Brian Quayle Silver

Background

Silver, Brian Quayle was born on September 8, 1942 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Harold Farnes and Madelyn Cannon (Stewart) Silver.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard College, 1964; postgraduate, School Oriental and African Studies U. London, 1969-1970; Doctor of Philosophy., University of Chicago, 1980.

Career

Assistant professor Urdu University Minnesota, 1971-1974. Associate professor Urdu & Indo-Muslim studies Harvard University, 1974-1983. Lecturer music University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1995.

Director international house and international office assistant dean study abroad Duke University, 1983. Executive director International Music Associates, Washington, since 1982. Chief, Urdu service Voice of America, 1986—2007.

Ethnomusicologist & world music curator VOA, since 2007. Director international exchange programs Pan Orient Arts Foundation, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1968-1994, executive director, since 1994. Board directors Archive Research Center Ethnomusiclogy, New Delhi, India, 1993-1998.

South Asia council Association Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1983-1986.

Achievements

• Brian Quayle Silver has been listed as a notable broadcast journalist, musician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Durham Chapter United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, 1984-1986. Member Society Ethnomusicology (New England chapter vice president 1978-1980), Association Asian Music, International Council Tradition Museum, Asia Society, Association Asian Studies, Folklore Society Greater Washington.

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, gardening, films, traveling E-mail: [email protected].

Connections

Married Shubha Sankaran, December 4, 1988. Adopted children: Laila Benazir Robinson Schill, Zain Ganapathi Ramdas Sankaran.

Father:

Harold Farnes Silver

Mother:

Madelyn Cannon (Stewart) Silver

Spouse:

Shubha Sankaran

child:

Laila Benazir Robinson Schill Silver

child:

Zain Ganapathi Ramdas Sankaran Silver