Penn Music Colloquium Series | Department of Music

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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Colloquium Series will be held virtually until further notice. All Music Colloquia will take place using Zoom on Tuesdays at 5:15 PM.

Calendar for 2020-21

Fall 2020

September 15 - Glenda Goodman and Carol Muller: Roundtable and Book Discussion: "Decolonizing the University"

September 29 - Stefan Helmreich: "Listening to Waves: Tuning to Cosmic, Oceanic, and Sociogenic Noise, Sound, and Music"

October 20 - Pamela Z: TBA

November 17 - Christina Baade: "Vera Lynn in Nashville (1977): White Working Class Femininity and Transatlantic Affinities"

Spring 2021

January 26 - Daphne Brooks: TBA

March 16 - Carol Muller: TBA

April 6 - Gabriela Franke: TBA

Upcoming Events

Sep
29
2020

Stefan Helmreich

"Listening to Waves: Tuning to Cosmic, Oceanic, and Sociogenic Noise, Sound, and Music"

Sep 29, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm

Stefan Helmreich Professor and Elting E. Morison Chair; Head, Anthropology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Oct
20
2020

Pamela Z

"Blurred Boundaries"

Oct 20, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm

Blurred Boundaries Pamela Z will share her work and her process, and will discuss the increasingly blurred lines between disciplines in her practice.

Nov
17
2020

Christina Baade

"Vera Lynn in Nashville (1977): White Working Class Femininity and Transatlantic Affinities"

Nov 17, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm

Christina Baade Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University

Past Events

Sep
15
2020

Roundtable and Book Discussion on "Decolonizing the University"

With Glenda Goodman and Carol Muller

Sep 15, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm

Glenda Goodman Assistant Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania

Apr
07
2020

2019-2020 Penn Colloquium Series: Christina Baade

CANCELLED

Apr 7, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

The Department of Music’s main Colloquium Series showcases new research by leading scholars across the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and composition both in the United States and internationally.

Mar
31
2020

2019-2020 Penn Colloquium Series: Gabriela Lena Frank

CANCELLED

Mar 31, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Mar
17
2020

2019-2020 Penn Colloquium Series: Stefan Helmreich

CANCELLED

Stefan Helmreich

Mar 17, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Mar
03
2020

2019-2020 Penn Colloquium Series: Richard Jankowsky

Richard Jankowsky

Mar 3, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Feb
11
2020

2019-2020 Penn Colloquium Series: Kate Soper

Kate Soper

Feb 11, 2020 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Nov
12
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: Ashley Fure

Ashley Fure

Nov 12, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Oct
22
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: David Grubbs

David Grubbs

Oct 22, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Sep
24
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: K.E. Goldschmitt

K.E. Goldschmitt

Sep 24, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Sep
17
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: Eric Wubbels

Eric Wubbels

Sep 17, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Apr
09
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: Elizabeth Upton

Dr. Elizabeth Upton, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles

Apr 9, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

The Department of Music is pleased to present Elizabeth Upton, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles Lucrezia Borgia’s Voice

Mar
26
2019

Penn Colloquium Series: Alex Chávez

Alex Chávez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame

Mar 26, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

The Department of Music is pleased to present Alex Chávez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre DameVerses and Flows: Migrant Lives and the Sounds of Crossing

Feb
05
2019

Penn Music Colloquium: Nancy Yunhwa Rao

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Rutgers University

Feb 5, 2019 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

The Department of Music is pleased to present Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Professor of Music, Rutgers University

Nov
08
2016

Penn Music Colloquium: Arne de Boever

Arne de Boever, CalArts

Nov 8, 2016 at 5:15pm - 7:30pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

"Realism's Staccato"

Oct
25
2016

Penn Music Colloquium: Emma Dillon, King's College London

Emma Dillon

Oct 25, 2016 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Penn Music Colloquium presentsEmma Dillon, King's College London"The Romance of Song" Free and open to the public

Oct
18
2016

Penn Music Colloquium: Vanessa Williams and Maria Murphy

Vanessa Williams / Maria Murphy

Oct 18, 2016 at 5:15pm - 7:30pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Vanessa Williams, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania"'Near to reality, but not quite': Lena Ashwell's Concerts at the Front during the First World War" -----------------------

Sep
27
2016

Siel Agugliaro and Ruthie Meadows, University of Pennsylvania

Siel Agugliaro; Ruthie Meadows

Sep 27, 2016 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Penn Music Colloquium presentsSiel Agugliaro: PhD student, MusicologyUniversity of Pennsylvania

Sep
20
2016

Reiko Fueting, Manhattan School of Music

Sep 20, 2016 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Penn Music Colloquium presentsReiko Fueting, compositionManhattan School of Music"Music is Time is Memory"

Sep
13
2016

Martha Feldman, University of Chicago

Martha Feldman

Sep 13, 2016 at 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Penn Music Colloquium presents Martha FeldmanUniversity of Chicago"The Phantom Castrato: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Twentieth-Century Rome"

Apr
03
2014

Penn Music Colloquium: John Harbison

John Harbison, composer

Apr 3, 2014 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Please join us for a very special Penn Music Colloquium with esteemed composer, John Harbison. Free and open to the public.

Mar
25
2014

Penn Colloquium Series: Josh Pilzer, Unversity of Toronto

Mar 25, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Mar
20
2014

Penn Colloquium Series: Naomi Waltham-Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Mar 20, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Mar
04
2014

Penn Colloquium Series: Annette Richards, Cornell University

Mar 4, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Feb
06
2014

Penn Music Colloquium Workshop series: Shayna Silverstein, U of PA, "Violence and the Aesthetics of Sound"

Shayna Silverstein

Feb 6, 2014 - Feb 20, 2014 at 5:15pm - 5:15pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

This workshop will meet weekly for three weeks in February 2014 to discuss the subject of violence in relation to aesthetics of sound.

Jan
30
2014

Penn Music Colloquium: Yael Sela-Teichler, University of Pennsylvania

Yael Sela-Teichler

Jan 30, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

Music Building, Room 1025:15pm"Longing for the Sublime: Jewish Self-Consciousness and Bach's St. Matthew Passion in Biedermeier Berlin"Free and open to the public

Jan
28
2014

Penn Colloquium Series: Orlando Fiol

Orlando Fiol

Jan 28, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

"The Melodization of Rhythm: Afro-Cuban Folklore in Contemporary Cuban Popular Pianism"Free and open to the public

Jan
16
2014

Penn Colloquium Series: Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University

Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University

Jan 16, 2014 at 5:15pm - 7:00pm | Lerner 102 Music Department

5:15pmRoom 102, Music BuildingFree and open to the public