Curriculum Vitae MOLLY C. DORAN Cell: 812-929-0109 · Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION In progress Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN PhD Candidate in Musicology Minor field: Arts Administration Advisor: Dr. Ayana Smith Dissertation: Proposal in progress on representations of motherhood in nineteenth- century French opera

2010–2012 Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green, OH Master of Music in Music History, 4.0 GPA Advisor: Dr. Eftychia Papanikolaou Thesis: “The Transformation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin into Tchaikovsky’s Opera”

2006–2010 Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI Bachelor of Arts in Music, cum laude

RESEARCH INTERESTS • Nineteenth-century opera, with focus on gender, madness, literary transformation, and representations of women • Twentieth and twenty-first century opera productions, with emphasis on productions of Wagner’s operas in America and Germany post-WWII • Women and music during the Renaissance

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2018–present Instructor of Record | Northeastern University, Depart of Music • MUSC 1116, Beethoven, spring 2018 This class is an online, undergraduate-level course for non-majors; it examines the historical contexts surrounding Beethoven and his music and considers the composer’s significance in the centuries following his death and into the current time. The course presents the following topics: Defining Beethoven; Beethoven and Politics; Beethoven’s Life and Works; Beethoven and Disability; Beethoven and Race; and Beethoven and Film.

2016–2017 Instructor of Record | Indiana University, Musicology Department • M510, Women and Music, spring 2017 This class is a graduate-level course for students in the Jacobs School of Music that examines women’s participation in music of the Western world through a series of case studies from various periods in history. The course introduces students to feminist methodologies and explores women as Doran - 1 composers, performers, and patrons in addition to evaluating the representation of women in opera and other genres. It considers how music reflects, engages with, and questions ideas about gender and sexuality. Students are guided through the process of writing a research paper of 10–15 pages.

• M501, spring 2017, fall 2016, and summer 2016 This class is a graduate-level proseminar for students in the Jacobs School of Music. The class focuses on workshopping research, writing, and presentation skills as well as musical analysis. Topics include performance practice, nineteenth-century opera, and women and music during the Renaissance.

2012–2016 Private tutor for all undergraduate and graduate music history classes and entrance exams at Indiana University

2013–2015 Associate Instructor | Indiana University, Musicology Department • Music History II, summer 2015, Instructor Molly Ryan • Music History II, spring 2015, Dr. Ayana Smith • Music History I, fall 2014, Dr. Peter Burkholder • Music History I, summer 2014, Instructor Derek Stauff • Music History II, spring 2014, Dr. Philip Ford • Music History I, fall 2013, Dr. Peter Burkholder Duties included teaching four small section meetings per week; running study/review sessions; offering office hours; lecturing; writing exam questions; grading papers, quizzes, exams, and any other assignments; and leading students through the process of writing substantial research papers.

2013 Private tutor for Junghwa Moon Auer’s dissertation for her Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

2013 Invited Lecturer for M525: Survey of Operatic Literature, Indiana University, Musicology Department, fall 2013. Topic: nineteenth-century Russian opera. Instructor of record: Alison Mero.

2010–2012 Teaching Assistant | Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts • Masterpieces of Music, spring 2012, Dr. Megan Rancier • Music History III, fall 2011, Dr. Marcus Zagorski • Music History II, spring 2011, Dr. Eftychia Papanikolaou • Music History I, fall 2010, Dr. Arne Spohr Duties included taking attendance; grading papers, quizzes, exams, and any other assignments; offering office hours; running study/review sessions; and lecturing.

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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WRITING Forthcoming Assisted with “Arias” entry for Oxford Bibliographies Online

Forthcoming Pre-performance lectures for the Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater, Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, spring 2018

2013 Program notes and synopsis for the Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater, Jules Massenet, Werther, fall 2013

2013 Live-blogging for the Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater, Jules Massenet, Werther, fall 2013 • Prepared extensive script to present as live commentary during performances and engaged with audience members, answering historical and artistic questions about the opera and production

2012 Live-blogging for the Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater, Jules Massenet, Cendrillon, fall 2012 • Prepared extensive script to present as live commentary during performances and engaged with audience members, answering historical and artistic questions about the opera and production

CONFERENCE PAPERS 2015 “A Woman with a Body and a Voice: Reevaluating Beethoven’s Leonore.” The Ohio State University Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, “Configurations of Human Bodies,” Columbus, OH, February 2015.

2014 “Soundscape and the Renegotiation of Identity: Religious Music in Calvin’s Geneva and the Creation of a New City.” University at Buffalo SUNY, 7th Annual Symposium on Music, Buffalo, NY, March 2014. Trip funded by a travel grant from the Indiana University Musicology Department.

2013 “Soundscape and the Renegotiation of Identity: Religious Music in Calvin’s Geneva and the Creation of a New City.” Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Graduate Conference, Bloomington, IN, December 2013.

2012 Invited and declined: “Cultural Exchange at the Early Tudor Court: Henry VIII’s Recruitment of Foreign Musicians.” Conference of the Renaissance Society of America, “Cultural Exchange and Transnational Encounter: Music, Art, and Patrons II,” Washington, D.C., March 2012.

2011 “Music in the Everyday Life of a Tudor Courtier: Compositional Fecundity and the Pervasive Presence of Music in the Court of Henry VIII.” Conference of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, “Music and Everyday Life,” Doran - 3 Bowling Green, OH, April 2011.

INVITED PAPERS 2012 “The Transformation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin into Tchaikovsky’s Opera.” Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI, April 2012.

OTHER ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE 2017–present Research Assistant for Dr. Hilary Poriss, Northeastern University, Boston, MA • Performed extensive research to assist with the “Arias” entry for Oxford Bibliographies Online

2015–2016 Fact-Checker | Journal of Musicology • Fact-checked the use of sources and citations in forthcoming articles

2015 Cataloguer | Indiana University, Musicology Department, Ostiglia Program • Created and edited XML catalogue records of 19th-century music manuscripts for the 2015 Musicology Department Ostiglia Program at the Biblioteca Musicale Greggiati in Ostiglia, Mantua, Italy • Class took place under the instruction of Dr. Giovanni Zanovello. For more information, see http://music.indiana.edu/departments/academic/musicology/Ostiglia_Desc ription.shtml

2015 Research Assistant for Dr. Lynn Hooker • Assisted with music history survey class preparation

2014 Researcher | Russian Cultural Institute in Naples, Florida • Researched and provided extensive notes about Tchaikovsky’s opera, Iolanta, in preparation for a new production put on by the institute

2013 Graduate Assistant | Indiana University, Musicology Department • Assisted Dr. Peter Burkholder and Dr. Mary Paquette-Abt with class preparation and office organization

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2000–present Private piano instructor • Independent private piano instructor, 2000–present • Private piano instructor at the Dedham School of Music, Dedham, MA, 2017–present • Private piano instructor at Stafford Music Academy, Bloomington, IN, 2014– 2017 • Private piano instructor at the Melody Music Shop LLC, Bloomington, IN,

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2017–present Class instructor | Dedham School of Music, Dedham, MA • Introduction to Piano class, fall 2017

2016 Class instructor | Stafford Music Academy, Bloomington, IN • Early childhood music and movement class, fall 2016 and spring 2016

PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE 2016 Pianist for Wells Scholars Alumni Reunion, Indiana University, August 2016

2014–2016 Pianist for Wells Scholars Welcome Reception, August 2016, August 2015, and August 2014

2013–2015 Pianist for Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington • Performed mostly solo repertoire at two services every Sunday; accompanied hymns; accompanied 100-person choir that performed a wide variety of styles, ranging from Baroque oratorios to contemporary pop to gospel; accompanied choir rehearsals weekly

2013 Pianist for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s Pops concert

2011–2012 Pianist, director of the children’s choir, and substitute choir director for Maumee Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bowling Green, Ohio

2010–2012 Pianist for Hosanna Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Ohio

2009–2012 Collaborative pianist, emphasis on vocal accompaniment • Independent collaborative pianist, 2009–present • College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University, 2010–2012 • Howard Music Department, Hillsdale College, 2009–2010

2009–2010 Concert Mistress for the Sigma Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota chapter at Hillsdale College • Organized and planned the chapter’s performances, including two full-scale concerts, private performances, and philanthropic performances

2008–2010 Choir Conductor for Sigma Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota at Hillsdale College

OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE 2015–2016 Office Manager | Stafford Music Academy, Bloomington, IN • Duties included scheduling lessons for the academy’s 200+ weekly students; creating invoices and managing payments in QuickBooks; making sales; Doran - 5 communicating with clients and potential clients; and marketing. The job required the regular use of QuickBooks and Excel.

2015 Intern | Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater • Project Coordinator for the Arias & Pirouettes Program • Worked with local businesses to provide discounted rates and special deals for ticket-holders

2014 Office Manager, Medical biller, and Sales Associate | Sole Sensations podiatry office and shoe store, Bloomington, IN

2011–2012 Copy Editor | IntelliShop, Perrysburg, OH

2007–2010 Administrative Assistant for Annual Music Audition Day • Howard Music Department, Hillsdale College

2006–2010 Reference and Circulation Desks Worker | Michael Alex Mossey Library, Hillsdale College • Reference student worker, 2008–2010 • Circulation student worker, 2006–2010

2002–2008 Secretary/Administrative Assistant | Law Offices of Hall and Doran, PLC • Prepared legal documents, answered phone, dealt with clients, scheduled meetings, and organized office

SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS 2015 Caswell Family Scholarship • Awarded by the IU musicology faculty in recognition of my accomplishments and in support of my continued good progress in the program

2012–2013 Jacobs School of Music Award

2012–2013 Indiana University Dean’s Scholarship

2013 Nominated for the university-wide Distinguished Thesis Award at Bowling Green State University

2012 Nominated for the university-wide Distinguished Thesis Award at Bowling Green State University

2010 Music scholarship from the Howard Term Endowment for piano accompaniment at Hillsdale College Doran - 6

2009 Hillsdale College Robey Scholarship in recognition of leadership on campus

2009 Sigma Alpha Iota Sigma Mu Rose in recognition of outstanding service to the chapter

2008–2010 Hillsdale College Seidl Tradition Award in recognition of volunteer work

2006–2010 Hillsdale College Dean’s list

2006–2010 Hillsdale College Harvey Scholarship in recognition of academic achievement

2006–2008 Hillsdale College Tradition Award in recognition of volunteer work

UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2015–2016 Co-President of the Indiana University Graduate Musicology Association • Organized departmental social gatherings as well as welcome events for prospective students; worked closely with professors in inviting and scheduling guest lecturers; and served as a point of contact for invited guest lecturers. Other duties included taking care of sympathy/greeting cards for major events in the lives of department members and planning/coordinating symposium-related activities.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 2009–2010 Music teacher at Hillsdale Preparatory School • Taught the second-grade music class weekly, helped plan the school’s Christmas concert, and acted as the substitute music teacher for the kindergarten and middle school classes

2009 Collaborative pianist for Dwyer Family Band recording sessions • Recorded religious works scored for a church band and one classical work for clarinet and piano

2006–2010 Domestic Harmony Women’s Shelter in Hillsdale, MI • Supervised the shelter, including handling crisis phone calls, for 5–15 hours monthly

2006 Drew’s Place (Retirement Home) in Hillsdale, MI • Played piano one hour per week for the residents

1998–2010 Pianist for Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Brighton, MI

LANGUAGES Doran - 7 • French reading and translation ability • German reading and translation ability • Spanish reading, speaking, and translation ability

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Member of the American Musicological Society • Member of Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity for Women

REFERENCES Dr. J. Peter Burkholder, Distinguished Professor of Music (Musicology), Indiana University Bloomington [email protected] (812) 855-7097 Simon Center, M225A

Dr. Phil Ford, Associate Professor of Music (Musicology), Indiana University Bloomington [email protected] (812) 855-6985 Simon Center, M225F

Dr. Halina Goldberg, Professor of Music (Musicology), Indiana University Bloomington [email protected] (812) 855-7096 Simon Center, M325D

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