Anna Celenza is the author of eight children’s books, including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (Storytelling World Award Honor Title), Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony (Silver Medal, Parents Choice Award) and Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite (Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of the Year).  She has also published six scholarly books, including Jazz Italian Style (Bridge Book Prize), the Cambridge Companion to Gershwin, and Music and Human Flourishing.  Her current book project, On the Record: Music that Changed America, will be published by W.W. Norton in 2025.  Trained as a musicologist, Celenza holds a joint appointment at the Peabody Institute.