Nicole Steinberg recently received her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She teaches on the faculty of both the University of Maryland, College Park, and Towson University. Steinberg has given lectures at various Maryland organizations surrounding opera and Holocaust commemoration, and has presented her research on music and memorialization at conferences of the American Musicological Society, the Society on Music Since 1900, the International Network of Genocide Scholars, the National WWII Museum, the European Studies Conference, the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual International Conference, the Capital Chapter of the American Musicological Society, and the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Steinberg has forthcoming publications with the Opera Journal and the Oxford Handbook of Music, Sound and Trauma.

Steinberg served as the Director of Operations and Media at Opera Baltimore from 2018-2023. During her five-year tenure, she helped Opera Baltimore grow from a small budget non-profit to a million-dollar budget arts organization. Steinberg continues to work with Opera Baltimore on special projects. Currently, she serves as the Cultural Programs Coordinator and project lead of Voices in Solidarity: Baltimore’s Black and Jewish Operatic History, in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture and the Jewish Museum of Maryland, generously supported by a grant from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority. Jonestown’s transformation from a Jewish immigrant hub to a predominantly Black neighborhood reflects Baltimore’s history of migration, displacement, and resilience, with both communities continuously facing discrimination while shaping the city’s cultural and artistic landscape. Voices in Solidarity aims to use this historically rich setting to bridge divides through music, learning, and conversation, making Jonestown an essential backdrop for place-based storytelling and reconciliation.