Marc Shulgold joined the staff of Denver's Rocky Mountain News in 1987 as the paper’s first full-time music/dance writer. Since then, he has established himself as one of the region’s most respected voices for classical music, ballet and modern dance. He has 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, he has taught the “Great Fun With Great Music” adult education class at the Arvada Center and is also a popular member of the faculty at the University of Denver’s Adult Enrichment program, where he teaches courses on a variety of musical subjects. Shulgold has also contributed articles and reviews to Opera News, Symphony Magazine, Chamber Music, Student Musician and other publications. Shulgold received a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA, where he studied criticism with Martin Bernheimer, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic at the Los Angeles Times. From 1975 to 1987, Shulgold worked with Bernheimer at the paper.