Rivers Of Rhythm

Dr. Portia Maultsby, Ph.D. is a leading ethnomusicologist who is well respected internationally for her expertise in popular music, African American music and the music industry. She will develop the translation of the museum’s script into an aesthetic interpretation designed to feature the many genres created, impacted and influenced by African Americans. She recently served as a professor at Indiana University in where she taught Folklore and Ethnomusicology and served as director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Maultsby has received many honors, fellowships and appointments both nationally and internationally and has published multiple books. Maultsby received her degree from in music theory and composition from Mount St. Scholastica College (renamed Benedictine College), and her doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.