He teaches courses on music in the United States of America, Western art music, opera studies, and writing about music. His teaching and advising engages with music majors, non-majors, and graduate students. He received a Bachelor’s in piano performance and a Master’s in music history at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. He earned his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has presented numerous recitals on piano, harpsichord, and fortepiano, in addition to having extensive experience as an accompanist for solo instrumental, vocal, and choral music.