Anna Harwell Celenza is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, where she holds a joint appointment in The Writing Seminars and at Peabody Conservatory. She is the author of several books, including Jazz Italian Style, from Its Origins in New Orleans to Fascist Italy and Sinatra (2017) and The Cambridge Companion to Gershwin (2019). She has also published eight award-winning children's books, including Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Heroic Symphony, and Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite. In 2016, Celenza co-founded Music Policy Forum, a non-profit that advises local governments about how to create sustainable music ecosystems.
