Steven K. Gerber Music Librarian and Musicologist Current Positions Performing Arts Reference/Instruction Librarian II (Liaison and Selector for Music, Theater, and Dance) Johnson Center Library, George Mason University, Fairfax VA Adjunct Professor of Music (Introduction to Research in Music; Advanced Topics in Music History) School of Music, George Mason University, Fairfax VA Book Review Editor Music Reference Services Quarterly Routledge/Taylor-Francis Group, Philadelphia PA Previous Positions Adjunct Instructor of Music State University of New York at Buffalo Library Assistant, Music and Special Collections Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Preservation Technician Center for Book Preservation, State University of New York at Buffalo Graduate Library Assistant Music Library, State University of New York at Buffalo Library Intern Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Executive Secretary and Event Planner Friends of Grand Portage (MN) National Monument Finance, Membership, and Communications Manager St. Louis County (MN) Historical Society Museum Facility and Operations Manager St. Louis County (MN) Heritage & Arts Center Education PhD Candidate (ABD) in Historical Musicology, State University of New York at Buffalo Major Area: Music in 19th-Century American Culture; Concentration: Music of William Henry Fry Post-Grad Course Certificate, History of American Music Printing and Publishing, University of Virginia Rare Book School MLS in Music Librarianship, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Informatics Concentration: Bibliographic Research for Musicology Mini-MBAŽ in Non-profit Organization Management, University of St. Thomas Business School (Minneapolis MN) Management Certificate, Museum Technology Program, University of Colorado at Boulder MA in Music Theory-Composition, University of California at San Diego Concentration in electronic music; studied with Kenneth Gaburo, Pauline Oliveros, Roger Reynolds, Robert Erickson BA in Music Theory-Composition, University of Minnesota at Duluth Presentations "Bigamy Scandal Sinks Sacred Music Group! A Case Study of the Rise and Fall of the Church Music Association, 1869-1874" Music Library Association, Dallas TX (2012) and Atlantic Chapter of Music Library Association, Washington DC (2010) "Research in Music Iconography: Resources and Topics" Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA (2011) "The Library in the Music Academy of Tomorrow: Role, Challenges, Possibilities" Association of Nordic Music Academies, Oslo, Norway (2011) "Drive-By, Drop-In Musicology- A Liaison Librarian's Initiative" International Association of Music Libraries and Archhives, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2009) and Atlantic Chapter of Music Library Association, Indiana PA (2007) "Music Librarianship: Outreach to the University and Beyond" Region 5, Virginia Library Assocation, Fairfax VA (2007) "Performances of Grief, Prophetic and Fulfilled: W.H. Fry's 'Dying Soldier' Music" Music Library Association with Society for American Music, Pittsburgh PA (2007) and Atlantic Chapter of Music Library Association (2005) "The 10th Muse is American, and Her Name is Hyperbole, or, PT Barnum and Louis 'The Monz' Jullien Produce a Monster Concert, 1854" New York State/Ontario Chapter of Music Library Association, Saratoga Springs NY (2003) Other Memberships: Music Library Association (MLA), International Association of Music Libraries and Archives (IAML), Society for American Music (SAM) Activities: Violist, Reston (VA) Chamber Orchestra updated January 2012