Background
Preston, Katherine Keenan was born on December 7, 1950 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Clem F. Junior and Mary Elizabeth (Zink) Imfeld.
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Scott Joplin (Baa) (Black Americans of Achievement)
(Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and com...)
Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas.
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Katherine Keenan Preston
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Katherine Keenan Preston, Music educator. CUNY fellow, 1981-1984, Junior Research fellow Institute for Studies in American Music, 1981-1984, Newberry Library. fellow, 1985-1986, Sinfonia Foundation research assistant grantee, 1986-1987, Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies Travel and Research grantee, 1986-1987, College William and Mary summer faculty grantee, 1992, 93.
Education
Student, University Cincinnati, 1969-1971; Bachelor in Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, 1974; Master of Music, U. Maryland., 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, CUNY, 1989.
Career
Staff writer, photographic researcher, New Grove Dictionary of America Music, New York City, 1981-1986; freelance music researcher, New York City and Washington, 1982-1990; visiting assistant professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989-1992; assistant professor music history, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1992-1995; associate professor music history, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1995. Consultant to Discovery Prodns., 1991. Member editorial review board Symposium, since 1989.
Achievements
Works
book
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Scott Joplin (Baa) (Black Americans of Achievement)
(Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and com...)
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Scott Joplin (Baa) (Black Americans of Achievement)
Membership
Fellow American Council Learned Socs. Member The College Music Society (member editorial board 1993), American Musicol. Society (student representative 1982-1983, secretary-treasurer Capital chapter 1984-1988, representative to national county since 1993), Sonneck Society for American Music (program committee 1984, Capital area representative 1985-1989, Irving Lowens award committee 1989-1991, member handbook committee 1991-1993, chair conference management committee 1993, chair Lowens award committee since 1995), Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Kappa Lambda.
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Married Daniel F. Preston, October 8, 1971. 1 child, William Clement Preston.
