Guest Scholar Presents Research on ‘Interviewing in Humanities Music Research’
Guest scholar Travis Stimeling, Ph.D., presents a research presentation on “Interviewing in Humanities Music Research” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, in Ruebush Hall, Room 128. Dr. Stimeling (Ph.D., musicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is associate professor of musicology and director of the Bluegrass and Old-Time bands at West Virginia University. A scholar of commercial country and Appalachian traditional music, he is the author or editor of several books, including “Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and Reflections” (West Virginia University Press, 2018); “Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy” (West Virginia University Press, 2017); “The Oxford Handbook of Country Music” (Oxford University Press, 2017); “The Country Music Reader” (Oxford University Press, 2015); and “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin’s Progressive Country Music Scene” (Oxford University Press, 2011). This event is free and open to current Shenandoah Conservatory students, faculty and staff.
