Lachman, Barbara

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LACHMAN, Barbara

LACHMAN, Barbara. Also writes as Barbara L. Grant. American, b. 1938. Genres: Music. Career: Music teacher, 1972-82; teacher of Alexander Technique, 1982-92; College of Notre Dame, teacher at Women's Institute, 1993-97; Baltimore Curriculum Project, Baltimore, MD, writer, 1996-. Western Michigan University, annual lecturer, 1984-88; Sarah Lawrence College, guest lecturer, 1984, 1986; Trinity College, Hartford, CT, guest lecturer, 1986; Hartford College for Women, guest instructor, 1986-87; teacher at University of Puerto Rico and Sacred Heart University, San Juan, PR, 198892; Johns Hopkins University, teacher at Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1993-97; Calvert School, editor for home instruction department, 1993-96; Women's Chamber and Sight-Reading Chorus, conductor, 1972-82; Greater Hartford Academy for the Performing Arts, liaison counselor, 1986-87. La Casa del Libro (museum and library of rare books), San Juan, associate director, 1988-92. Also worked as a paralegal. Publications: The Journal of Hildegard of Bingen, 1993; Hildegard, the Last Year, 1997. Contributor of articles, translations, and reviews to periodicals and anthologies. Also writes under the name Barbara L. Grant. Address: 407 Spring Valley Rd., Lexington, VA 24450, U.S.A.