Belk Library and Information Commons

Library Responsibilities

• Coordinates the Erneston Music Library in the Broyhill Music Building
• Teaches Music Bibliography and Guitar Literature
• Teaches Information Literacy modules for music history classes
• Performs in-depth reference service in music
• Manages the collection development of the Music Library collection, which includes books, scores, and audio-visual materials for classical, world, and popular musics (note that Appalachian and bluegrass music is collected by the Appalachian Collection in Belk)
• Develops the Web page for the Music Library

Education

• B.M. in Classical Guitar Performance, University of Georgia, 1986
• M.A. in Music History and Literature, University of Georgia, 1988
• Ph.D. in Musicology, Duke University, 1995
• M.S. in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000

Service Interests

• Serves as a liason between the library and the Hayes School of Music
• Tenured voting member on the library Departmental Personnel Committee
• Chair of the library Curriculum Committee

Scholarly Interests

• The history of plucked string instruments from the 16th Century to the present, focusing primarily on the Baroque guitar, classical guitar, and lute
• The history of country music, especially bluegrass music from the 1940s to 1970s
• Performs on lute, Baroque guitar, and theorbo in Harmonia Baroque, an ASU faculty ensemble

Online Scholarship

• Music for Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
• A History of Film Exhibition in Caldwell County
• A History of Film Exhibition in Watauga County
• The Second (1875) Watauga County Courthouse: A Preliminary Study
• A History of the Original Watauga Academy Bell
• The Summer of Zappa: Is That a Real Poncho or Is That a Sears' Poncho?