Background
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman was born on March 26, 1948 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Raymond R. and Lillian (Ablon) Kaufman.
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Shelemay, Kay Kaufman was born on March 26, 1948 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Raymond R. and Lillian (Ablon) Kaufman.
Student, Northwestern University, 1966-1968; Bachelor of Music with high distinction, University of Michigan, 1970; Master of Arts in Music, University of Michigan, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, University of Michigan, 1977.
Assistant professor music, Columbia University, New York City, 1977-1982;
associate professor music, New York University, New York City, 1982-1990;
professor music, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1990-1992;
professor music, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1992. Visiting research scholar Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1972-1973, Institute Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, 1973-1975. Guest curator Jewish Museum Exhibition, 1986-1987.
Faculty-in-residence Columbia Broadcasting System Records Division, 1986. Adjunct assistant professor music Hunter College CUNY, 1980. Visiting professor music Harvard University, 1991.
Chair department music Harvard University, since 1994. Chair Fromm Music Foundation, Harvard University, since 1994. Lecturer in field.
Member National Endowment for Arts (site review 1997), National Endowment for Humanities (panelist), library Congress (panelist), American Musicological Society (committee status of women 1985-1988, county 1987-1989, since 1996, fellowship committee), Society for Ethnomusicology (president-elect 1997), Society Asian Music (board directors 1983-1991), Jewish Music Council (Executive Board since 1982), various others.
Married Jack S. Shelemay, February 4, 1974.
