Music Colloquium Series

Our weekly Friday afternoon colloquia feature current research presentations by distinguished visiting scholars, as well as by our own faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education.

Following each session, receptions offer a valuable opportunity for social interaction, helping to foster a strong sense of community, camaraderie, and mutual support within the department.

đź“… When: Friday at 4:00 p.m. during the academic term
đź“Ť Where: Harkness Chapel, Classroom
đź‘Ą Who: open to the public 

Fall 2024 Schedule

SEPTEMBER 6
John Petrucelli (Oberlin Conservatory)

“Stylistic Formation and Meaning Making in Bee Hive Records”


SEPTEMBER 13
Suzanna Feldkamp (CWRU)

“New Light on the Life and Career of the Trouvère Maroie de Dergnau”

Maura Sugg (CWRU)
“More Than Meets the Ear: Recomposition as Exegesis in Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Imitation Masses”


SEPTEMBER 20
Jane Hatter (University of Utah)

“From Betrothal to Cloister: Echoes of Women’s Voices in Sources and Images c. 1500”


SEPTEMBER 27
Samantha Heinle (CWRU)

“On the Musically Kafkaesque”


OCTOBER 4 
George Nicholson (Teachers College, Columbia University)
"Finding Yourself in Your Research: On Bias and Subjectivity in Research Methods"


OCTOBER 11
Ageh Bedell (CWRU)
“Navigating Trauma-Informed Approaches in Musical Scholarship”


OCTOBER 25
Jasmine Henry (University of Pennsylvania)
“Viral Hip-Hop Remixing and the Performance of Black Millennial Humor”
Sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies


NOVEMBER 1
Jennifer Iverson (University of Chicago)

"Porous Instruments: Synthesizers and the Circulation of Cultural Value”


NOVEMBER 8
Steve Swayne (Dartmouth College)

"Unseen Alliances: William Schuman, Gerard Schwarz, David Diamond, Edward Stringham, Jeremy Mikecz, and Me"
Sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies


NOVEMBER 22
Karin S. Hendricks (Boston University)

“The Fierce Demands of Compassion: Fostering Authentic, Anti-Hegemonic Care in Music Learning Spaces”


DECEMBER 6
Daniel Goldmark (CWRU)

"UPA and the Modern(ist) Cartoon Score."


Past Colloquia


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