Ellwood Colahan [email protected] (303) 871-6427
Curriculum Vitae Updated 2/27/2015
______Education
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Master of Library and Information Science, June 2013. GPA 4.0. Concentration: Reference and User Services. Comprehensive Exam “Pass with Honors.”
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Master of Arts in Music Theory, August 2008. GPA 3.98. Member Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society. Lamont Delegate to Graduate Students of the Four Faculties (GSFF). Named “Outstanding Graduate Student in Academic Achievement,” 2008.
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance, summa cum laude. GPA 3.97.
Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts Studied liberal arts with emphasis in visual art and music. Associate in Arts, June 1977.
Ellwood Colahan, CV Page 1 ______Employment March 2015–Present Music and Performing Arts Reference Librarian; Assistant Professor University Libraries, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
September 2014–Present Adjunct Instructor, MUAC 4000: Introduction to Graduate Study Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
July 2014–February 2015 Library Assistant IV, Music Library Staff Supervisor University Libraries, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
June 2003–June 2014 Library Assistant III, Music Library University Libraries, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
January 1998–June 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Classical Guitar, Guitar Ensemble, and Music Appreciation Colo. State University at Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado
August 1997–June 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Classical Guitar and Guitar Ensemble Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
August 1997–June 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Classical Guitar Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
August 1998–May 2001 Adjunct Instructor, Classical Guitar and Chamber Music Pueblo Community College, Pueblo, Colorado
June 1993–September 1996 Public Health/Community Development Volunteer U.S. Peace Corps, Republic of Guinea, West Africa
December 1989–June 1993 Library Assistant III, Music Library University of Denver Penrose Library, Denver, Colorado
January 1985–January 1986 Production Artist and Assistant Art Director Henry-Gill Advertising, Denver, Colorado
Ellwood Colahan, CV Page 2 ______Peer-Reviewed Publications
Colahan, Ellwood. 2011. “Classical Guitar Music in Printed Collections: A New Index and a Model for Indexing Instrumental Music in Score Collections.” Music Reference Services Quarterly 17 no. 3 (August 15, 2014): 115-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10588167.2014.935591.
______Conference Presentations and Guest Lectures
“Emerging Trends in Performing Arts Librarianship.” University Libraries, University of Denver, January 13, 2015.
“Researching Sustainability with Summon Search.” Guest Lecture for Bibliographic Instruction, Prof. Christopher Brown, University of Denver, March 28, 2013.
“Tradition and Innovation in Balinese Gamelan Angklung.” Guest Lecture for MU 295: “Indonesian Music,” Professor Victoria Levine, Colorado College, May 14, 2007.
“Tradition and Innovation in Balinese Gamelan Angklung: Issues in the Development of Angklung Kebyar and the Music of American Gamelan Tunas Mekar.” Paper delivered at the Southwest Chapter Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology March 31, 2007.
______External Memberships and Service
Member American Library Association, 2014 – present.
Member Association of College and Research Libraries, 2014 – present.
Member Music Library Association, 2013 – present.
Member, Founder, and Coordinator, Pueblo Classical Guitar Society, June 2001 – June 2002.
Founding Member and Newsletter Editor, Friends of Guinea, a National Peace Corps Association country- of-service affiliate group, March 2001–May 2007.
Board of Trustees Member, Social Concerns Chairman, Unitarian Universalist Church of Pueblo, June 2001–June 2002.
Member, Newsletter Editor, Pikes Peak Area Peace Corps Alumni, November 1998 – January 2003.
Member, Director, President, and Newsletter Editor, Colorado Springs Guitar Society, January 1997 – August 2002.
Member Gamelan Tunas Mekar, a community ensemble performing classical Balinese music, Denver, Colorado, January 1997–July 2009.
Ellwood Colahan, CV Page 3 ______References
Suzanne Moulton-Gertig, Ph.D. 19 Farmington Dr. Dover, NH 03820 603-312-6574 [email protected]
Shimelis Assefa, Ph.D. Associate Professor Morgridge College of Education University of Denver 303-871-6072 [email protected]
Joseph Sanchez Director, Mesa County Libraries 443 North 6th St. Grand Junction, CO 81501 970-683-2424 [email protected]
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