Gary Towne earned his bachelor's degree in music theory at Yale University and his Ph.D. in musicology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Now a professor of music history and fine arts at the University of North Dakota, Dr. Towne has taught music history and theory, historical performance, and interdisciplinary courses on arts and culture. He twice received Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation grants and was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar. He has written extensively on the music and composers of Bergamo, Italy, and his interest in period music in Bergamo led to the discovery of a previously unrecognized sixteenth-century organ manuscript.
