Marc Shulgold
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Marc Schulgold, Music and Dance Critic I was born in 1947 to a prominent Los Angeles portrait artist and a former New York social worker, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA. While studying theater and music, I took a music criticism class with Martin Bernheimer, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic at the Los Angeles Times. From 1975 to 1987, I worked with Bernheimer at the paper, assisting at the music and dance desk and writing and reporting on concerts and music-related events. In 1987, I joined the staff of the Rocky as the paper’s first staff music-and-dance critic. Since then, I've worked hard to establish myself as one of the region’s most respected voices for classical music, ballet and modern dance. I've regularly appeared as a pre-concert speaker at events presented by the Colorado Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and Friends of Chamber Music. For several years, I've taught the “Great Fun With Great Music” adult education class at the Arvada Center and have also become a member of the music faculty at the University of Denver’s Adult Enrichment program. In addition to my work at the Rocky, I've contributed articles and reviews to Opera News, Chamber Music, Student Musician and other publications. I'm a single dad -- proud father of Hilary, a broadcast journalist at KRDO in Colorado Springs, and Evan, currently in Japan pursuing his studies in video game design.
