Background
Titcomb, Caldwell was born on August 16, 1926 in a, Maine, United States. Son of Samuel and Lura Elizabeth (Smith) Titcomb.
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Titcomb, Caldwell was born on August 16, 1926 in a, Maine, United States. Son of Samuel and Lura Elizabeth (Smith) Titcomb.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1947; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952.
University organist, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1953-1970; director undergraduate studies music, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1956-1984; curator creative arts, library, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1961-1964; co-chairman music department, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977-1984; from instructor to professor music, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1953-1988; professor emeritus, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1988. Drama critic Harvard Crimson, 1953-1982, Bay State Banner, since 1975, This Month on Stage, since 1996. Trustee Charles Playhouse, Boston, 1966-1971.
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Board directors Cambridge (Massachusetts) Civic Symphony Orchestra, 1959-1970. Executive board Museum Fine Arts Friends Music, Boston, 1959-1965. Panelist Massachusetts Commission Arts and Humanities, 1981-1983.
Member selection committee Theater Hall of Fame, since 1980. Juror Elliot Norton awards, since 1985. President Boston Theater Critics Association, since 1994.
With United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. With Military Intelligence Reserve, 1946-1950. Member American Association of University Professors, College Music Society, American Theatre Critics Association (charter), New England Theatre Conference (advisory council 1961-1981, college fellows since 1981), American Guild Organists, American Musicol.
Society (council 1965-1967), Society for Ethnomusicology, Eugene O'Neill Society, History Brass Society, Signet Society, Society for American Music, Phi Beta Kappa (secretary Mu chapter Massachusetts since 1984).