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Robert Santelli, Editor and Music Coordinator Robert Santelli joined the staff of the Rock and Roll of Fame and Museum in 1994 was the Director of Education before joining the Experimental Music Project in Seattle as Director. He assisted in the conceptualization of such "scene" exhibits as Memphis, New Orleans, and Seattle. He also actively collected artifacts for the Museum from such artists as the Allman Brothers Band, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley. As Director of Education, Santelli was responsible for creating the museum’s educational programming and curriculum cultivating community outreach programs and overseeing the education department’s operations. Santelli was also responsible for the Museum’s library and archives; oral history programs; master class programs in rock and roll history; "Rock in the Schools" program which reaches the Cleveland K-12 School district; and the artist in residence program. He also developed the Hall of Fame series which features intimate performance and conversation with a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. Santelli also created the American Music Masters Series, an annual event which highlights the career and legacy of an Early Influence inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To extend the educational component of the American Music Masters Series, Santelli has edited books associated with the academic conference of the series. In addition, Santelli has written scripts for radio programs highlighting subjects of the museum’s exhibits, held teacher conferences, produced concerts and developed educational film series. Santelli began his career as a freelance music journalist in New Jersey. He was also an Assistant Professor of Music at Monmouth University. While there he created the Popular Music Studies Program, which included courses on blues history. In 1993, he became an adjunct professor in the American Studies Department of Rutgers University. While there he taught courses on contemporary American culture, popular culture and the blues.
Santelli has written seven books on rock and roll and the blues. His latest
books include Bruce Springsteen Songs, The Big Book of Blues, American
Roots Music
(PBS), and The Best of the Blues. He has written scripts for nationally
syndicated radio shows, such as "House of Blues." Santelli is a regular contributor
to a number of magazines and newspapers including Rolling Stone, CD Review, Downbeat,
Backstreets, The Plain Dealer, Asbury Park Press and New Jersey Monthly. Santelli
holds a BA in American History from Monmouth University, an MA in American Studies
from the University of Southern California, and is a Ph.D. candidate in American
Studies at New York University. |
