rights-holders for television advertisements as part of iTunes-U mass digitization project
University Archives, Duke University, Durham NC. Processing Assistant, May 2006-May 2007
- Processed and wrote finding aid content for 46 collections of Duke University professors, departments, and organizations using M.P.L.P. approach
- Processed and wrote finding aid content for 16 scrapbooks in anticipation of Fall 2006 Women’s Studies Department class project
- Barcoded and packed collections in preparation for UA’s physical and administrative move into Duke’s Special Collections
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Oxford University Press, Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, New York, NY. Production Assistant and Bibliographer (Telecommuter), Feb. 2012-Nov. 2013
- Created or updated bibliographies for all entries reused from GDMI 1984 edition, ensuring that each included the most recent and representative scholarship
- Established workflow for copyedited articles flagged with author queries; sorted, batched, re-routed c. 200 articles/week based on query type
- Served as liaison between section editors, OUP production staff and overseas typesetting vendor, resolved discrepancies in article formatting, musical terminology, notation standards, and grammar conventions
Professor Alexander Silbiger, Department of Music, Duke University, Durham NC. Research Assistant, June-Aug. 2009
- Using Filemaker Pro, created metadata fields, established standardized data formats for online catalog of works by 17th century keyboard composer Girolamo Frescobaldi
- Transcribed 17th-century manuscripts into modern music notation using Sibelius software, attached digital images of transcriptions to corresponding entries
Hubbard Harpsichords, Inc., Framingham, MA. Apprentice, February-August 2008
- Assessed condition, performed small-scale restoration procedures on 1960s-1970s harpsichords, clavichords and fortepianos
- Coordinated major, batch shipment of “do-it-yourself” harpsichord kits, worked with shop’s cabinetmakers and outside vendors to ensure that all required parts and supplies were ready by August deadline
Preservation Department, Duke University Libraries, Durham, NC. Student Assistant, May-August 2006
- Fitted newly-published books and pamphlets with protective coverings
- Constructed “tuxedo boxes” for fragile print materials, including historic publications
Music Library and Media Center, Duke University, Durham, NC. Circulation Assistant, May-August 2004; May-August 2005
- Staffed reference desk, circulated materials using Aleph
- Maintained order in stacks, including shelf-reading and reshelving
- Selected and prepared periodicals for binding
OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS
- MS Office Suite, Adobe Suite, FileMaker Pro
- Resource presentation platforms: Omeka, LibGuide
- Reference query platform: Knowledge Tracker
- Social media platforms: Blogspot, Wordpress, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr
- Integrated library systems: Aleph, Millennium
- Descriptive standards: DACS, AACR2, RDA
- Metadata schemas: EAD, MARC, Dublin Core
- Cleaning procedures for CDs, vinyl and shellac records, reel to reel tapes
- Audio editing software: Amadeus, Audacity, WaveLab