Dr Laura Davey |
- [email protected]
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Laura
Featured
I specialise in copy-editing 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), DPhil Music (Oxon.)
Experience
Freelance copy-editor since 1999. From 2014 to 2024, managing editor of the Journal of the American Musicological Society. From 2024, copy-editor of the Journal of Musicology.
Clients
Birlinn (Edinburgh), Yale University Press (London), Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, American Musicological Society
Subjects
the arts, music, history, literature, theatre, biography
Service(s)
Specialisms
Associated skills
Disclaimer note
The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.