By Elizabeth Hall —
Associate dean Teresa Reed will become the new dean of the University of Louisville School of Music June 15. U of L Provost Beth Boehm announced the appointment March 18.
Reed said her goals are to listen and learn. She was an associate dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa. She wrote two award-winning books about African-American music: “The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music” and “The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor.”
Reed was invited to apply for the position and went through three separate interviews.