I have been with Fanfare since writing for its second issue in 1977. Then a CUNY professor (PhD in English), I remained in that position until 1995, subsequently joining the Evening Division faculty of the Juilliard School, where I continue to teach. With a record collection begun in 1948, two years of experience in classical-music broadcasting, and an MA in musicology, my background was suited to Fanfare’s needs. Our association proved rewarding in many ways, particularly in spawning invitations to contribute to a number of other periodicals, among them Opera News, Keynote, ARSC Journal, International Record Review, Classic Record Collector, Stereophile, and Chronicle of Higher Education. An intense interest in Toscanini helped in working to create an archive of his 244 NBC broadcasts at his residence from 1941 to 1945, Wave Hill. Known as The Wave Hill Toscanini Collection, it is now at the Greenwich Library in Connecticut, where I have been giving an annual six-lecture series devoted to the Maestro since 2004. There have also been varied activities in broadcasting: frequent appearances on the nationally syndicated First Hearing, service as “historical” recordings critic for NPR’s Performance Today, and a series of programs on Toscanini for Connecticut Radio. My Arturo Toscanini: the NBC Years prompted many lecture invitations, most notably from the University of Bologna, CUNY Graduate Center, and New York Philharmonic. An avid interest in photography has led to publication, in one case the cover of Opera News. With awareness of readers’ curiosity about the kind of setting and equipment reviewers have for listening, it is worth noting that I work in a 15′ x 30′ wood-paneled room using floor standing, omni-directional speakers reinforced with a top-of-the-line sub-woofer. Contact with musical reality is retained by attendance at a variety of concerts, among them a long-held subscription to one of Carnegie Hall’s orchestral series.