I began my writing life as a theater critic for the Village Voice, reviewing mostly off-off Broadway. I lucked into two mass-market best-sellers, Little Boy Lost and Whispers on the Nile, and managed to finagle productions of seven of my plays, including D.C. al Fine in New York. I received a New England Film Festival award for my film First Time, and I enjoyed a multi-year directorial career with the Central New York Renaissance Faire and Music Festival, which I co-produced with my wife, the soprano Anni Baker. My book Dead Still was released in 2009, and soon to be published is my multi-generational novel based on my family history from 1835 to the present, Arkady, and a medical novel, St. Vitus’ Dance.

I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the boards of or been a sponsor of numerous music groups, including Orchestra 2001, Astral Artistic Services, Network for New Music, Relache, and the American Composers’ Forum, and along with Anni commissioned works by such composers as Jennifer Higdon and Richard Wernick. I’ve also dabbled in writing lyrics, most recently for a cantata, The Long Bright, which received its premiere at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia in 2004 and had its West Coast premiere at Royce Hall this past March.

During my 20-year career in emergency medicine, my medical articles appeared in numerous journals, and I was awarded the national EXCEL award for medical editorial writing. I’ve collected early music scores and manuscripts for 15 years. My daughter is the renowned violinist Mandy Wolman.