I am a writer, presenter, educator, and occasional musician. Through a variety of activities, including research, teaching, and curating, I explore the history and aesthetics of 20th and 21st-century music, with a focus on the electronic and experimental traditions and the interface between music and technoscience. I've written and presented on composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Roland Kayn, Pietro Grossi, and Eliane Radigue, as well as on the instrument builder Jörg Mager and the philosophers Johann Gottfried Herder and Jürgen Habermas.  

Outside of my academic research, I am interested in creative approaches to pedagogy, curatorial practices, and the digital humanities. 

Since 2006, I've been pursuing a PhD in music history at the University of Pennsylvania.  Before coming to Penn, I studied at New College of Florida and spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne in Germany.

I live in Philadelphia with my wife, son, and two cats. On this site you can learn about my work, check out some of my projects, and get in touch with me. Thanks for visiting!