Kevin McLaughlin has an M.M. from Yale University, a D.M.A. from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Washington. Before coming to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in June 2007, he served for five years as the performing arts librarian at the California Institute of the Arts. In addition to his library career, McLaughlin has been active as a trumpet player, having worked professionally in Vienna, Los Angeles and the Twin Cities. He has also hosted a classical radio program for KSER in Seattle. He has served as chair of the Southern California chapter of the Music Library Association, and in 2009 he hosted the annual meeting for the MLA Northern California chapter.
