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Biography
The University Libraries and the School of Music are pleased to announce that we have a new Music & Media Librarian, Cindy Badilla-Meléndez. She joined Mason after having served at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library at the University of Saint Thomas, where she has been working as the Head of Music & Media Collections. She has served in a variety of library roles at Winona State University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Minnesota, and the Library of Congress. She has also played as a cellist in a variety of settings, including the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Juan Santamaria Orchestra, and taught as a Cello Professor for the Youth Symphony Program of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica.
Cindy Badilla-Meléndez received her Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from the Catholic University of America and her Bachelor’s Degree in Music, Cello Performance, from the University of Costa Rica.
Prof. Badilla-Meléndez will be teaching the Graduate Music Research class this upcoming Fall 2023 Semester in the Dewberry School of Music.
Degrees
MS, Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America
BA, Cello Performance, University of Costa Rica