Maggi Smith-Dalton

I began my singing career in cabarets & nightclubs & have maintained a parallel career as a public historian most of my life. My work now combines historical musical performance & lecture, specializing in American music, history, & culture of the 19th & early 20th centuries. I have toured the USA & presented abroad in both public & academic settings.
I also hosted classical music and interview shows on community, commercial, & NPR public radio stations.

Ok. Now, for the writing:
I authored two published books of history (as of 2013) & co-authored a third (original music/essays) with my husband. I am a prizewinning short story writer with a long history of writing feature articles & columns for magazines & newspapers.

I wrote & edited a weekly history column for the Boston Globe () (2010-12) ( for examples)

I contributed articles to the forthcoming Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories that Shaped Our Culture (ABC-CLIO) (on music and theater; period performance practice).

With a master’s degree in American Studies, my current scholarly work focuses on historic civic rituals that incorporate music as a primary element, a subject on which I have presented in academic situations both domestically/abroad. I am a frequent lecturer on the integration of humanities & music, American cultural history,&other topics.

I am founding president of the nonprofit Institute for Music, History and Cultural Traditions (imhct.org). In 2010, I was elected to the council of the New England American Studies Association.

I produced a cable TV series & programmed &served as on-air host of musical theater,arts interview,classical music shows (NPR public radio,commercial,community stations).

Frmr Chair, Haverhill Cultural Council (MA); Frmr Musical Theater Dir., Hill House (Beacon Hill,Boston) Dir., “Adventures in Art,” summer arts program; Dir., children’s choirs; background teaching/continued interest in/study of music therapy with children on the autism spectrum.

Specialties:All performance situations; recording artist; integration of Arts & Humanities; published author, especially arts, culture, and history; radio host; skilled public speaker, voiceover & narration