Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador 2018 – Oneonta: Nancy Tarr

Nancy Tarr is an adjunct lecturer in the Music industry department and the Executive Director of Well Dunn (a music nonprofit that connects college students with internships in the music and entertainment industry).  Nancy earned a B.A. cum laude from Hartwick College in Music (2014) and a B.A. from SUNY Oneonta in Theatre (1987). During Nancy’s career, she has lived in Los Angeles, New York, NY and Washington, D.C. Her current home is Cooperstown, NY.  She worked on over 50 films in the music department at Paramount Pictures and was the Music Coordinator on the movie “8 Mile.”  She also worked at  RCA and Artist Records before becoming the Manager of Artist Relations and Government Affairs with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  Nancy set out on her own and has been working as an Artist Relations consultant, Event Manager and Artist Manager with Tarr Music Co.  Nancy is also a singer/songwriter, has performed in off Broadway shows and was recently seen in the Glimmerglass Festival’s production of The Music Man.  Nancy’s band Dead Girls and Other Stories were featured performers at both the Lilith Fair and the H.O.R.D.E. Festival.