About Gary Galván

MICRO-BIO

  • Dr. Galván curates Music Special Collections at the Free Library of Philadelphia. His work focuses largely in Pan American symphonic music.

EXPERIENCE

  • Free Library of Philadelphia
    • Curator
    • Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music
    • 1901 Vine Street
    • January 2015 to Present
  • Temple University
    • Adjunct Associate Professor
    • Boyer College of Music and Dance
    • August 2013 to December 2014
  • Elizabethtown College
    • Visiting Professor of Musicology
    • Fine and Performing Arts Department
    • August 2009 to December 2009
  • Rowan College at Gloucester County
    • Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
    • Liberal Arts Division
    • September 2008 to December 2014
  • Free Library of Philadelphia
    • Musicologist/Digital Projects Coordinator
    • Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music
    • August 2006 to January 2015
  • LaSalle University
    • Instructor
    • Fine Arts Department
    • June 2006 to May 2017
  • A Plus Music & Education
    • Faculty
    • Instrumental Faculty
    • August 2000 to July 2002
  • Eastern Florida State College
    • Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
    • Fine Arts Department
    • July 1994 to June 2002
  • University of Florida
    • Doctoral Teaching Assistant
    • School of Music

EDUCATION

  • University of Florida
    • Ph.D. in Musicology
    • August 2002 to May 2007

    • Dissertation title: Henry Cowell in the Fleisher Collection • Dissertation advisor: Dr. David Z. Kushner • External cognate study in digital media and art history

  • University of Central Florida
    • M.A. in Music Education/Classical Guitar
    • January 1998 to December 2001

    • Graduated Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society

  • Rowan University
    • B.Mus. in Jazz Performance
    • August 1989 to May 1993

    • Graduated Cum Laude • President of Contemporary Music Ensemble 1992-93

DISCIPLINES

  • Archives/Archival Administration

  • Music History, Literature, And Theory

  • Music Pedagogy

  • Musicology And Ethnomusicology

Interests

  • Deia And Orchestral Repertoire

  • Orchestral Music Engraving

  • Protest Music

  • U.S. Music Philanthropy

  • Wpa Music Project

  • Latin American Music

Languages

  • English

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