The Library of Congress presents the following lecture: Science Meets Music: Technical Studies of Musical Instruments
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3:00 - 5:00 pm EDT (will be webcast live) Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building Whittall Pavilion, Room LJ WH (Ground) 10 First St. SE Washington, DC 20540 Accessibility Request ADA accommodations at least five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or a...@loc.gov<mailto:a...@loc.gov>. About the Program An afternoon of lectures featuring recent in-depth collaborative musical studies by curators, conservators, musicians, and cultural heritage scientists. The opening lecture's research was funded in part by a Preservation and Access grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to the Library of Congress, the Catholic University of America, and George Washington University to study the Claude Laurent glass flutes in the Library of Congress Dayton C. Miller Collection. Speakers Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford, Music Specialist and Curator of Musical Instruments, Music Division, Library of Congress Stephanie Zaleski, postdoctoral scientist, George Washington University Isabelle Muller, Project Manager, Vitreous State Laboratory, Catholic University of America Lynn Brostoff, Senior Scientist and Analytical Service Liaison, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress Jayme Kurland, musicologist Jean-Philippe Echard, Curator of Bowed String Instruments, Musée de la musique (Paris) For more information and to register for the live webcast, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/tops/music/index.html Dr. Fenella France Preservation Research and Testing Division Library of Congress ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
