Editor-Benjamin Dunham
Ben Dunham became editor of Early Music America magazine in January 2002. For the previous twelve years, Dunham edited American Recorder magazine for the American Recorder Society. As an editor, he has also held posts with the American Symphony Orchestra League and the Music Educators National Conference. As an arts administrator, he has served as executive director of Chamber Music America and the American Symphony Orchestra and as executive vice-president of the U.S. National Music Council. Dunham has performed on recorder and viola da gamba as a member of early music ensembles in Washington, D.C., and in the Southcoast region of Massachusetts, where he lives. More recently, he has been spotted sawing away in circles of traditional fiddlers at selected folk festivals and workshops.
Editorial Assistant-Angela Fasick
Angela Fasick began her affiliation with Early Music America in 2000 and served as editorial associate and director of advertising before shifting gears and returning her primary focus to education -- she is currently an Upper School English teacher at Laurel School, an independent girls' school in Shaker Heights, OH. Because she enjoys early music and its players and stories, she returned to the EMAg masthead as a freelance editorial associate in 2003.
Advertising Manager-Patrick Nugent
Patrick Nugent joined the EMA staff in July, 2006. Patrick has worked in the publishing industry for over ten years. He was advertising manager with Seattle-based Sea Kayaker magazine and advertising executive with New Age Retailer magazine. Patrick also served as editor-in-chief and advertising manager with NAV Magazine, an Atlanta-based monthly magazine focusing on contemporary instrumental music. He has a B.A. in History and Political Science from Hillsdale (MI) College. He and his wife, Sarah, recently took a year off to live in Germany and travel throughout western Europe. Patrick has played piano for several years, has recently taken up the electric bass, and is working on film projects.
CD Reviews Editor-Tom Moore
Tom Moore, who grew up in the early music paradise of Boston, Massachusetts, has been around long enough to remember when Frans Brüggen played the recorder. Tom performs on traverso, modern flute, and recorder, and as a vocalist. As a flutist he has made premiere recordings of Telemann for Lyrichord and Boismortier for A Casa Discos, and as a choral basso has recorded with the St. Clement's Choir, Pomerium, Concert Royal, and the Symphonic Choir of Rio de Janeiro. His music criticism has been published in Boston Early Music News, Fanfare, Goldberg, and other print and online publications. A recent interest has been the music of Brazil, with composer interviews published at MusicaBrasileira.org and in 21st Century Music. Tom is Head of the Music Library at Duke University, and director of the Duke Collegium Musicum. His ideal in the field of music criticism is George Bernard Shaw. Please forward CDs for review consideration to Tom Moore, 2211 Hillsborough Road, #138, Durham, NC 27705.
Book Reviews Editor-Mark Kroll
During a career spanning over three decades, Mark Kroll has performed as a harpsichordist and fortepianist to critical praise throughout North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. He has appeared in solo recital, chamber music, and as concerto soloist with some of the world's major orchestras, and has served as the harpsichordist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1979. Mark Kroll's extensive list of recordings includes music from the 17th to the 21st centuries. He is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Bogliasco Foundation, IREX, DAAD and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. A noted authority on historical performance practice, he has contributed to both scholarly publications and general-readership magazines and published three books: Playing the Harpsichord Expressively, The Beethoven Violin Sonatas, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician and His World. Kroll is Professor Emeritus at Boston University, where he served for 25 years as Professor and Chair of Department of Historical Performance, and is currently Visiting Professor at Northeastern University. Please forward books for review consideration to Mark Kroll, 59 Naples Rd., Brookline, MA 02446.
Editorial Advisory Board-Early Music America
Susan Hellauer — Singer, Anonymous 4 (New York, NY)
David Klausner — Director, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Elisabeth Le Guin — Baroque Cellist, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco, CA); Professor of Music, University of California (Los Angeles)
Jeffery Kite-Powell — Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Musicology, Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Steven Lubin — Fortepianist, The Mozartean Players (New York, NY)