Paul Laird

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Paul Robert Laird (born October 26, 1958) is an American musicologist at the University of Kansas [1] born in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Education

Raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, Laird graduated in 1976 from Bridgewater-Raritan High School East, where he participated in the New Jersey All-State Orchestra. [2]

Laird holds a Ph.D. in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include the Spanish and Latin American villancico, Leonard Bernstein, the Broadway musical, and Baroque cello. He has taught at Pennsylvania State University, Binghamton University and the University of Denver. Reviewer Alvaro Torrente described Laird's book Towards a History of the Spanish Villancico as "a milestone in the study of the villancico." [3]

Publications

He directs the Instrumental Collegium Musicum [4] and is active as a Baroque cellist, performing with the Spencer Consort. [5] In August 2002, he won a University of Kansas W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. [1]

His 2004 book The Baroque Cello Revival: An Oral History features interviews with more than 40 cellists and instrument makers. [6] His current project include two studies of the musical theater of Stephen Schwartz and the publication of the orchestral score of the Broadway show Gypsy . [1]

Laird was the director of the Division of Musicology at the University of Kansas from 2000 until 2009. He has taught at the University of Kansas since 1994 [1] and has taught four courses on music research in Ecuador for the Universidad de Cuenca. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "KU School of Music - The University of Kansas". University of Kansas. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. "School News Briefs", Courier News , January 30, 1976. Accessed June 27, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Paul R. Laird, Bridgewater, recently won a one-half cost of tuition scholarship of $1,200 to Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., as a presidential scholar. A senior in Bridgewater-Raritan High School East, Laird is a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society, a recipient of a Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test letter of commendation and a member of the New Jersey All-State Orchestra."
  3. Torrente, Alvaro (February 2000). "Towards a History of the Spanish Villancico", Music & Letters 81 (1): 86–88.
  4. Blankenship, Bill (February 6, 2004). "Using instruments common in the 17th and 18th centuries", The Topeka Capital-Journal , p. F4.
  5. Blankenship, Bill (February 19, 2000). "Musicians will play two blocks of Bach", The Topeka Capital-Journal , p. B8.
  6. Freiberg, Sarah (June–July 2005). "The Baroque Cello Revival: An Oral History", Strings20 (1): 152–53.