2003 "Music, Farming, and the Prairie", presentation for Central College convocation series on "The Human Impact on the Global Environment", Pella, IA

2002 "Elegy and Affirmation: Musical Reflections on the Aftermath of September 11", presentation prior to the premiere of Elegy and Affirmation, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA

"The Integration of Technology into Learning and Teaching in the Liberal Arts: A Case Study in a Changing Educational Culture," co-authored with Helen Scott, Associate Dean, and Jim Swartz, Vice- President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Grinnell College. Published in Liberal Education, Spring, 2002

2001 "Rural Symphony: Translating Rural America Into Song", presentation for Lieutenant Governor Sally PedersonÕs and Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Director Anita WalkerÕs "Discover Iowa" tour, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA

"Making a Difference: Teaching and Learning With Technology," presentation for Association of American Colleges and Universities in New Orleans

2000 "Rural Symphony: Musical Reflections of Rural America", presentation at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA

Keynote address for TTALA (Teaching With Technology Across the Liberal Arts) Conference and Faculty Workshop, Grinnell College

Two-day workshop for twelve faculty at Lawrence University on "The Arts, Multimedia, and the Internet: Teaching Artistic Creativity in the Digital Age,"

1999 "Prairie, Pen, and Piano: How the Land is Written and Sung," presentation with writer Paula Smith, for the Grinnell College Talkabout series

1998 "Seeking a Place in the Community: Performing Artists," presentation for the Iowa Arts Council's Iowa Artists Conference in Des Moines

1997 "The Web of the Arts and Humanities," presentation for Associated Colleges of the Midwest conference on Information Technology and the Humanities, Knox College

1996 3-page review and feature article on Broken Ground in Tractor magazine of Iowa arts and culture, Vol. IV, #4, Fall, 1996

1995 "Composer-Writer Collaborations," presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Seventh Annual Festival at Drake University

1994 "Good Things for the Few," 1,100-word review of 31st annual Iowa Composers Concert sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Beethoven Club and Coe College. Published in Tractor, magazine of Iowa arts and culture, Vol. II, #1, Fall, 1994. Read the Review

4-page feature article on Eric Hermannson's Soul by Kristin Senty-Brown and Harvey Hess in vol. I, #2 of Tractor magazine, the magazine of Iowa arts, Vol. I, #2, Winter, 1994

1993 "Opera Today: Practical Considerations," presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Fifth Annual Festival, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City

"Computer-Assisted Performance and Composition With Max," presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Fifth Annual Festival, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City

"Microtonality and the Liberal Arts," presentation for the national convention of the Society of Composers, Inc., Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

1990 "Computer-Assisted Composition With HMSL, presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Second Annual Festival, Coe College, Cedar Rapids

1985 "Japanese Conceptions of Space and Time in the Music of Takemitsu," presentation for the national convention of the American Society of University Composers, Arizona State University, Tempe

1984 "Synthetic Scales, Charles Griffes, and The Kairn of Koridwen," presentation and defense of PhD dissertation essay at the University of Chicago
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1982 "The Concept of 'ma' and the Music of Toru Takemitsu," presentation for the University of Iowa School of Music

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