Ryan A. Koons, Ca, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

-Manage archival and media activities, and provide administrative coordination, for Maryland Traditions, the state traditional arts program-Process and digitize materials at, and conduct outreach for, the Maryland Traditions Archives housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County-Create and oversee development and publication of digital folklife.

Westminster, MD

-Direct collections management workflow; manage institutional records-Acquire, appraise, physically process, and apply preservation to project-based collections; write DACS-compliant PDF finding aids for internal use-Set up and manage born-digital records via closed Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) mirrored in triplicate and redundantly.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

-Collaborate with tribal members to digitize community members' individual collections for private intra-community collection, with materials dating ca1930-present-Digitize photos, slides, newspapers, and personal papers-Centralize records into community-wide collection, write DACS-compliant PDF finding aid (Finding Aid not publicly accessible by community.

Westminster, MD

During traditional arts summer school, teach teen and adult students from multiple backgrounds in courses on music, dance, and culture. Courses include "Beginning Fiddle," "Icelandic Singing," "LGBT Perspectives in Traditional Music," "Scandinavian Music and Dance," and "Swedish Fiddle."

Westminster, MD

During two-week long traditional arts summer school, photograph classes, concerts, lectures, art gallery events, and dances for advertising and program documentation

East Coast, USA

Perform traditional acoustic Celtic and Nordic music in the mid-Atlantic region on stringed instruments, including fiddle, nyckelharpa, and bowed dulcimer.

Baltimore, MD

-Arrange, describe, and digitize collections in the archive of the state folklife program, Maryland Traditions, featuring administrative materials, oral histories, interviews, photographs, and videos-Conduct research in collections to create research guides for archive patrons-Write DACS-compliant finding aids using PastPerfect collections management.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-As freelance researcher hired and contracted by private individuals, conduct research in Library of Congress's Performing Arts collections for patrons unable to travel to Washington, DC-Coordinate with the Music Division staff who refer remote researchers to me-Conduct reference interviews by email to evaluate patron needs-Inform patrons of available.

Westminster, MD

Researching, designing, and implementing a forthcoming summer 2019 gallery exhibit entitled "Art/Craft/History: Musical Instruments" featuring the work of Carroll-based instrument builders, artists, and photographers.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

-As volunteer, arranged and described collection of photographs, negatives, and contact prints of African American musical life in Baltimore, MD, ca. 1930-1960 -Digitized photographs and negatives with Epson Smartscan and Adobe Photoshop -Reprocessed and described loose negatives and photographs-Recommended out-of-scope records for removal from the.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Teach lecture courses as professor of record in Depts. of Ethnomusicology, Musicology, and World Arts & Cultures/Dance.Direct UCLA's Early Music Ensemble, a 40-person, credit-bearing ensemble with members drawn from UCLA student, faculty, and staff bodies, and the greater Los Angeles area.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Teach discussion sections attached to lecture courses on music history, culture, and applied music, including "Aesthetics of (Western Art) Music," "Traditional Native American Music," "Global Pop," "LGBTQ Perspectives in Popular Music," and "World Music."

Greater Los Angeles Area

Assist director of UCLA's Early Music Ensemble, a 40-person, credit-bearing ensemble with members drawn from UCLA student, faculty, and staff bodies, and the greater Los Angeles area.

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Digitized cassette tapes and LP records for faculty-Assisted student, faculty, and staff Laboratory users-Supervised equipment loan-Set up, broke down, and troubleshot classroom AV technology-Recorded Dept of Ethnomusicology music ensemble spring concerts

Carlisle, PA

Tutor students one-on-one in music theory and music skills.

Carlisle, PA

-Appraised, physically processed, applied preservation to records in Center's archival collections-Processed the Black Liberation Movements Mosaic Collection, which contains AV recordings, interviews, and projects materials recalling the civil rights movement in Mississippi and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa-Wrote DACS-compliant PDF finding.

Westminster, MD

-Supervised volunteer and area coordinators-Acted as liaison between students, staff, board, and directors-Advertised program locally and regionally-Developed and managed internal mailing, student, class, and staff databases-Researched and developed release forms to record and photograph staff performances

Westminster, MD

-Coordinate and supervise 30-60 volunteers-Organize working crews in concerts, festival setup, registration, and transportation-Manage and advise heads of working crews

Westminster, MD

-Coordinate 8-15 volunteers on stage, sound, and recording working crews for evening concerts and roots music and arts festival-Act as liaison with sound engineers and stage managers-Facilitate recording of festival stages

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Musicology And Ethnomusicology

Master'S Degree, Musicology And Ethnomusicology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Music