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Annette Richards is the Foundation Professor in the Humanities and University Organist at Cornell University, and Executive Director of the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies. She specializes in 18th-century music aesthetics, interdisciplinary studies between music and visual culture, and the organ. Her research focuses on C. P. E. Bach, music history, and the intersection of performance with technology and the senses. She holds a PhD from Stanford University and performer’s diploma from the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam.
Education:
- BA and MA, Oxford University
- PhD, Stanford University
- Uitvoerend Musicus (Performer’s Diploma), Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam
Her research interests include music aesthetics, performance practice, and the cultural history of musical instruments. Notable projects include leading the 10-year Cornell Baroque Organ reconstruction and editing C. P. E. Bach’s organ works. She has received fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and Humboldt Foundation, and her recordings feature on Loft Recordings.
Awards:
- International Organ Competition Prizes (Dublin, Bruges)
- Getty Center Fellowship
- Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship
Her teaching covers 18th-century music aesthetics, organ performance, and interdisciplinary topics like music and the uncanny. She collaborates internationally, including with the University of Gothenburg on organ projects.
Labs/Initiatives: Director of the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies, which preserves and promotes historical keyboard instruments and performance practices.
