Education

• Ph.D., Eastman School of Music
• M.A., Eastman School of Music
• B.A., University of California at Riverside

Employment

• Associate Professor, Musicology, SUNY Geneseo (2010-present)
• Assistant Professor, Musicology, SUNY Geneseo (1999-2010)
• Intructor, Musicology, SUNY Geneseo (1993-1998)
• Visiting Professor, Eastman School of Music (Summer 2008, 2009 and 2011)
• Visiting Professor, Chautauqua Institution (Summer 2000)

Publications

• "Nielsen's Saul og David as Tragedy: The Dialectics of Fate and Freedom in Drama and Music," in Niels Krabble, ed., Carl Nielsen Studies, v. 5 (The Danish Royal Library Press, 2012)
• Program Notes for "Aurora Borealis: Nature and Music in Finland and Scandinavia," Bard Music Festival "Sibelius and his World," August 2011
• Carl Nielsen's Voice: The Songs in Context (Copenhagen: a joint publication of the Museum Tusculanum, University of Copenhagen Press, and The Royal Library Press, 2010)
• "Carl Nielsen's Folk-like Songs and the 'Danish National Tone'," in Niels Krabbe, ed., Carl Nielsen Studies, v. 4 (The Danish Royal Library Press, 2009)
• "Carl Nielsen Unmasked: Art and Popular Musical Styles in His Opera Maskarade," Journal of Musicological Research (2001)
• "The Early Song Collections: Carl Nielsen Finds his Voice," in Mina Miller, ed., The Nielsen Companion (London: Faber & Faber, Ltd.; 1994)

Affiliations

• American Musicological Society
• American-Scandinavian Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Phi Eta Sigma Freshman National Honor Society
• National Order of Omega