Joseph A. Mann received his B.M. in Piano Pedagogy from Longwood University, summa cum laude, his M.M. in Piano Performance from James Madison University, and his Ph.D. with distinction in Historical Musicology with a Ph.D. minor in English Literature from The Catholic University of America.
As a musicologist, Dr. Mann’s scholarly articles are published in Musica Disciplina and The Musical Times. A new article, “Virtuous Music by Virtuous Musicians: The Political Functions of Praising Music, ca. 1560-1640,” is forthcoming in the essay collection, Elizabethan and Jacobean Praises of Music from Taylor & Francis. Dr. Mann regularly presents papers on early modern English music, politics, and literature at local and regional conferences such as the North American British Music Studies Association, the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, and the Renaissance Society of America. Clemson University Press published Dr. Mann’s first scholarly book, Printed Musical Propaganda in Early Modern England, in 2020.
In addition to teaching music history at The George Washington University, American University, and The Catholic University of America, Dr. Mann has also taught music theory, aural skills, and Great Book (HL) at The Catholic University of America and St. Gregory’s University, where he was a visiting assistant professor. At NPX, Dr. Mann currently teaches Humane Letters and serves as the Chair of the Liberal Arts Council.