“In Search of Lost Movement, Movers, and Music” Wednesday, May 7, 4:30–6:00 PM Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room (801)   Daniel Callahan, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Music and the College Tom Gunning, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Art History, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, and the College…

Join us next week as we discuss the dissertation proposal materials of Lauren Eldridge and Chaz Lee! In this special session of the workshop, the time will be split between the two documents/presenters, with ample space to discuss each. As always, there will be food and drink to enjoy, along with vibrant discussion! The documents…

This week’s workshop takes us to the life of a medieval monastery in Sweden. PhD candidate Michelle Urberg will present part of her dissertation work on musical literacy in the Vadstena abbey in the fifteenth century. We hope you can join us! Paper available on the downloads page (see right menu).

Dear all, Welcome back from spring break! Mark your calendars: this quarter is chock full of fabulous workshops with presentations ranging from proposals to dissertation materials to postdoc research and a guest presenter. As usual, all sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Logan Terrace Seminar Room (801). Join…

Ernst Kurth on Form and Erformung     Join us for the first session of the spring quarter this year. Prof. Daphne Tan from Indiana University Bloomington will present on early-twentieth century music theory. The session will take place in Logan 801, from 4:30 to 6 pm. Prof. Tan’s paper-in-progress can be found on the…

Come chat with PhD candidate Peter Smucker about the chamber music of Elliott Carter. Peter will be presenting ideas from the second chapter of his dissertation. The pre-circulated text as well as a link to audio examples can be found in the downloads page (menu on the right).

Indian Summer in Times of War? Richard Strauss’ Last Opera. Guest speaker from Germany Dörte Schmidt will present some work she is looking to expand. She investigates how Capriccio, Richard Strauss’ last opera can be read in its historical context. Capriccio was premiered in 1942 under the patronage of Joseph Goebbels. The workshop will take place in…

Dear members of the MHT Workshop: We cordially invite you to our next session, featuring postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Lee. The meeting will take place on Feb 12 at 4:30, Logan 801. The pre-circulated reading is available in our blog with the password Handel. Jonathan has also provided an abstract to get a preview (pasted below). Please…

Please join us for the second workshop of this winter. Shawn Keener (music history) will present a chapter of her dissertation on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Venetian song. The workshop will take place at 4:30 pm in Logan 801. The respondent will be PhD candidate Kelli Wood, from the Art History Department. The document is available…

A collaboration from Prof. Hoeckner to our January 8 session, this is a handy-dandy brief guide to abstract writing. How to write an abstract (Hoeckner)