Below is a list of sample activities that may be offered:

• Tour of Schönbrunn Palace
• Tour of Hofburg Palace and/or Imperial Treasury
• Walking tour of main churches: Stephansdom, Peterskirche, Karlskirche, Michaeliskirche, Augustinerkirche
• Opera performance at the Vienna State Opera House
• Vienna Philharmonic Performance at the Musikverein
• Albertina and/or Belevedere (palaces/art museums)
• Central Cemetery: tombs of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Strauss
• Visits to Fine Arts, Neue Burg, Leopold, Jewish, and/or Military Museums
• Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Freud, and/or Klimt houses
• Visits to historic cafés and Czech, Hungarian, and/or Balkan restaurants
• Day trip to Budapest, with visits to Parliament, the Opera House, Franz Liszt House, and a private piano concert

Please note: Cultural activities and Excursions are subject to change depending on availability, weather, and other factors.

• Every API Resident Director is thoroughly trained in emergency response and receives ongoing training and support
• Resident Director will serve as an emergency contact available 24/7
• International health insurance included
• Onsite cultural, health, and safety orientation

I am a music historian and pianist who specializes in the Romantic era, and the music of Franz Liszt in particular. My research focuses on the composer’s interactions with prominent figures in politics, the Catholic Church, and Romanticism, encounters that shaped his musical style in profound and interconnected ways.

Likewise, my work as a musician centers on Liszt’s solo piano works, especially those inspired by poetry, literature, and the visual arts. These complementary pursuits inform my teaching, in which live performances and an interdisciplinary approach show music’s broader relevance within the humanities.  

At Saint Anselm I teach piano, Conversatio, and the music history and music theory sequences.  Prior to arriving at Saint A’s I taught at Dartmouth, Williams, and Quest University Canada, a small liberal arts college north of Vancouver. During summers I lecture and perform for Tauck’s Musical Magic along the Blue Danube, a classical music-themed river cruise. 

Ph.D., Columbia University, Historical Musicology

M.A., University of Pécs, Hungary, Piano Performance

B.A., Dartmouth College, Music and History

I am a multi-genre creative writer and critical scholar specializing in 20 th and 21 st Century American poetry, World literature, and film. Recently, I have selected and edited the letters of American poet Frank Stanford for the first-ever book publication of his correspondence, which is forthcoming.

Creatively, I write genre-blending poetry and short stories that often take atypical approaches to narrative or form and that are especially place- and geography-oriented in settings and themes.

At Saint Anselm, I teach creative writing, business and professional writing, and composition.

Prior to arriving at St. A’s, I taught creative writing and composition at the University of Tennessee.

M.F.A., University of Tennessee, Creative Writing

M.A., Lund University, Sweden, Literature-Culture-Media with Specialization in English Literature

B.A., Auburn University, English