Writing and Editing
I received my BA in music and English from UC Berkeley in 1999, with honors in both fields. While I was an undergraduate, I began writing program notes for the university symphony orchestra and discovered the pleasure of writing about music for a general readership. These days I continue to explore issues of music history and performance in program notes and magazine articles. I've also been a pre-concert lecturer for the Seattle Baroque Orchestra since 2004, and I was the lecturer in residence for the 2005-2006 season.
I am also available as an editor for freelance projects. Since I've kept a toe in the world of academic prose, I have been as much at home editing a book-length social-science dissertation for publication as I've been editing and copywriting for a more general or commercial readership. My clients are happy to be available as references. Please contact me ror more information.
Articles for the Early Music America magazine:
- Musica Antiga: Spotlight on Brazil (Spring 2008)
- West Meets East: Early Music Goes Global in Japan (Winter 2007/08)
- Les Americains a Paris: Early Music Performers Abroad (Autumn 2007)
- Make it Real: Baroque Opera Stage Directors and Their Craft (Autumn 2006)
- Start Them Early: Children and Historical Performance (Summer 2006)
- “My Ideal of Perfection”: Amateurs Talk About Their Lives with Early Music (Winter 2005/06)
- A Mix of Images: Women in Baroque Music (Winter 2004/05)
- Vibrato and the Anxiety of Modernism (Fall 2004)
Reviews:
- Classical Quick Picks(Winter 2008)
- A Little Harsher By Design: A Visit with Lori Goldston (Summer 2008)
- Ancient Tunes, Young Ears: Teaching Early Music to Kids (Summer 2007)
Other Articles:
Program Notes:
On Bach for a recording of his duo sonatas by Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman
On Jacques Duphly for a recording by Byron Schenkman
On Mozart for chamber music in Montana by Monica Huggett and friends
On Bach for Blumenstock and Butt recital at the Berkeley Festival of Early Music