Paula Maust
Dr. Paula Maust is a performer-scholar whose work focuses on amplifying underrepresented voices and providing open access to educational resources. As a harpsichordist and organist, she has been praised for combining “great power with masterful subtlety” by DC Metro Theater Arts and as a “refined and elegant performer” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer. In her work as a co-director of Burning River Baroque and Musica Spira, Paula curates lecture-concerts connecting baroque music to contemporary social issues. Other recent collaborations have been with the Folger Consort, the Washington Bach Consort, Tempesta di Mare, and the Handel Choir of Baltimore.
Paula is a faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the Peabody Conservatory, and the Johns Hopkins University, where she teaches courses in music theory, keyboard skills, music history, and private lessons. Her most recent publication is an open-source repository of music theory examples by women and BIPoC composers, which can be viewed at www.expandingthemusictheorycanon.com. Her current project, The Ugly Virtuosa, examines the pejorative language used to describe the first generation of professional female musicians in England, Italy, and France.