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Things I've written about music.

Feature articles

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"Wolfie Goes to Hollywood: Finding the Magic in Mozart with Nicholas McGegan and Martin Chalifour"

Classical Post, September 2022

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"Behind the Score: Shostakovich, Oistrakh and the Ukraine Connection"

Minnesota Orchestra, April 2022

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"When Poetry Sings, and Composer Becomes Poet"

Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022

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"John Adams through the Looking Glass"

Cleveland Orchestra, February 2022

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"Returning a Museum Treasure to the Limelight for Bach's Goldberg Variations"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2014

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"Hokusai and Debussy's Evocations of the Sea"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2014

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Program notes

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William Walton, Cello Concerto

Cleveland Orchestra, July 2024

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William Walton, Belshazzar's Feast

Cleveland Orchestra, April 2024

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Clara Schumann, Piano Concerto

Cleveland Orchestra, February 2024

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Gustav Mahler, Adagio from Symphony No. 10

Cleveland Orchestra, January 2024

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Ernst Krenek, Kleine Symphonie (Little Symphony)

Cleveland Orchestra, January 2024

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Claude Vivier, Lonely Child

Cleveland Orchestra, November 2023

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Storms of Musical Invention: Sibelius and Àdes Take on Shakespeare's Tempest

Cleveland Orchestra, April 2023

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Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3

Cleveland Orchestra, March 2023

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John Adams, El Niño

Cleveland Orchestra, November 2022

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Jörg Widmann, Viola Concerto

Cleveland Orchestra, October 2022

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Friedrich Gulda, Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra, July 2022

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Benjamin Britten, Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas

Cleveland Orchestra, April 2022

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Benjamin Britten, Suite on English Folk Tunes, "A time there was ..."

Cleveland Orchestra, March 2022

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Molière / Jean-Baptiste Lully, Le Bouregois Gentilhomme

Lincoln Center Festival, July 2016

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Season brochures

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The Oregon Symphony's 2024/25 Season: The Nature of Music

Wrote intro spreads and program copy for 18 classical subscription concerts.

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The Oregon Symphony's 2023/24 Season: Uniting Through Music

Wrote all front matter and program copy for 18 classical subscription concerts.

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Artist interviews

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"Four Pieces in Search of a Program: How Pianist Orion Weiss Transformed an Intimate Recital into a Wild Journey Around the World"

Medium, October 2022

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"Clarinetist Jon Manasse Prepares Bartók and Brahms for Upcoming St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Series"

Feast of Music, April 2013

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Odds & ends

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"5 WorksThat Continue to Fuel My Love for the Clarinet"

Medium, October 2021 (inspired by the New York Times' "5 Minutes" series)

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"RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)"

Feast of Music, January 2014

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