MUSIC WRITING

I became a music critic almost by accident. When I started writing a weekly column at the beginning of the 1988-89 music season, I usually told people I was really a writer impersonating a music critic. The three music reviews in this section may give you some feel for my approach to the craft. The article on women percussionists and the essay on marketing the arts were both written for a shortlived monthly, Seven Arts, that covered the Philadelphia arts scene. The Guide to Philadelphia Early Music Organizations is included for the benefit of early music enthusiasts who live in the Philadelphia area or plan to visit it. Philadelphia has a rich, varied music life. Like most of the city's virtues, it is woefully under publicized.