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Nathan Link
Centre College
600 West Walnut Street
Danville , KY 40422
(859) 329–7002
nathan.link@gmail.com
nathan.link@centre.edu
EDUCATION
Yale University
Ph.D., December 2006
Dissertation approved “with distinction”: “Story and Representation in Handel's Operas”
Dissertation Advisor : Professor Ellen Rosand
Qualifying exams passed “with distinction,” August 2003
M.Phil., Music History, 2005
M.A., Music History, 2002
University of Washington
M.A., Music History, 2001
Thesis : “Anxiety, Nostalgia, and Melancholy in Brahms's C-minor String Quartet”
Thesis Advisor : Professor George Bozarth
Macalester College
B.A., cum laude , Music (Theory and Composition, Classical Guitar Performance), and English Literature, 1992
Advisor (Theory and Composition): Carleton Macy
Classical Guitar Instructor : John Roth
Fellowships and Awards
Whiting Dissertation Fellowship, 2005–06
Awarded to graduate students “of exceptional merit” in any field of the humanities
J. Merrill Knapp Research Fellowship, 2005, American Handel Society
Awarded annually to an advanced graduate student to support Handel research
Edith and Richard French Fellowship, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2004
Awarded on a competitive basis to students wishing to consult Beinecke library materials as a primary basis for dissertation research
Yale University Fellowship, 2001–present
Adelyn Peck Leverett Prize, University of Washington , 2000
Awarded for the best paper in music history, based on “originality and quality of research, and professionalism of presentation”
Walter A. Lenke Award, Macalester College , 1992.
Awarded to outstanding music student in final year of study
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor , Centre College, 2006–present
Participated in teaching core humanities curriculum; helped lead workshop for full humanities faculty on incorporating Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro into the humanities sequence, beginning this year.
Designed and taught upper level course, Music and Romanticism , investigating nineteenth-century music in the context of contemporary aesthetic, literary, and philosophical currents.
Designed and taught seminar Folk Music of Kentucky , introducing Centre students to the rich and diverse tradition of local music, and inviting musical guests from throughout the region.
Taught music-history sequence for majors.
Instructor , Yale University , 2005
Designed and taught the undergraduate survey American Popular Music since 1945 .
Teaching Fellow , Yale University Department of Music, 2003–2005
History of Western Music: Baroque and Classical (Professor James Hepokoski)
Listening to Music (Professor Craig Wright)
Music of Sub-Saharan Africa (Professor Michael Veal)
Teaching Assistant , University of Washington School of Music, 2000–2001
Music and the American Experience (Professor Larry Starr)
Introduction to the History of Western Music (Professor George Bozarth)
Instructor , Centro de Idiomas Advance , Castellón de la Plana, Spain , 1995–1996
Served as English Instructor in large language academy, teaching adult, college, and secondary-school students. Worked in classroom settings and as an individual tutor.
Article Solicited
“Choric Voices in Handel's Operas,” to be published in the Göttinger Händel-Beiträge , vol. 14.
Review of Winton Dean, Handel's Operas 1726–1741 , to be published in December 2007.
Works in progress
“Handel, Cleopatra, and the Nightingale” (journal-length article)
Story and Representation in Handel's Operas (full-length book)
Related Professional Experience
Editorial Assistant, 1999–Present
Development Editor for re-design and revision of Craig Wright , Listening to Music , Fifth Edition (Forthcoming: Thomson Schirmer, 2007).
Text Editor and Musical Engraver for Craig Wright and Bryan Simms, Music in Western Civilization (Thomson Schirmer, 2006).
Musical Engraver for Ellen Rosand , Monteverdi's Venetian Trilogy ( University of California Press , 2007).
Editorial Assistant for Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV ( Oxford University Press, 2003).
Musical Engraver for Richard Will, Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven ( Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Program Notes Writer , Yale Institute of Sacred Music, 2002–2005
Composed concert notes for choral music performances by the Institute of Sacred Music .
Presentations
“Cleopatra the Nightingale,” to be presented at the American Handel Society Conference, Princeton , April 2007.
“Voices in Handel's Operatic Arias,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, Washington , D.C. , October 2005.
“Song and Enchantment in Handel's Operas,” presented at the American Handel Society Conference, Santa Fe , New Mexico , March 2005.
“Handel's Dramatic Practice,” pre-performance lectures given in conjunction with Yale Opera's production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto , New Haven, Connecticut, March 2003.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent Spanish (reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension); demonstrated reading proficiency in German and Italian.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Co-founder and Co-director, Centre College Humana One World Visiting Artist series, Spring 2006–present.
Yale Music Department Visiting Speaker Committee, 2003–04, 2005–06.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Musicological Society
American Handel Society
College Music Society
Ensemble and Performance Experience
“World Music” Experience
Lead Centre College World Popular Music Ensemble, a seventeen-piece group performing music from Zimbabwe, Ghana, The Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Ireland, and other musical cultures (2006–present)
Served as arranger, composer, singer, instrumentalist, and group leader for Yale-sponsored eight-piece meringue/pop/funk ensemble (2004–2006)
Studied Turkish ud with Münir Nurettin Beken (2000–2001)
Studied African “Palm-Wine” Highlife guitar performance with eminent Ghanaian guitarist Daniel “Ko Nimo” Aponsah (2000)
Performed as guitarist with Bertram Levy's Tango Quartet (1994–1995)
Performed as a drummer and singer with Macalester College African Music Ensemble, directed by Ghanaian Master Drummer Sowah Mensah (1988–1992)
Choral Singer, 1988–present
Have sung in a wide variety of vocal ensembles, both within and outside of universities, ranging from large and mid-sized choruses to small a capella madrigal groups, including Macalester Festival Chorale, University of Washington Chorus , and The Port Townsend Madrigal Singers.
Classical Guitarist, 1988–1995
Performed solo classical guitar pieces by Sor, Villa-Lobos, Brower, Bach, and others; played First Guitar in the Macalester College Guitar Ensemble.
References
Ellen Rosand, Department of Music, Yale University
Tel. (203) 432-2985 Email: ellen.rosand@yale.edu
Craig Wright, Department of Music, Yale University
Tel. (203) 432-2989 Email: craig.wright@yale.edu
James Hepokoski, Department of Music, Yale University
Tel. (203) 432-2991 Email: james.hepokoski@yale.edu
George Bozarth, School of Music, University of Washington
Tel. (206) 543-0400 Email: gbozarth@u.washington.edu
Michael Veal, Department of Music, Yale University
Tel. (203) 432-2980 Email: michael.veal@yale.edu
Robert Holzer, School of Music, Yale University
Tel. (203) 432-2985 Email: robert.holzer@yale.edu