Dear colleagues,


I have been asked to pass along this press release.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Deane Root to be Editor in Chief of Grove Music Program at OUP


Over the past seven months Oxford University Press, in consultation with the
members of the Grove Advisory Panel consisting of representatives from eight
societies devoted to music scholarship and librarianship, has engaged in a
search for a new Editor in Chief of the Grove Music program at OUP. I am now
pleased to announce the appointment of Deane Root to the post of Editor in
Chief. Dr. Root, Professor of Music and Director of the Center for American
Music at the University of Pittsburgh, is an ideal fit for the position and
brings with him a wealth of experience as a professor, scholar, and
librarian. He worked as both a copyeditor and advisory editor on the 1980
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians under Stanley Sadie, was an
integral part of the creation of Resources of American Music: A Directory of
Source Materials, and is founder and director of the Voices Across Time
project. His broad experience makes him perfectly suited to help direct
Grove forward. 

One of the first tasks we will undertake with Dr. Root will be to assemble
an editorial board to support the Editor in Chief and provide a broad range
of editorial representation within the field of music. We are committed to
maintaining the currency of existing content and to expanding Grove’s
coverage; a system of subeditors will ensure that this is done with balance
and integrity. In addition to building an editorial board, Dr. Root will
oversee the review process for content developed over the last several
months as well as work with the staff at OUP to set the course for the next
phase of Grove’s development as a scholarly resource. The Grove Advisory
Panel will continue to provide guidance and serve as a direct link between
the members’ respective societies and the Grove editorial team. 

The editorial team at Oxford University Press and I are excited about the
future of Grove; we look forward to working with Dr. Root and are grateful
to him for making a place for Grove in his life. There will be an open forum
providing the music community an opportunity to discuss Grove Music’s
present and future at the annual meeting of the American Musicological
Society in Philadelphia this November. Please join us there in what we hope
will be a lively session. 

Yours sincerely,


Casper Grathwohl
Vice President and Publisher
Oxford University Press, Inc.


For inquiries please contact Amber Fischer, Senior Editor, Grove
Music/Oxford Music Online and Grove Art/Oxford Art Online, at Amber.Fischer
[at] oup.com
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All best,


Mark Everist