LACHMAN, Barbara 1938-(Barbara L. Grant)

PERSONAL: Born January 27, 1938, in Pontiac, MI. Education: Vassar College, A.B. (cum laude), 1960; University of Copenhagen, graduate study, 1960-61; attended Mannes College of Music, c. 1972-74; Fordham University, M.A., 1978; Wesleyan University, doctoral study, 1984-87.

ADDRESSES: Home—407 Spring Valley Rd., Lexington, VA 24450. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Music teacher, 1972-82; teacher of Alexander Technique, 1982-92; College of Notre Dame, teacher at Women's Institute, 1993-97; Baltimore Curriculum Project, Baltimore, MD, writer, 1996—. Western Michigan University, annual lecturer, 1984-88; Sarah Lawrence College, guest lecturer, 1984, 1986; Trinity College, Hartford, CT, guest lecturer, 1986; Hartford College for Women, guest instructor, 1986-87; teacher at University of Puerto Rico and Sacred Heart University, San Juan, PR, 1988-92; Johns Hopkins University, teacher at Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1993-97; Calvert School, editor for home instruction department, 1993-96. Women's Chamber and Sight-Reading Chorus, conductor, 1972-82; Greater Hartford Academy for the Performing Arts, liaison counselor, 1986-87. La Casa del Libro (museum and library of rare books), San Juan, associate director, 1988-92. Also worked as a paralegal.

WRITINGS:

The Journal of Hildegard of Bingen: Inspired by a Year in the Life of the Twelfth-Century Mystic, Bell Tower (New York, NY), 1993.

Hildegard, the Last Year, Shambhala (Boston, MA), 1997.

Voices for Catherine Blake: A Gathering, Schola Antiqua Press (Lexington, VA), 2000.

Contributor to books, including Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present, edited by Carol Neuls-Bates, Harper (New York, NY), 1982. Contributor of articles, translations, and reviews to periodicals, including Parabola, Signs, Anima, Horizons, and Heresies. Some writings appear under the name Barbara L. Grant.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Trouble in Puerto Rico: The Story of La Casa del Libro, completion expected in 2004.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, October 15, 1993, Whitney Scott, review of The Journey of Hildegard of Bingen, p. 418; October 1, 1997, Ilene Cooper, review of Hildegard, the Last Year, p. 282.

Library Journal, October 1, 1997, James F. deRoche, review of Hildegard, the Last Year, p. 88. Publishers Weekly, September 1, 1997, review of

Hildegarde, the Last Year, p. 96.