Dr. Ann L. Silverberg Exceptional Community Engagement Award
Honoring a legacy of community engagement.
Named in honor of Dr. Ann L. Silverberg, Professor of Musicology at Austin Peay State University, whose career has been defined by exceptional commitment to the arts both at Austin Peay and throughout the Southeast region. A longtime board member of the Clarksville Community Concert Association, Dr. Silverberg has spent over thirty years building bridges between Austin Peay State University and the greater Clarksville community.
Established by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) in 2026, this award celebrates individuals, ensembles, or organizations who embody that same spirit:
Community engagement rooted in genuine partnership with the people and places it serves.
In this way, Dr. Silverberg personifies CECA's mission to support the creative arts in the University, the local community, and the Southeast region through the creation, presentation, study, and research of significant and distinctive works of art. What sets Dr. Silverberg apart is her constant outreach, engagement, and presence at CECA and community arts events. Her daily commitment to the arts in our region models what it means to live a life woven into both the arts and the communities that create them.
Awarded in Recognition of
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Depth of Partnership Sustained relationships with community members, organizations, neighborhoods, programs, or events. |
Accessibility Efforts to reach audiences and participants throughout the community; to demonstrate that the arts are for the many, not only the few. |
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Reciprocity Evidence that the community shaped the work and benefited from it. |
Impact Demonstrated difference in the lives of participants or the vitality of the community. |
About Dr. Silverberg
Dr. Silverberg's scholarship reflects a career built on cross-cultural curiosity and deep engagement; from a year in residence at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music studying the guzheng, Chinese traditional music, and Mandarin Chinese, to her participation in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Chinese Culture, Dr. Silverberg engages with and appreciates art from around the globe. She holds a doctorate in Musicology from the University of Illinois, along with master's degrees in Musicology from Indiana University, Library Science from the University of Illinois, and Anthropology from Vanderbilt University. Throughout her time at Austin Peay, Dr. Silverberg has brought this same spirit of inquiry and connection to her work in the local community, including her longtime service on the Clarksville Community Concert Association Board.