Gary Boye

Liaison Areas

Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music

Library Responsibilities

• Coordinates the Erneston Music Library in the Broyhill Music Building
• Teaches Music Research for Performers (graduate)
• 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 music
• Curates the Max Smith Collection in the Special Collection Research Center, including the Matanya Ophee Collection

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

• Member of the Collection Management Team
• Library representative for the Graduate Academic Policies & Procedures committee (GAPP)
• MLA (Music Library Association)
• SEMLA (South East Music Library Association)
• IAML (International Association of Music Libraries)
• AMS (American Musicological Society)

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 guitar in the United States in the 19th Century
• Film Exhibition in Northwestern North Carolina
• The history of country music, especially bluegrass music from the 1940s to 1970s
• Performs on guitar and other plucked stringed instruments in various local ensembles

Online Scholarship

• Music for Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
• Matanya Ophee Collection
• 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