Ellwood Colahan serves as the Performing Arts Reference Librarian at the University of Denver. He previously worked as a library assistant in the course of both his undergraduate and graduate music degrees. In his seven years as a librarian, he has attended and presented at several conferences including MLA, MPMLA, and the Guitar Foundation of America. He also serves as media review editor for Soundboard Scholar and is active in MLA, College Music Society and the leadership of the Denver Chapter of American Recorder Society.