James A. Grymes is a dynam­ic speak­er, an inter­na­tion­al­ly respect­ed musi­col­o­gist, and a crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed author. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Edu­ca­tion from Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Uni­ver­si­ty, master’s degrees in His­tor­i­cal Musi­col­o­gy and Music Per­for­mance, and a Ph.D. in His­tor­i­cal Musi­col­o­gy from Flori­da State Uni­ver­si­ty. Dr. Grymes is Pro­fes­sor of Musi­col­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na at Charlotte.