Brian McCurdy

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Music Reader Services Librarian at the Library of Congress. Retired Air Force Band Clarinetist. NFB certified literary Braille transcriber. Very slow distance runner. 🎵🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🏛️🏃‍♂️

Tables in a library
Certificate for Literary Braille Transcriber certification signed by the Acting Librarian of Congress and the Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.
Promotional picture for The Real Housewives of Dallas depicting six women all wearing red outfits smiling.
Admiral Ackbar at the helm in Return of the Jedi.
A Chow Chow looking directly into the camera while sitting on the floor.
Jefferson Memorial with blue sky in background
Two chow chows, standing side by side, in front of a window looking in.
The sun rises above the clouds in the horizon behind Angel Island. Image is framed on the left and right by shrubs and hilly terrain. The sun forms a half-circle above the clouds in mid-rise.
Man in Washington Commanders cap in front of train with words “Wine Train” displayed. Man is holding wine bottle in right hand and cup in left hand. Cup is presumably filled with red wine from bottle.
Large house in Sausalito, CA, seen from bottom vantage point looking upward. Built on a steep hill, there are 4 levels to the house, with balconies on levels 2, 3, and 4. The lower balconies extend farther from the house than the top balcony. There is a white car parked in front of the house.
Three sea lions, one small, two larger in size, sit on a floating dock in the sun. Two are positioned close together, while the third is offset and staring away from the other two.
One sea lion sits on a floating dock, looking into camera.
Sea lions laughing and playing on floating docks at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Some lay quietly in the sun, while others wrestle with each other and jump in and out of the water.
Ducks floating in a waterway outside the National Museum of the American Indian.
Sign at the start line for the DC Rock and Roll Half Marathon.
Selfie picture in front of waterfront while holding candy cane shaped medal.
Christmas tree displayed at Library of Congress Jefferson Building, viewed from opposite platform. Tree adorned with lights and ornaments colored red and blue.
My son and I at the Washington Commanders game on Dec 1. Game field in background.
Title page to 2005 Braille music transcription of Franz Liszt’s Danse Macabre. Arranged for 2 pianos.
Title page to “Hear my Prayer” by Felix Mendelssohn in digital braille.
Digital braille title page to 1922 RNIB braille music transcription of Fireside Tales, op. 61, by Edward MacDowell.
Title page to Braille transcription of Jean Philippe Rameau’s Pièces de Clavecin. For harpsichord or piano.
View looking uphill at the Virginia State Capitol building. Pathway leads uphill to the building, with grass to the left and right.