Background
Bashford, Christina Margaret was born on December 20, 1961 in Penryn, Cornwall. Daughter of Frederick Gordon and Josephine Frances (Cole) Bashford.
Bashford, Christina Margaret was born on December 20, 1961 in Penryn, Cornwall. Daughter of Frederick Gordon and Josephine Frances (Cole) Bashford.
Bachelor in Music, Oxford University, England, 1983. Master of Music in History Musicology, London University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1996.
Editorial assistant New Grove Dictionary of Music, London, 1983—1988. Managing editor New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 1988—1992. Lecturer, senior lecturer music Oxford Brookes University, 1994—2005.
Assistant professor musicology and strings University Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, Illinois, since 2005. Member performing arts advisory committee Arts and Humanities Data Service, England, 2003—2004. Member advisory panel Music Libraries Trust Concert Programs Project, England, 2001—2004.
Member of American Musicological Society, North America British Music Studies Association, Midwest Victorian Studies Association, British Association Victorian Studies, Royal Museum Association (council member 2000-2003).
Married John Wagstaff, August 22, 1987.