Birch, Courtney
Person
Biography
Courtney Birch joined Nightingale in 2003 as choral director and head of the music department.
She relinquished the role of department head in 2010, but continued teaching through 2015-16 school year.
Ms. Birch previously taught at Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence to Department Heads, with evaluations, 2006 Jun 28
File — Carton: 10035
Identifier: B10035_F48
Scope and Contents
Includes evaluations (correspondence format, signed by Dorothy Hutcheson) of Diane Davis, Courtney Birch, Heidi Kasevich, Panayotes Dakouras, Shira Sand, John Loughery, Marc Travanti, and Tony Gray.
Dates:
2006 Jun 28
Photograph of Courtney Birch, 2004
Item — Box: 01134
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0789
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
2004
Transcript, interview with Courtney Birch, 2018 Oct 30
Item — Container: Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: D_OH_0118
Scope and Contents
Courtney Birch discusses her role as choral director and head of the music department in the early 2000s. Interviewed by Kitty Gordan, she talks about working with Dorothy Hutcheson on challenges and goals for the music program, her colleagues, student attitudes toward music at the school, and introducing an instrumental program. She also discusses adding a music composition program and "She is a Heroine," the first composition project created and performed by the Class of 2011 as sixth...
Dates:
2018 Oct 30