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 effective editing a book-length social-science dissertation for publication as I've been editing and copywriting for a more general or commercial readership. I'm currently the editorial assistant for online feature articles at The Learning Musician (www.learningmusician.com). My clients have been thrilled and are happy to be available as references. For more information, please contact me or visit my profile on LinkedIn.
Articles for the Early Music America magazine:
- Música Antiga: Spotlight on Brazil (Spring 2008)
- West Meets East: Early Music Goes Global in Japan (Winter 2007/08)
- Les Américains à 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)
Other Articles:
- Ancient Tunes, Young Ears: Teaching Early Music to Kids (Summer 2007)
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