 Thomas Heck (B.A., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1965; Ph.D., Yale University,
1970; MLS, Univ. of Southern California, 1977), was the individual most
responsible for the creation of the Guitar Foundation of America, having
convened its inaugural meeting in 1973 and drafted its Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws. As a Fulbright fellow (Vienna, 1968-69) he did
seminal research on the early classic guitar (ca. 1800) and the life
and works of Giuliani. His monograph, Mauro Giuliani: Virtuoso Guitarist
and Composer (Columbus, 1995, r1997), is considered the standard work
in the field. For over twenty years Dr. Heck served as the GFA
Archivist; he taught music research methods and bibliography and was
Head of the Music & Dance Library at the Ohio State University for
most of his career. In 1994-95 he was a Fellow at the Netherlands
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(NIAS), where he undertook research on the iconography of the performing
arts, the subject of a recent book, Picturing Performance… (1999). He
has served as adjudicator and lecturer at various international guitar
festivals since 1980; and currently is a freelance consultant, musician,
and writer/lecturer based in Santa Barbara. Visit http://www.insights2.us/Hecks/TomCV.html for a complete list of publications.
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