Penn Music Colloquium Series

The Department of Music's main Colloquium Series showcases new research by leading scholars in music and sound studies and composers both in the United States and internationally.  All Music Colloquia takes place in Room 101 of the Lerner Center on Tuesdays at 5:15 PM.

Fall 2023

October 3: Nina Eidsheim, Professor of Musicology and Humanities, UC Los Angeles

October 24: Brian Kane, Associate Professor of Music and Film and Media Studies, Yale University

November 28: Alessandra Ciucci, Associate Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology, Columbia University

December 12: George Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, Composition & Historical Musicology, Columbia University

Spring 2024

January 30: Steven Takasugi, Composer, associate of Harvard University Department of Music

February 13: Gavin Steingo, Associate Professor of Music, Princeton University

March 12: M. Myrta Leslie Santana, Assistant Professor of Integrative Studies, UC San Diego

April 9: Mark Burford, R.P. Wollenberg Professor of Music, Reed College

Upcoming Events

Schedule TBA. Please check back later.

Past Events



Wadada Leo Smith

Dec 6, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Wadada Leo Smith joins us as part of this year's Penn Music Colloquium Series. Smith will play excerpts and exhibit sections from scores that illustrate what the  “sonic-field” looks and sounds like. This information will demonstrate the why and what conditioned him to focus on composing string quartets for over fifty years.



Alejandra Bronfman

Vibroacústica: Music and Remediated Violence in Puerto Rico
Nov 1, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Cesar Favila

Nuns, Chant, and the Voice of God in New Spain
Sep 13, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Thomas Meadowcroft

Composing Under the Sign of Commodity
Mar 29, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Annea Lockwood

Working with Rivers
Mar 22, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Anna Schultz 

Of Magic Lanterns and Kirttan Bands
Feb 22, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Amanda Weidman

Brought to Life by the Voice: Thinking with Playback
Feb 8, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104