Meg Pash

Meg Pash serves as Visiting Assistant Professor in Music at Mount Holyoke College and faculty member in the Five College Early Music Program, where she instructs Lute and Renaissance/Baroque dance while directing ensembles including the Renaissance and Baroque Dance Band, 17th-Century Song Seminar, and Lute Ensemble.

Education

• Bachelor's in Vocal Performance, New England Conservatory
• Master's in Early Music Performance (voice/viola da gamba), New England Conservatory (mentored by Daniel Pinkham)
• Master's in Historical Dance and Lute, New England Conservatory (studied with Dr. Julia Sutton)

Research Focus centers on late medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque repertoires with specialized expertise in historical dance reconstruction. Her interdisciplinary approach examines music-dance symbiosis through performance practice, integrating folk traditions and Americana. Current work analyzes embodied cognition in 16th-century dance notation and cross-genre performance methodologies.

Scholarly Trends reveal deep engagement with Renaissance performance practice, particularly dance-music interdependence. Her 2024 symposium presentation demonstrates rigorous reconstruction methodology applied to primary sources, bridging musicology and dance anthropology while challenging modern interpretive frameworks.

Awards

• Noah Greenberg Award (American Musicological Society) for distinguished contribution to early music performance

Professional Engagement spans 50+ years of ensemble direction, educational outreach, and cross-institutional collaboration. She developed curricula for the Boston Early Music Festival's Educational Outreach Program and directed choirs at Palmer High School for 21 years, teaching guitar, music technology, and intellectual property. Her Orff-Schulwerk certification informs innovative pedagogy.

Ensemble Leadership includes co-founding AyreCraft (early music quartet) and Muse3.1 (folk trio), with historic collaborations including Sequentia's Ordo Virtutem tour and Boston Renaissance Ensemble's award-winning performances. Current liturgical work features as soloist at South Congregational Church (Springfield).