Past Events



Roundtable on Salamone Rossi and Jewish Music in Early Modern Italy

Nov 7, 2023 at - | Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Musicologists Rebecca Cypess (Rutgers University) and Edwin Seroussi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), together with mezzosoprano Meg Bragle (Penn) and 2023-24 fellows of the Herbert D. Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies, discuss the life, music, and contexts of Salamone Rossi, a Jewish composer working in Italy at the same time as Claudio Monteverdi. Register HERE



Penn Flutes

"Facing Fear" - Fall Concert
Nov 5, 2023 at - | Houston Hall - Hall of Flags, 3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

In keeping with this year’s overarching theme of resilience, Penn Flutes presents “Facing Fear”, a musical depiction of ideas, stories, traditions and world events that scare us— and how sometimes, we enjoy the experience!



Penn Symphony Orchestra

Fall Concert
Oct 27, 2023 at - | Irvine Auditorium - Main Hall, 3401 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Embracing the Resiliency theme of all performance ensembles this academic year, the Penn Symphony celebrates the resilience of our senior graduating class who began their academic journey at Penn during the height of the Pandemic in isolated conditions. This event is free and open to the public!



Birmingham and the Voice of Al Hibbler

Colloquium Lecture by Brian Kane
Oct 24, 2023 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 102, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Hibbler’s idiosyncratic use of the voice presents a challenge to the orthodoxies of “voice studies.”



The Sonical.ly Startup Story: Using Music, Technology and Business to Inspire Creativity

Special Guest Lecture: John Kim, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist
Oct 11, 2023 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Sonical.ly Startup Story: Using Music, Technology and Business to Inspire Creativity. John Kim is a co-founder at Amasia, a thesis-driven venture capital firm that invests in founders fighting the climate crisis through behavior change.



Nina Eidsheim

“Presence within Presence:” Camille Norment’s Intermaterial Vibrational Practice
Oct 3, 2023 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Join us for a talk with Nina Eidsheim, Professor of Musicology and Humanities at UC Los Angeles, as she considers artist, composer, and musician Camille Norment’s solo shows at Dia Chelsea (2022) and Bergen Kunsthall (2023).



Fantasia (Josquin, Schubert, Price, et al.)

Sep 14, 2023 at - | Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Violinist Min-Young Kim dreams up a program of fantasies for solo violin, two violins and violin and piano with friends Mandy Wolman (violin) and Matt Bengtson (piano).