Writing
The Strad Magazine
In August of 2008, I was asked to write a piece for their “Focus on the US" November issue with little notice. I offered them several options, and thankfully they chose the one with which I was the most familiar – The Academy. Hope you enjoy it, and I hope I’ll have more features coming soon, in addition to some NYC concert reviews (the first two coming in the January issue) – so check back here or keep an eye on the publication. www.thestrad.com
Strings Magazine
In January of 2007, I began freelancing for Strings Magazine, writing book reviews; reviews of newly published or arranged viola music; longer “PlayIt” articles that explore a work in more depth and include musical excerpts within the body of the article; and a feature article, published in the Dec 2008 edition of the magazine. I am also beginning a five-article series on bow techniques and practices; the first of these pieces will appear in January of 2009. Click here for a sampling of articles I have written in the past year for Strings. Many are available online at www.stringsmagazine.com and you can contact me for copies of others that are no longer on the web.
NEC Blog — Escaping the Conservatory Bubble
In the Fall of 2006, I began the first blog to be published on the New England Conservatory website about my efforts to bring NEC into its surrounding Boston community. The blog follows my experience designing and teaching an after-school strings and music program in South Boston as a part of my Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (for more information on this, see Professional Fellowships). Check it out! http://today.newenglandconservatory.edu/blog/2006/09/
Writing at Yale
While at Yale, I spent much time in journalism classes: writing, re-writing, reading, observing, and loving the work. The freelance writing that I do today is still deeply inspired by my primary mentor at Yale, Fred Strebeigh, and while most of what I write (formally!) right now is about music, I wanted to share a few representative pieces of journalism from my Yale days. “A Follower Followed” is a piece about my experiences observing primates in Bali, Indonesia in the summer of 2001 that won an award in the annual Atlantic Monthly competition for student nonfiction. “Who Can Save the Music?” is a piece written for a journalism class at Yale.
I also briefly wrote for the Yale Review of Books, testing the waters as a reviewer. One of my favorite works of those that I reviewed was Alice Munro’s Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.