Education
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Princeton Theological Seminary.
He also worked in radio, at Way of New York City in 1976 (programming) and as a classical music host at WNED-FM (1977 to 1985) and WGUC (from 1985 to 1987). Vroon began writing for the American Record Guide in 1983. He became its chief editor and co-owner in 1987, moving its headquarters to Cincinnati.
In July 2014 Vroon published a book entitled "Classical Music in a Changing Culture", a collection of essays from the American Record Guide.
As Vroon argues, since all criticism is cultural criticism, music criticism in the broadest sense - from its composition to its distribution to its reception - is a window onto broader culture issues. Vroon has expressed strong—and, occasionally, unusual—viewpoints, which include distastes for historical performance practice and much contemporary music
He has lauded the expressive power of eighteenthand nineteenth-century masterworks and criticized the decline of modern culture (reflected, among many other things, by the increasing pervasiveness of mass media). These viewpoints and others he shares in his reviews and in an editorial column, "Critical Convictions," in the magazine.
According to biographical sources, Vroon grew up in New York and listened only to classical music
He developed an interest in theology, which led him to earn a Master of Theology degree (Master of Theology) degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1968. He worked as a Methodist minister from 1964 to 1972 and as a part-time instructor of Christian ethics at the University of Buffalo from 1982 to 1985.
Vroon is the son of Peter R. Vroon, former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.