Arts and Archival Research
A panel discussion with violinist David Harrington, Andrea Decker of American Folklife Center and Jay Satterfield of the Rauner Library Special Collections & Archives. Moderated by Memory Apata, Research & Learning Librarian for Music & Performing Arts.
How can musicians and other artists use the vast resources available in library archives to create new work? How do research and the creative process intersect?
Kronos Quartet founding violinist David Harrington joins Dartmouth librarians and a special guest librarian from the Library of Congress, where he did extensive research for Three Bones. In this roundtable discussion, the panelists talk about research, creativity, the role of librarians, ethical use of archival materials, and the use of library collections in teaching, learning and creating.
Participants:
David Harrington (founding violinist, Kronos Quartet)
Andrea Decker (Reference Librarian, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
Jay Satterfield (Head of Rauner Library Special Collections & Archives)
Moderator:
Memory Apata (Research & Learning Librarian for Music & Performing Arts )
David Harrington is the founder of San Francisco's Kronos Quartet. Since 1973, he has initiated the addition of more than 1,100 works to Kronos's repertoire by composers from far-reaching corners of the musical world. He has planned thousands of concert programs which have injected fresh life and urgency into the live concert experience. David has curated the Kronos Quartet recordings known for their bracing style, variety and scope. Kronos' Fifty for The Future project has given the entire field free entry into the Kronos world. Having received many awards, including three Grammys and the Polar Music Prize in 2024. The Kronos album, Pieces of Africa, was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. David was the 2024 Kluge Scholar in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress, where he worked closely with the Library's American Folklife Center, to research and plan much of what became Three Bones.
Andrea Decker is an ethnomusicologist, librarian, educator and artist based in Washington, D.C. She is a reference librarian at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and teaches folklore at George Mason University. Her work bridges scholarship, archives and artistic practice, with experience as a singer, arranger, dramaturg and photographer in Southern California, Indonesia and the Washington, D.C. area. She holds a PhD and MA in Ethnomusicology from UC Riverside and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.
Jay Satterfield is Head of Rauner Library Special Collections & Archives. Since arriving at Dartmouth in 2004, Jay has worked to integrate Special Collections into the intellectual life of the College through intensive curricular use of the collection. He is an advocate for hands on learning and creating meaningful connections between the past and the present with rare and unique materials. He is the author of "The World's Best Books": Taste, Culture and the Modern Library and holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa.
Memory Apata is the Music & Performing Arts Librarian serving the Music Department, Theater Department and the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. She has a BA in Music from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Masters in Library and Information Science from Simmons University.
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