Dr David Hildebrand is a specialist in early American music teaches American music history at the Peabody Conservatory and is an author for the Johns Hopkins University Press He regularly performs at museums universities and historical societies in duet with his wife Ginger He discusses how he came to study early American music and the political power of song during the Revolutionary period His CD Music for the First President is available for purchase from the Shops at Mount Vernon at shopsmountvernonorg Dr Hildebrand was a member of the 201617 class of fellows at the Washington Library