About

Megan Reich was raised in Portland, Oregon. She received BS in Biology and BM in Music Performance degrees from the University of Puget Sound before relocating to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she received a MM in Music Performance degree from the University of Minnesota. Megan engages with the mediums of sound, word, and symbol to strengthen relationships between people and planet. Her interdisciplinary interest in the field of environmental communication is motivated by a desire to use storytelling as a vehicle for healing and hope in a time of global environmental change.

Megan is a 2022 graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Science Writing program. She currently works as Marketing and Communications Specialist with Metro Blooms and Assistant to the Executive Director at Clean River Partners. Previously, Megan served as a Minnesota GreenCorps member with the We Are Water MN program.

In 2018, Megan served as the Winter Radio Intern for All Classical Portland, where she regularly contributed to the station's Beyond the Music blog. Her articles aimed to enhance the listening experience, help make classical music accessible for all types of listeners, and celebrate under-acknowledged composers. 

As an undergraduate, Megan’s musicology and ecomusicology writing culminated in her 2017 thesis, “Soundscape Composition: Music as Environmental Activism.” She documented her research on her blog, Sonic Spaces, which can be found at https://sonicspacesblog.wordpress.com/. In 2017, Megan received the University of Puget Sound's Writing Excellence Award in the Arts and Humanities category for her essay, “Subtle Irony in Personal Growth: Beethoven and Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphonies.”

 In 2016-17, Megan was Editor-In-Chief of Elements Scientific Magazine at the University of Puget Sound, leading content development, writer and artist recruitment, editing, and magazine design and layout. Megan was a regular article contributor for Elements from 2013-2017. 

For a complete listing of Megan's writings, please see the "Catalog" page.