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Featured Writing
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra BRAVO Program Notes
Kate Sheeran Appointed Eastman’s Eighth Dean – Eastman NOTES
Howard Hanson Recital Hall: A Multipurpose Space for the Twenty-First Century – Eastman NOTES
Connecticut Symphony Season Preview 2018-19 – CT Post
Russell Jones, Stamford Symphony leader, finds ways to bring the community closer – CT Post
British Invasion at the Rochester International Jazz Festival – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Mindful play on expression (Jeremy Denk interview) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
RPO pulls off musical excellence on the fly – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Star power (Joshua Bell interview) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Honoring a master (Ron Carter interview) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Extreme Movement (Elizabeth Streb profile) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Streb delivers on bold experiment (Streb review)
Unusual night of jazz hits the right creative nerve (JALC review) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Harmonious Halls (Eastman East Wing Expansion) – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Review: Gadd brought a celebratory tone to James, Sanborn concert – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Recent Articles
Fort Collins Symphony Program Notes, “Rhythms of Diversity and Energy,” April-May 2026
Rochester Pharmonic Orchestra Program Notes, Bravo Book 7, March 2026
“Harmonizing Health for Musician Wellness,” Eastman NOTES, March 2026
“Art Therapy is an option when words are not enough,” USA TODAY, Sunday, September 21, 2025. [Print Only]
Transforming Communities Through Music – Easmtan NOTES
Saving Small Hands: Adaptive Keyboards Pave the Way – Eastman News
Eastman Opera Theatre to Present First College Performance of New Opera Following World Premiere – Eastman News
New Director Alexander Liang Explores Black American Culture in the Gateways Music Festival’s Upcoming Season – Eastman News
Joshua Conyers’s Faculty Artist Series Recital Reflects His Journey as a Black Artist – Eastman News
Eastman Hosted a Free Camp and Pilot Study on Music Technology Supported by a Major National Science Foundation Grant – Eastman News
Celebrating the Eastman School of Music’s Seventh Dean: Jamal J. Rossi – Eastman NOTES
Vocal Quartet säje Performs at Eastman Following GRAMMY Win – Eastman News
“Encounters with the Schumanns” Merges Musical Scholarship with Performance – Eastman News
Celebrating Robert Morris’s Retirement in a Joint Faculty Artist Series Recital – Eastman News
Program Note Examples
Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto
Mark-Anthony Turnage Texan Tenebrae
Lowell Liebermann Piano Concerto No. 2
Scholarly Work
“The Aesthetics of Indie Classical: Music After Postmodernism,” Stony Brook University Doctoral Dissertation, Defended May 2022
Foreword to Looking Within: The Music of John Palmer, Vision Edition, 2021
Public Talks
“Sounds of Defiance,” Penfield Symphony Orchestra, February 2026
“Tradition and Transformation: Stravinsky, Hovhaness, Higdon,” Penfield Symphony Orchestra, October 2025
Courses Taught
“Survey on Jazz,” Rochester Institute of Technology
“American Popular and Rock History,” Rochester Institute of Technology
“Intermediate Writing Workshop,” Stony Brook University
“Music Since 1900,” Stony Brook University
“Music and Culture of the 1960s,” Stony Brook University
“Intro to Western Music: Music 101,” Stony Brook University
“Trends in American Music,” Stony Brook University
“The Elements of Music,” Stony Brook University
Stony Brook Graduate Assistant: Full Undergraduate Music History Sequence, Music of Bach, Sound Structures, and History of Rock