Joseph Pfender Email & Phone Number

-Initiate and maintain editorial and artistic direction of publications for AMFS programs-Apply for grants and administer programs in publications, public musicology, and archives preservation, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and other private and public funding sources-Project manage hundreds of print.

Aspen, CO

-Establish and maintain editorial direction of Program Book with President and Artistic Advisor-Initiate and oversee all artistic department publications-Contract and supervise design and production teams-solicit and curate essays for print publishing, as well as online publication in video, text, and audio formats-Prepare annual program book.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinating learning outcomes using cloud-based LMS systems and team management.
• Developing and implementing various syllabi and curricula in music history and music theory, organizing semester-long reading lists, formulating and meeting learning objectives
• Supervising teaching assistants and grading assistants in administering both self-designed and department-wide curricula
• Teaching and facilitating the development of critical reading, writing and thinking skills in undergraduate students, preparing and executing lesson plans in both small (group discussion) and large (lecture) formats
• Administering examinations, adjudicating disciplinary claims and working with department administration and undergraduate deans to reach satisfactory outcomes for students, faculty, and staff

Greater New York City Area

• Worked with the Executive Director of American Musicological Society to determine value and historical importance of documents under review
• Cataloged printed, handwritten, published, and bureaucratic paperwork for use by future historians of the American Musicological Society
• Developed dynamic finding aid systems to accommodate idiosyncratic deposits of personal papers

Greater New York City Area

Processed donated collections of recordings, with emphases on preservation, cataloging, archiving and metadata description. Gained working knowledge of digital curation and descriptive tools using metadata systems including FileMakerPro.

Greater New York City Area

• Maintained and oversaw a team of three research assistants to prepare reports to the executive board of the American Musicological Society
• Liaised with AMS President on project goals, progress, and final product
• Administered spreadsheet and template design, to coordinate and streamline team members’ workflow

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Music

B.Music, Music Theory And Composition

M.A., Music

Activities and Societies: Music Theory instructor, teaching assistant, and tutor; Music History instructor, and teaching assistant