Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams
Independent Scholar

Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams enjoys researching and recreating underappreciated medieval instruments. She has been building medieval instruments for over ten years, exhibiting them regularly at early music festivals in Boston, Berkeley, and Madison. She holds degrees in Music Education, Violin Performance, and Musicology, and has studied with luthier Daniel Larson. Her current research interest is the British Museum Citole, one of the oldest and best preserved extant medieval instruments. 

Russell E. Murray
University of Delaware

Russell E. Murray, Jr. is Professor and Associate Chair of Music at the University of Delaware. He is also the director of the Collegium Musicum. His research interests are in the areas of Renaissance theory and pedagogy and musical institutions. He is the author of supplementary material material for The Enjoyment of Music and A History of Western Music (both published by Norton) and co-editor of Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Indiana).