"We look through piles of dusty sheet music,"Conner said.
Sears cited Harvard's music library as one ofthe best resources in the search for forgottenpieces.
"We do a lot of research," Conner said.
Sears and Conner also worked with rare musiccollectors and collaborated with Swift'sgranddaughter to gain access to her personalarchives.
"You network," Sears said.
As much as they enjoy researching, Conner andSears love performing.
"One thing we like is we always hear frompeople," Conner said.
In between songs Sears and Conner talk to theaudience about the composers' and the songs'backgrounds to put the music in perspective.
"We try to talk to the audience about where asong is coming from," Conner said.
Sears and Conner want to inspire in theiraudience the excitement they feel about the musicof the 1920s.
"I've always been fascinated by songs of thisera," Sears said. "I was always interested insinging.