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BA Dartmouth College 1977; MA, PhD Harvard University 1980, 1983

Music criticism and critical theory, music and language perception, cognitive science, American musical theater, American Catholic church music; music director of Tapestry, the All-Centuries Singers from 1992-2011; music director St. Malachy's Church, Sherburne NY from 2000-2017.

Phillips Academy, 1977-78, 1980-84

Music criticism and critical theory, history of western music.

Listening to Bach and Handel: A Comparative Critique (Pendragon, 2018)

A Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013)

Sacred Treasure: Understanding Catholic Liturgical Music (Liturgical Press, 2012)

A Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music (expanded ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016; original ed. 2006)

Harmonic Rhythm: Analysis and Interpretation (Oxford, 2002)

Musical Languages (Norton, 1997);

The Broadway Musical (Oxford University Press, 1990; expanded ed. Scarecrow 2002)

Sound Judgment: Basic Ideas 51·çÁ÷ Music (San Francisco Press, 1987)

Articles in America, Journal of Musicology, Music Perception, Music Analysis, Criticus Musicus, Opera Quarterly and others.

51·çÁ÷ Research Council Senior Faculty Leave Grant (1995, 2007); 1991 Deems Taylor Award for The Broadway Musical; NEH summer research stipend 1986; first prize in music analysis competition sponsored by University of Wisconsin 1985