Dr Laura Davey |
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- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Laura
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I specialise in copyediting and proofreading academic and general-interest books on the arts, music, history, literature, theatre, biography and related areas, in both British and American English. I also edit and proofread notated music. I translate professionally from Italian and have a good knowledge of French.
Media
books, journals, musical scores
Qualifications and awards
BA Music (Oxon., first-class), D.Phil. Music (Oxon.)
Experience
1996–9, Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge. Freelance copyeditor since 1999. From 2014 to 2024, managing editor of the Journal of the American Musicological Society (including copyediting and proofreading). From 2024, copyeditor of the Journal of Musicology.
Training
On-screen editing 1 (SfEP) 2012
Editing and proofreading music (SfEP) 2011
Proofreading problems (SfEP) 2011
Professional copyediting (SfEP) 2010
Efficient copyediting (SfEP) 2010
Clients
American Musicological Society, Yale University Press (London), Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, Peters Edition (London), Rhinegold (London), Barbican Centre (London), Könemann (Cologne), L'Officina del Libro (Sondrio), Chanterelle (Heidelberg), Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano), Suvini Zerboni (Milan)
Subjects
the arts, music, history, literature, theatre, biography
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Disclaimer note
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