Background
McClymonds, Marita Petzoldt was born on December 4, 1935 in St. Louis. Daughter of Adie Sylvester and Elda Louise Engert Petzoldt.
McClymonds, Marita Petzoldt was born on December 4, 1935 in St. Louis. Daughter of Adie Sylvester and Elda Louise Engert Petzoldt.
Bachelor, Culver-Stockton College, 1956; Master of Arts, University of California, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1978.
Music director, Edina (Missouri) Public Schools, 1955-1957;
music teacher, Junior High School, Quincy, Illinois, 1957-1960;
lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1979;
manager, Berkeley Conservatory Ballet, Berlekey, 1979;
director, Indiana Learning School, Berkeley, 1980-1981;
assistant professor department music, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1981-1986;
associate professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1986;
chair department music, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988-1995. Co-founder, conductor Commedia dell'Opera, Berkeley, 1980-1981. Consultant A.Co.M. Sub-Project Catalogo dei libretti Sele Sistemi, Venice, Italy, 1990.
Member University of Virginia Summer Research Awards in the Humanities and Socials Sciences committee, since 1991, chair, since 1995).
Board directors League of Women Voters, Quincy, Illinois, 1960-1962, Denver, 1964-1968. Executive chair Classical Chorale, Denver, 1965-1968. Co-founder, 1st president Southwest Denver Human Relations Council, 1967-1968.
Member artistic committee Ashlawn Highlands Summer Festival Board, since 1991. Member American Musicological Society (member national council 1984-1987, member program committee 1987-1988, newsletter editor 1990-1993, member 50 fellowship committee 1995-1998, chair nominations committee 1997), American Handel Society, American Association Italian Studies, American Society 18th Century Studies (journal. advisory editor), women's Faculty and Professional Association (member steering committee 1987-1992), International Jommelli Gesellschaft Stuttgart (founding member 1993), International Musicological Society, Institute Advanced Museum Studies (United Kingdom), Early Music American, College Music Society, Sonneck Society, Societa Italiana di Musicologia.
Married Clarence Milton McClymonds, June 15, 1957. Children: James Taylor, Julie Rose McClymonds Smith.