Lars Helgert is a graduate of George Washington University (BM in Classical Guitar Performance and BA in History) and Catholic University (MM in Classical Guitar Performance and PhD in Musicology). He has contributed thirty-three entries to the forthcoming second edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music, such as the entry on music criticism and revisions of the entries on composers Lukas Foss, William Bolcom, and George Rochberg. His articles and reviews have appeared in American Music and MLA Notes, and he has presented at national and regional conferences. Now in his eleventh year as a university-level music educator, he teaches music history and music theory courses at Georgetown and has also served on the faculties of several other institutions of higher learning, including the Peabody Conservatory, Trinity Washington University, and Montgomery College. He has performed widely in the Washington area as a classical guitar soloist and accompanist.