Max Keller writes about classical music and queerness.
Keller’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Brooklyn Rail, Out, Parterre Box, The Provincetown Independent, and elsewhere.
Raised on Cape Cod, Keller holds a B.A. in music and art history from Harvard, and an M.M. in musicology from the University of Edinburgh. They are pursuing a Ph.D. in musicology at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Currently Brooklyn-based, Keller writes the substack Poison Put to Sound and is working on a book. They have received awards from the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists and from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.
Their proudest achievement, however, remains getting a driver’s license at the age of 24.
Photo by Troy Diggs
Selected Writing
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Does It Matter How a Cello Is Held?
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This Is My Voice One Year on T
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The Future of Classical Music Is Queer
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Forever New
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Speech After the Removal of the Larynx
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Self-Made Woman
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Nosedive
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Love Wins
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Baby Crazy
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Divine Mother
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Park and "Bark"
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Critical Mass
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Venite adoremus
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Match Point
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X-Rated
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Prick and Choose
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Overachiever
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Special Ghost Star
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Three Hours
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Musical Nostalgia
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AI Art Gives Users Gender Euphoria – But It's Not Without Controversy
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Pomme Takes On the Big Apple
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We Have the Exclusive Pics From the Second Annual Fran Con
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Teneil Throssell Ascends to Greatness
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With Eurydice, the Met Doesn’t Look Back
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Seeing Fire in a Crowded Theater
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Melissa Ferrick Comes Out to Provincetown
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Painting in the Key of Blue, à la Judith Rothschild
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Chamber Music Festival Returns, Forte
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Mal Blum Returns to Live Music
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Berger and Motherwell: An Artistic Friendship
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Rite of Passage: Hawthorne’s ‘His First Voyage’
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Exploring Liveness in Early Music
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Early Music? There's an App for That
