All Publications

2025

GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER: A MASS TIMBER SYMPHONY, Mass Timber Group, January 2025

2024

IN GROTON, MASS., THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS COME TOGETHER, Chronicle 5 WCVB, Dec 2024

EMMANUEL AX PLAYS GROTON HILL FOR THE CELEBRITY SERIES, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Colleen Katsuki, Oct 2024

MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, ART PHARMACY LAUNCH PROGRAM TO PRESCRIBE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, Boston Globe, Mark Shanahan, June 29, 2024

THE “STUNNING” CONRAD IN LA JOLLA PICKS UP NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE HONOR, Times of San Diego, Editor, March 23, 2024

2023

PIANIST JEREMY DENK PROVES THE NEW — AND ACOUSTICALLY STUNNING — MEADOW HALL IS WORTH THE SCHLEP, Boston Globe, A.Z. Madonna, December 11, 2023

STUDENTS, FACULTY AT GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER SETTLING INTO NEW HOME, Spectrum News 1, by Kyra Ceryanek, Worcester County, August 10, 2023

IN THE VALLEY OF MUSIC, Lighting & Sound America, pgs. 54-58, Dan Daley, August 2023

LISTENING TO THE STRUCTURE: A NEW MASS TIMBER CONCERT HALL TAKES SHAPE IN MASSACHUSETTS, Structure Magazine, David Odeh, Carl Giegold, August 1, 2023

CLASSICAL MUSIC, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, Letters, Boston Globe, April 6, 2023

A VILLAGE OF MUSIC: GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER ENTERS ITS FULL FIRST SEASON, Worchester Business Journal, Livia Gershon, April 3, 2023

EMBRACE SPRING WITH BOSTON CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA AT GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER, Boston Concervatory at Berklee, Sarah Gocher Murphy, March 28, 2023

IN GROTON, THE HILLS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC, The Boston Globe, James Sullivan, February 9, 2023

MUSIC ACADEMY IN THE FIELD REVEALS MANY SPLENDORS, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Lee Eiseman, January 23, 2023

MUSIC FEATURE: IT’S OPENING NIGHT— GROTON HILL MUSIC’S 1000-SEAT CONCERT HALL, The Arts Fuse, Glen Rifkin, January 22, 2023

2022

21 SECRET SPOTS IN LA JOLLA THAT SHINE IN THE WINTER, Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, Dec 6,2022

GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER GETS READY TO OPEN ITS DOORS, The arts fuse, Glenn Rifkin, June 10, 2022

ARTS FEATURE: OPENING NIGHT FOR THE GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER, The Arts Fuse, Glen Rifkin, October 23, 2022

ALL-NEW GROTON HILLS MUSIC CENTER OFFERS COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, AND PERFORMANCE, Harvard Press, Carlene Phillips, September 16, 2022

LISTEN UP, A new regional music center opens in Groton, Massachusetts, by Nell Porter Brown, Harvard Magazine, September-October 2022

2021

WITH A NEW BUILDING AND NAME, INDIAN HILL CREATES “A GATHERING SPACE CENTERED AROUND MUSIC”, The Boston Globe, James Sullivan, October 22, 2021

SEE THE MASSIVE NEW MUSIC VENUE RISING LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM BOSTON, Boston Business Journal, Grant Welker, October 20 2021

INDIAN HILL MUSIC TRANSITIONS IN STYLE, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Lee Eiseman, October 4, 2021

2020

A MUSICAL MEETING PLACE, David Barbour, Lighting and Sound America, 02.20

CIVIC CENTER ON THE HARBOR, Sean Horgan Staff Writer,Gloucester Daily Times, 03.20.21

A MUSICAL MEETING PLACE, David Barbour, Lighting and Sound America, 02.20

2019

HERE IS SAN DIEGO’S BEST AND WORST ARCHITECTURE, Phillip Molnar, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 10.4.19

LA JOLLA SUMMERFEST Explores Love and Loss at Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, Erica Miner, Broadway World, 08.24.19

FROM THE TOP AT THE CONRAD LA JOLLA, At The Conrad, NPR Radio, Show 371, 04.13.19

THE PRIDE AND JOY OF LA JOLLA, George Loomis, The New Criterion, 04.15.19

IMPECCABLE ELEGANCE MARKS LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY’S OPENING OF THE CONRAD, Barry Jagoda, Times of San Diego, 04.07.19

CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OPENS WITH SOME POMP, MUCH CIRCUMSTANCE, George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 04.06.19

"THE CONRAD” BRINGS IN A NEW ERA FOR THE MUSIC SCENE, George Varga, Michael James Rocha, “San Diego News Fix,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, 04.02.19

LJMS’S CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SET TO OPEN WITH A SPLASH, George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 03.31.19

2018

PROPOSED HYANNIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER RECEIVES $200K THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILL, CapeCod.com, 08.03.18

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY WILL CELEBRATE STELLAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN ITS NEW $78.5 MILLION ARTS CENTER, George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 07.08.18

RIBBON CUTTING FOR NEW COMFORT STATION AT SALISBURY STATE BEACH, Bryan Eaton, The Newport News, 06.28.18

BAKER-POLITICO ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW COMFORT STATION AT SALISBURY STATE BEACH, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Mass.Gov, 06.28.18

NEW WELCOME CENTER IS A TRUE GEM, David Rosenberg, Letter to the Editor, Newport Daily News, 06.16.18

NEWPORT'S NEWEST COTTAGE, David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, 06.15.18

PRESERVATION SOCIETY CELEBRATES OPENING OF THE NEW WELCOME CENTER, Preservation Society of Newport County, NewportMansions.org, 06.14.18

BREAKERS "WELCOME CENTER" OPENS AFTER LONG BATTLE, WPRI, 06.14.18

NEW WELCOME CENTER OPENS AT THE BREAKERS, WPRO, 06.14.18

WELCOME CENTER OPENS AT THE BREAKERS MANSION AFTER LONG-RUNNING BATTLE, WJAR, 06.13.18

2017

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE--IN GROTON, The Lowell Sun, 11.22.17

EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE TO SHARE CENTER STAGE AT THE NEW MUSIC CENTER AT INDIAN HILL, Musical America Worldwide, 11.13.17

PERFORMANCE CENTER CONSTRUCTION TAKES CENTER STAGE FOR INDIAN HILL MUSIC, Nashoba Valley Voice, 11.13.17

WHAT WILL INDIAN HILL'S PERFORMANCE CENTER LOOK LIKE?, The Lowell Sun, 11.13.17

THESE FAMOUS BUSINESS LEADERS ARE TEACHING ONLINE CLASSES THAT YOU CAN TOTALLY TAKE, Katie Willert, Finance Republic, 11.20.17

SHOVELS FINALLY MEET DIRT ON BREAKERS WELCOME CENTER, Sean Flynn, Newport Daily News, 5.19.17

KIDS ROCK, Lauren Torlone Mahoney, North Shore Magazine, 04.17

GRACEFULLY GREEK, “In Cambridge, MA, an MIT fraternity is more English manor than Animal House,” Leonora Desar, LD+A, 03.17

THE CONRAD BREAKS GROUND: NEW LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY FACILITY TO OPEN IN 2019, Ashley Mackin, La Jolla Light, 02.08.17

THE CONRAD'S $76M MUSIC THEATER STARTS CONSTRUCTION, Roger Showley, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 01.30.17

BROOKLYN RIDER RIVETS ATTENTION AT ROCKPORT, Zoe Madonna, Boston Globe, 01.26.17

2016

STUNNING ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE TO MAGNIFY PERFORMANCE, TEACHING & APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, Russel Harris, Groton Herald, 10.05.16

INDIAN HILL HOPES TO BE DESTINATION FOR MUSIC LOVERS, “Outdoor festivals, large scale performance center planned for former J. Geils property,” Chris Lisinski, Nashoba Valley Voice, 09.23.16

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM'S FANTASTIC DESIGN/BUILD LECTURE, Kim Smith, Good Morning Gloucester, 07.08.16

New Spaces/Old Places—Merging Contemporary Architecture with Historic Neighborhoods, Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA, 07.07.16

THE CONRAD: LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY'S NEW HOME TO OPEN IN 2018, Emily Ruchlewicz, La Jolla Blue Book Blog, 01.11.16

2015

PLANNERS OK THE CONRAD, Ashley Mackin, La Jolla Light, 10.09.15

LA JOLLA PLANNING GROUP APPROVES $65 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Lou Hirsh, San Diego Business Journal, 10.05.15

LJMS BUILDS A SOUND FOUNDATION, “Acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota aims for uncompromising sound in new hall,” James Chute, San Diego Union Tribune, 04.02.15

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY GOES PUBLIC, “Society makes presentation to planning association, starts approval process,” James Chute, San Diego Union Tribune, 04.02.15

PRELUDE: MUSIC SOCIETY SHARES CONCEPTS FOR NEW CENTER, “‘The Conrad’ a marriage of acoustic excellence, civic majesty,” Pat Sherman, La Jolla Light, 04.03.15

PRESERVATION SOCIETY GETS BOARD APPROVAL, Sean Flynn, The Newport News, 01.06.15

2014

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY RAISES $50M FOR NEW CENTER, James Chute, San Diego Union-Tribune, 08.09.14

LJMS NAMES ARCHITECT FOR NEW MUSIC CENTER, James Chute, San Diego Union-Tribune, 08.04.14

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY TO BUILD CENTER, James Chute, San Diego Union-Tribune, 06.01.14

THE EPSTEINS: SISTER POWER, Sheila Barth, The Jewish Journal, Massachusetts, 05.08.14

LOOK AND LISTEN, “Rockport's Shalin Liu Performance Center is a breathtaking symphony of sights and sounds,” Regina Cole, Northshore Magazine, 03.14

GIVE NEWPORT VISITORS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, Donald Ross and Trudy Coxe, Opinion, Providence Journal, 01.22.14

2013

OPEN FOR IMAGINATION, The Link, I-195 Redevelopment District, Providence, RI, 11.13

WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY FRATERNITY HOUSE!, MIT Division of Student Life News, 10.01.13

BREAKERS’ WELCOME CENTER EARNS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL, Providence Business News, Carol Kim, 06.14.13

PANEL SUPPORTS BREAKERS WELCOME CENTER, Newport Daily News, 06.13.13

PHI BETA EPSILON'S RENOVATIONS A FAMILY AFFAIR, MIT Division of Student Life News, 06.06.13

MIT TECH COMMENCEMENT ISSUE highlights Phi Beta Epsilon construction, 06.07.13

"EJA HAS PROPOSED A DESIGN...THAT WOULD FIT LIKE A GLOVE INTO ITS CONTEXT," David Brussat, Architectural Critic, Providence Journal, 05.02.13

THE BUILDING'S DESIGN BY EJA IS NOTHING LESS THAN SUPERB, Boffo for The Breakers, Editorial, Providence Journal, 04.30.13

BEST CONCERT HALL IN MASSACHUSETTS, Shalin Liu Performance Center, 2013 "Editors' Choice" List, Yankee Magazine

BREAKERS WELCOME CENTER PLANS UNVEILED, Tom Shevlin, Newport Now, 04.11.13

BREAKERS WELCOME CENTER UNVEILED, and CENTER WELCOME?, Sean Finn, Newport Daily News, 04.09.13

PRESERVATION SOCIETY SET ON PLANS TO BUILD BREAKERS WELCOME CENTER, Rhonda Miller, Providence Business News, 04.09.13

2012

HISTORIC BUILDING MEETS TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY: THE SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER, interview with Alan Joslin, Elissa Mintz, US Building Digest, 05.12

INTERIOR AND ACOUSTIC DESIGN: THE SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER, interview with Deborah Epstein, Elissa Mintz, US Building Digest, 05.12

NURTURED BY NATURE, Erin Marvin, New England Home, 11.12

BIG-LEAGUE MUSIC HALL IN WINE COUNTRY, Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, 10.02.12

2011

GAME ON!, Marni Elyse, The Boston Globe Magazine, 12.04.11

BUREAU EXPERTS: EPSTEIN JOSLIN ARCHITECTS, Design Bureau Magazine, 11.21.11

HOUSES: THE SMALL BUILDING CATEGORY WITH THE BIG IDEAS, Floating Peak House, Hinge Magazine, 10.11

FEATURE: ROCKPORT PERFORMANCE CENTER, Jared Bowen, Greater Boston, WGBH TV, 07.27.11

RUSSIANS INVADE ROCKPORT WITH PANACHE, Richard Bunbury, The Boston Music Intelligencer, 07.12.11

ZIPORYN’S COMPOSER PORTRAIT AT ROCKPORT, Peter Van Zandt Lane, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 07.11.11

STIRRING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN A SPECTACULAR DAY AT SHALIN LIU, David Weininger, Boston Globe, 06.28.11

IMPASSIONED PERFORMANCE OF IMPASSIONED PIECES, Susan Miron, The Boston Music Intelligencer, 06.13.11

WOW! PLAYING BY IKARUS FOR ROCKPORT OPENING, Tony Schemmer, The Boston Music Intelligencer, 06.11.11

GLOUCESTER STAGE REACHES OUT FOR PROJECT INPUT, Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Times, 05.31.11

EDITORIAL: A ROLE FOR ALL IN THEATER PROJECT, Gloucester Times, 05.31.11

EPSTEIN JOSLIN ARCHITECTS TO DISPLAY WORK IN ROCKPORT, Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Times, 05.25.11

NEW LOOK FOR A GLOUCESTER VENUE, Keith Powers, Cape Ann Beacon, 05.20.11

GOALS FOR THE GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALAN JOSLIN, Good Morning Gloucester, 05.17.11

NEW VISIONS AT GLOUCESTER STAGE, Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Times, 05.10.11

STAGE PLANS SPOTLIGHT CREATIVE ECONOMY, Editorial, Gloucester Times, 05.11

BUILDINGS THAT WORK, Chronicle, WCVB TV, Boston, MA, 03.11.11

TEXTILES OF DEBORAH EPSTEIN AND SKETCHES OF ALAN JOSLIN, Mercury Gallery, Rockport, MA, 05.28.11

NIXON IN CHINA AT SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER, Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse, 02.14.11

2010

SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER PICKED AS ONE OF “2010 BEST OF THE NEW”, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine

LEVIN RETURNS, AND A HALL DEBUTS, Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, 12.26.10

MUSICAL MASTERPIECE, Auditoria Annual Review 2010

LOOK AND LISTEN, Regina Cole, Design New England, 09.10

ROCKPORT MUSIC’S NEW SEASON (VAST POTENTIAL INCLUDED), Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, Times, 07.30.10

SHALIN LIU GOES POP, OPERA IN EXTENDED SEASON, Jonathan L'Ecuyer, Gloucester Times, 07.29.10

MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN WOWS AT ROCKPORT, Susan Miron, The Arts Fuse, Classical Music, 07.12.10

JUPITER STRING QUARTET AT HOME IN ROCKPORT’S NEW MUSIC HALL, David Weininger, The Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, 06.21.10

ROCKPORT RULES, A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, Lloyd Schwartz, The Boston Phoenix, Music, 06.15.10

A SEA CHANGE FOR ROCKPORT FESTIVAL’S OPENING, Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, 06.14.10

TAKING A NEW CONCERT HALL OUT FOR A SPIN OR TWO, James R. Oestreich, The New York Times, Arts, 06.13.10

ROCKPORT CHAMBER FEST BUILDS UPON “GRANITE", Keith Powers, The Boston Herald, Entertainment, 06.12.10

ROCKPORT MUSIC UNVEILS SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER, Vance Koven, Boston Musical Intelligencer, 06.12.10

SUMMERY SOUNDS OF A NEW HALL OPENING, James Oestreich, The New York Times, The Arts, 06.11.10

ROCKPORT MUSIC WELCOMES SEASON IN STRIKING NEW HOME BY THE SEA, Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, 06.11.10

A NEW MUSIC HALL FOR ROCKPORT CHAMBER FEST, Andrea Shea, WBUR, “Hubbub”, 06.10.10

ROCKPORT’S MUSICAL HEART BEATS ANEW: INNOVATIVE INTERIOR MAKES CONCERT HALL SING, Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, Architecture Review, 06.06.10

BUILDING A SPACE FOR SOUND: ACOUSTICIAN LENDS HIS EARS TO ROCKPORT’S NEW MUSIC HALL, Geoff Edgers, The Boston Globe, Music, 06.06.10

FRESH AIR FUN: CLASSICAL MUSIC, Keith Powers, The Boston Herald, 06.04.10

ROCKPORT MUSIC STARTS SEASON IN NEW HALL ON JUNE 10TH, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 06.01.10

SHALIN LIU HALL’S FINAL “TUNEUP” A HIT IN ROCKPORT, Gail McCarthy, The Gloucester Times, 05.23.10

ROCKPORT’S SHALIN LIU CENTER DUE FOR A “TUNING AS OPENING DRAWS NEAR, Keith Powers, Wicked Local and Cape Ann Beacon, 05.21.10

2008

NEXT STEP FOR LIU HALL STARTS TOMORROW, Jonathan L' Ecuyer, Gloucester Times, 01.02.09

ROCKPORT BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF FOR PERFORMANCE CENTER, David Rattigan, Boston Globe, 06.01.08

FESTIVAL SUIT SETTLEMENT: NEIGHBORS BOUGHT OUT FOR $1.2 MILLION, Jonathan L' Ecuyer, Gloucester Times, 05.07.08

SERKIN PIANO RECITAL TO HELP FUND NEW ROCKPORT CONCERT HALL, Helen Marie Casey, Wicked Local Essex, 02.08

“MY VIEW” COLUMN: TOWN MEETING HOLDS KEY TO ROCKPORT CONCERT HALL, Barbara Sparks, Gloucester Times, 02.08

2007

ENCORE: SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON C. WALSH THEATRE THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR, Suffolk Arts+Sciences, Premier Issue

HONOR AWARD, ‘62 CENTER FOR THEATER AND DANCE, INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS, 2006: The Year in Review, Architecture Boston, 01.07*

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL WANTS TO RAZE EXISTING BUILDING FOR NEW PERFORMANCE CENTER, Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Daily Times, 04.07

UPWARD BOUND, Bridget Sweeney, Boston Magazine, 04.07

CONCERT HALL CONSTRUCTION DELAYED BY LAWSUIT, Terry Doyle, Wicked Local Essex, 10.07

2006

EXTREME MAKEOVER, Wendy Kileen, The Boston Globe, 02.06

VISITING PROFESSOR CHOSEN TO DESIGN ROCKPORT CONCERT HALL, MIT News Office and MIT Tech Talk, 04.06

PLANS UNVEILED FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN ROCKPORT, Steven Rosenberg, Boston Globe, 06.06

UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Carolyn Clay, The Phoenix, 10.06

ECOLOGY IS EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS, Beverly Creasey, The Theater Mirror, 10.06

EXPLORING THE LAWS OF NATURE AND ATTRACTION, Louise Kennedy, The Boston Globe, 10.06

THE ICE-BREAKER, Will Stackman, Aisle Say Boston, 10.06

GLACIALLY INDUCED LOVE, Richard Campbell, Epoch Times, 10.06

ELEGANT FRUGALITY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Interview with Architect Alan Joslin, Richard Campbell, Epoch Times, 12.06

IRNE 2006 NOMINEES FOR BEST SET DESIGN, Stage Source

2005

4.125A ARCHITECTURE STUDIO: BUILDING IN LANDSCAPES, MIT Open Courseware, Fall

ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS DESIGN AND BUILD HOMELESS SHELTERS, Scott Campbell, MIT Tech Talk, 10.05

2002

TEN LANDSCAPES, Stephen Stimson Associates, Rockport Press²

UNCOMMON STAINED GLASS, Peter McGrain, Glass Press*

A HOUSE DIVIDED, Martha Schindler, Boston Magazine, March²

HOUSE PROUD, Boston Magazine, May²

STEEL PINES, Vernon Mays, Architecture, August*

DEBORAH EPSTEIN ARCHITECT, DBA EPSTEIN JOSLIN ARCHITECTS, Architecture Boston, The Year In Review²

* Alan Joslin as a Principal-in-Charge of Design and/or Project Architect with William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
² Deborah Epstein as Principal of Deborah Epstein Architect