notes & talks
I write program notes for the Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Cleveland Orchestras, and give pre-concert talks for the Minnesota Orchestra. For inquiries about notes, talks, or other audience education, please get in touch.
program & liner notes
Liner notes: Adès: The Exterminating Angel Symphony and Violin Concerto — Minnesota Orchestra (2025)
The Observatory, Caroline Shaw — Philadelphia Orchestra (2026)
Piano Concerto No. 2, “The MAX Concerto”, Anders Hillborg — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
Violin Concerto, Jaakko Kuusisto — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
Piano Concerto, Thomas Adès — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
Shango Memory, Olly Wilson — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
Devil’s Promenade, Louis Ballard — Philadelphia Orchestra (2025)
Permissions, Tyler Taylor — Cleveland Orchestra (2025)
Les cités de Lovecraft: I. Céléphaïs, Guillaume Connesson — Minnesota Orchestra (2025)
Kiss on Wood, James MacMillan — Minnesota Orchestra (2025)
The Exterminating Angel Symphony, Thomas Adès — Minnesota Orchestra (2024)
Violin Concerto (Concentric Paths), Thomas Adès — Minnesota Orchestra (2024)
pre-concert talks
Sky, Sea, and Land — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
~90 Minute Apocalypse: Bruckner Symphony No. 8 — Minnesota Orchestra (2026)
Love and... A Guide to Symphonie Fantastique — Minnesota Orchestra (2025)
Interview with James MacMillan — Minnesota Orchestra (2025)
Immortal Bach — Minnesota Orchestra (2024)
“Batter my heart, three person’d God”: John Adams, Oppenheimer, and the Birth of a New American Opera — Minnesota Orchestra (2024)
A Very English Concert: Musical Portraits From the First Half of the 20th Century — Minnesota Orchestra (2024)
A Response to Just Criticism: Shostakovich and the Soviet State — Minnesota Orchestra (2023)
The Revolutionary Composer — Minnesota Orchestra (2021)
videos
Short video guides to upcoming concert repertoire are coming soon.