Russ Girsberger

Russ Girsberger is the Librarian for the Naval School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is the author of A Manual for the Performance Library (Music Library Association Basic Manual Series), A Practical Guide to Percussion Terminology, Percussion Assignments for Band and Wind Ensemble, co-author of The Music Performance Library: A Practical Guide for Orchestra, Band, and Opera Librarians, and the Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music, and co-editor of Insights and Essays on the Music Performance Library (all published by Meredith Music Publications). He has worked as a librarian for the United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C., the Percussive Arts Society, the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic, the New England Conservatory, and The Juilliard School.