Our weekly Friday colloquia showcase current research by distinguished visiting scholars alongside our own faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education. A brief reception follows each talk to keep the conversation going.
Fridays at 4:00 p.m. | Harkness Chapel, Classroom | Free – open to the public
Fall 2026 Schedule
August 28: Margot Fassler (Notre Dame):
“Musicologist as Detective: Solving the Mysteries of an Unstudied Manuscript”
September 18: Kathleen Horvath (CWRU):
“Musicians Health Advocacy Through the Lens of the Music School”
September 25: Douglas Shadle (Vanderbilt):
“A Family Affair: Florence B. Price and the Long Civil Rights Struggle”
October 2: Francesca Brittan (CWRU):
“Alpha Groove”
October 9: Mark Katz (UNCCH):
“The Possibilities of Public Musicology”
Sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies
October 16: Georgia Cowart (CWRU):
"With Laughter, Love, and a Touch of Madness: My Scholarly Life"
October 23: Bryan Powell (Montclair):
“From Access to Participation: Opportunities and Challenges for Music Education through Modern Band”
October 30: Ina McCormack (CWRU):
“Supernatural Schooling: How the Harp Got Its Technique”;
& Katie Sucha (CWRU):
“Musicology in the Archive”
November 6: Adam Gilbert (USC):
“Hidden Symmetries and Motivic Tiling in Renaissance Song from Binchois to Bourgeois”
November 13: Dennis Giotta (CWRU)
“Phenomenological Inquiry into the Impact of Doctoral Study: Experiences of PreK–12 Music Educators with Terminal Degrees”
November 20: Anna Somerville (CWRU) and Raylana Ciceron (CWRU):
"Field notes from the Library of Congress”
December 4: Lisa Koops, George Blake, Anna Zelenski, Daniel Goldmark (CWRU):
“Interviewing Musicians: Speaking on the Record with Superstars and Unknown Legends”
