We are beyond delighted to welcome distinguished guest, Gary Tomlinson, for our final workshop of the quarter, taking place next Wednesday, June 3rd (4:30-6:00 PM in Logan 801). Professor Tomlinson will be discussing his recently published book, A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity (Zone Books/MIT Press, 2015), a richly woven narrative about the evolution of human musicking…
Read More
We are excited to welcome Patrick Kaufman to the workshop this Wednesday (4:30 p.m., Logan 801) as he presents his paper, “Alia Practica Musicae” (Another Practice of Music). In it, Patrick considers historical and intellectual context to put forward an alternative reading of Gaffurio’s landmark Practica musicae of 1496, ultimately suggesting that its references to Roman banquet culture and Neoplatonic secret philosophy…
Read More
Please join us for the first workshop of the quarter this coming Wednesday (April 8th; 4:30-6:00 pm in Logan 801). Chelsea Burns will present material from her work in progress, “’Way Down South in Dixie’: Langston Hughes and Blackness in the American South as Interpreted by Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas” (accessible here). We look forward…
Read More
Please join us for the last workshop of the quarter (Wednesday March 4; 4:30-6:00 pm in Logan 801) as Zach Loeffler and Max Silva present material from their dissertation proposal drafts. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Read More
Please join us for our next workshop (February 4, 4:30–6:00 p.m., Logan 801) as we welcome Gilad Cohen, Assistant Professor of Music Performance/Theory at Ramapo College, who will be presenting a paper entitled “Breaking Away From the Pack: Unique Large-Scale Structure in Pink Floyd’s Song ‘Dogs’”. He writes: In their seventeen-minute track “Dogs” from the 1977 LP Animals,…
Read More