Participant Info
- First Name
- Sherry
- Last Name
- Davis
- Country
- United States
- State
- Davis.L.Sherry@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Website URL
- SherryDavis.org
- Keywords
- music, performing arts, heritage, preservation, Mozart, American popular music, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, early rock and roll
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Sherry Davis is a scholar-practitioner focusing on the preservation and advocacy of music history and heritage. Working in both classical and popular genres, she leverages a unique passion and vitae of education and experience to inform her interdisciplinary approach as a professional. Sherry creates accessibility, relevance and excitement in her work that cultivates broader audiences and secures sustainability for music of the past.
- Recent Publications
“Phenomenology of the Surf Ballroom’s Winter Dance Party: Affect and Community at a Popular Music Heritage Site” in Remembering Popular Music’s Past: Memory, Heritage Memory by Anthem Press (2019)
- Media Coverage
- Badische Zeitung (Germany), KIMT (Iowa)
- Social Media
- DavisLSherry
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- United States, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Local & Regional, Public History
