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Susan McClary, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, engaged in conversation with contemporary director Peter Sellars during a Case Western Reserve University Department of Music event in October 2019. In that discussion, they considered the future of music, predicting that the traditional music…

When Daniel Goldmark was a first-year undergraduate student, he felt confused about his future. Having just switched his major from botany to music, Goldmark took a chance and reached out to one of his professors in search of some much-needed guidance. “Even though he wasn’t my official academic…

Join the CWRU Pep Band for a performance Saturday, May 1, from 2:15 to 3 p.m. at Freiberger Field. Members of the community are invited to bring a blanket or folding chair and celebrate the end of the semester with spirit.

As president of Graduate Student Council (GSC), sixth-year PhD candidate Aaron McPeck is an essential link between the university’s administration and its graduate and professional students. It’s a role he relishes as an aspiring higher education administrator. “I love watching people succeed, and…

The study of folksong in Czechoslovakia became increasingly enmeshed with research on race and ethnicity through the 20th century. Folk melodies appear alongside studies of phrenology and blood type as early as 1905. By the 1920s, the “purity” of folksong was understood to evidence the “purity” of…

In the late 19th century, the invention of new devices for seeing inside the human body coincided with a sudden enthusiasm for medical specialization. At the same time, the Parisian government put physicians directly in charge of opera singers and other vocal performers. The new profession of…

In honor of the 19th Amendment’s recent 100th anniversary, the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a course as a timely tribute to the contribution women artists have made to great music. Featuring trail-blazing artists of the past and present, “One Hundred Years of Great Women Classical…

Republic Records recording artist and Cleveland native Londin Thompson will perform in a livestreamed event from the Maltz Performing Arts Center Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Thompson will be joined by fellow Clevelander and TikTok star Jon Caryl, presented by LiveNation. Members of the community are invited…

Case Western Reserve adapts to all-online format, ‘sends’ 18 exhibitors to annual tech show—from music to COVID-19 trackers to ‘Human Fusions’ founder CES, the massive tech and innovation show that draws 175,000 visitors internationally to Las Vegas each January, will be significantly different…

Free programming will continue through May featuring local and regional musical performances The pandemic has caused most live-music venues to cancel their in-person schedules, including the Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University. However, thanks to its state-of-the-art…