Whitney Henderson – Past Concerts

Whitney Henderson received her PhD in Music History from the University of Washington in 2018, with her dissertation on Women, Place, Repertory, Race, and The Ladies Musical Club of Seattle, 1891-1950, and is finishing an MLIS program. Before stepping into her current role as LMC's Executive Director, she served as LMC's Archives Trustee from 2014 to 2021, where she curated, digitized, and expanded the LMC's substantial archives. She is publishing an LMC-commissioned book, 'The Ladies Musical Club of Seattle: 130 Years of Cultivating Music in Seattle' (forthcoming), and has presented on LMC's history at national musicology conferences. An experienced and trained grant writer, editor, and educator, Whitney has also designed various works and websites. She spent four years at Amazon.com in Strategic Planning, and taught at UW for eight years while completing her music studies. Her research interests include: Pacific Northwest music history; American popular and art music; women's music clubs; music archiving methods; music and genre; sheet music; reception history.