Sarah Brown Ferrario
Areas of Special Interest
• Dissertation: “Towards The ‘Great Man’: Individuals and Groups as Agents of Historical Change in Classical Greece”
• Secondary qualification: Greek tragedy, especially Aeschylus
• Secondary qualification: Greek archaeology, especially the Aegean Bronze Age and Greek burial customs of all periods
• Secondary qualification: Roman historiography, especially Livy and Tacitus
Education
• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (1998-present)
• Ph. D. Candidate in Classics (expected 2005)
• Master of Arts in Classics with Distinction on Greek and Latin Literature General Examination
(2001)
• University of Oxford, England (1996-98)
• Master of Philosophy in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature (1998)
• Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1992-96)
• Bachelor of Science in Flute, Latin, and Ancient Greek with High Distinction (1996)
• Regular Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece (2001-02)
• Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (1996)
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens Summer Session (1995)
Teaching and Professional Experience
• Adjunct Instructor, Department of Greek & Latin, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (2002-04)
• Intensive Elementary Greek, full sequence, GR 509 = 101-102 (taught twice)
• Co-instructor, Greek Tragedy and Opera, CLAS/MUS 300 (newly-created course)
• Greek Literature in Translation, CLAS 312 (self-designed syllabus)
• Elementary Greek, full-year sequence, GR 101-102
• Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Classics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2000)
• Elementary Latin 580:101
• Instructor, Moderations Intercollegiate Language Program (MILC), University of Oxford, England (1997-98)
• Advanced Latin Syntax with Composition
Excavation
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens Agora Excavations (1997)
Publications
• Carmina Amoris, translation of a series of medieval Latin poems for publication of symphonic score by
Steven Sametz, Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
• P. Oxy. inv. 102/25(a) in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri series, Egypt Exploration Society (forthcoming)
Presentations
• Opera libretto for The Libation Bearers, music by Andrew Earle Simpson (2004)
A new translation and adaptation of the original ancient Greek text by Aeschylus.
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• Radio interview on The Oresteia (opera trilogy) Project with Gail Wein (2004)
Joint interview with Andrew Earle Simpson.
WAMU, Washington, DC (local National Public Radio affiliate)
• “Report: Agamemnon in Washington” (2003)
Joint presentation with Andrew Earle Simpson.
Classical Association of the Atlantic States Conference, Plenary Session Report, Wilmington, DE
Repeated, abridged (2004), invited pre-performance talk, The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
• “Agamemnon and The Oresteia Project: New American Operas on Greek Tragedy” (2003)
Joint presentation with Andrew Earle Simpson, based upon earlier Agamemnon presentations.
The Opera Studies Group, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• “What Did Romans Do at Parties? Food and Banqueting in the Era of the Emperors” (2003)
Thursday Forum lecture, Coe College Extension Program, Cedar Rapids, IA
Repeated, abridged (2004), invited gallery talk, The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
• “From Greek Tragedy to American Opera: The Oresteia Project” (2003)
Joint presentation with Andrew Earle Simpson.
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
• “Agamemnon: Ancient Drama, Modern Opera” (2003)
Pre-performance talk, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• Radio interview on the opera Agamemnon with Andrea Murray, The Program (weekly arts coverage) (2003)
Joint interview with Andrew Earle Simpson.
WETA, Washington, DC (local National Public Radio affiliate)
• “Burial Customs at the Dawn of the Bronze Age and the ‘Coming of the Greeks’” (2002)
Classical Association of the Atlantic States Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
• “The Oresteia Project: A Case Study of Expanding Audiences for A Contemporary Opera” (2002)
Joint presentation with Andrew Earle Simpson.
College Music Society National Conference, Kansas City, MO
• Opera libretto for Agamemnon, music by Andrew Earle Simpson (2001 and 2003)
A new translation and adaptation of the original ancient Greek text by Aeschylus.
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• “From Greek Drama to American Opera: The Making of An Oresteia Libretto” (2002)
Joint presentation with Andrew Earle Simpson.
‘Tea talk’ (presentation of work in progress), American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Repeated, abridged (2003), University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• “Aeschylus, Agamemnon, and the Athenian Stage” (2001)
Pre-performance talk, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• “The Deployment of Metallic Language and Imagery in Five Plays of Aeschylus” (1999)
CorHaLi Conference on Greek Literature, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• “The ‘Conservatization’ of Historical Tragedy in the Fifth Century BC” (1998)
Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of Oxford, England
• “‘Killed a Flourishing Branch of Art’: The Sumptuary Legislation of Demetrios of Phaleron” (1997)
Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of Oxford, England
Major Scholarships and Fellowships
• Graduate Prize Fellowship, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University (2003-04)
• Fulbright Scholarship, Greece (2001-02)
• Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University (1998-2003)
• British Marshall Scholarship, United Kingdom (1996-98)
• Herman B. Wells Scholarship, Indiana University (1992-96)
Professional Memberships
• American Philological Association (APA)
• Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
References
• Available upon request