Education:
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center - 2005 (Musicology)
M.A., Hunter College (CUNY) - 1991 (Musicology)
Non-degree undergraduate, Brooklyn College (CUNY) - 1979 (Music Performance)
B.A., Wagner College - 1974 (English Literature)
Areas of Expertise:
Beethoven, Liszt, Ravel, 19th-century piano music, Renaissance and medieval music, and rock music of the 1960s and 1970s.
Books and Publications
Biographical entry for distinguished composer and professor Tania León. Conservatory of Music's Core Reader (open source text). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Reacting to the Past game "War of the Romantics" (in production). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Research Activities
Visited Bibliotheque Nationale de France and Maurice Ravel's house outside Paris to examine original manuscripts and other materials to further Ravel research and prepare "Music of Maurice Ravel" seminar. 2012
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Pre-concert lecture on Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty." Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College. March 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2014
"Reacting to the Past in the Classroom" roundtable. Faculty Day. Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2012
Professional Leadership
Conservatory's Deputy Director of Graduate Programs (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Serves as department representative on faculty council for the Conservatory of Music (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Brooklyn College Committee for Graduate Academics and Standards, 2013-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Conservatory of Music Graduate Music Committee, 2013-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Alternate delegate, Faculty Council, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Department representative, Professional Staff Congress, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Brooklyn College Academic Integrity Committee, 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Conservatory of Music Curriculum Committee, 2012-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Conservatory of Music Performance Committee, 2012-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Graduate deputy, Conservatory of Music, 2011-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Brooklyn College Core Curriculum Committee, 2011-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Conservatory of Music Recruitment Committee, 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Conservatory of Music Academic Integrity Committee, 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Member, Conservatory of Music Core Curriculum Committee, 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Pedagogical Achievements
Organized and mounted an ALL-Ravel concert that included students and faculty in coordination with special topics music history seminar devoted to Ravel in spring 2018. 2018
Coordinator of Ear Training Studies, Conservatory of Music, 2013-present. 2013
Member, Conservatory of Music Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, 2009-present. 2009
Other Professional Activities
Adjudicator for Conservatory Concerto Competition, 2010-present. 2010
Host, Conservatory of Music Annual Audition Day, 2010-present. 2010
Administration of Keyboard Placement Exams, 2003-present. 2003
