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.

2024-2025 Schedule

Fall 2024

September 10, 2024: Daniel Party, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

September 17, 2024: King Britt, Teaching Professor, UC San Diego

October 29, 2024: Raphael Travis Jr

November 12, 2024: Ireri Chávez-Bárcenas, Assistant Professor of Music, Bowdoin College

Spring 2025

January 28, 2025: Ruth Opara, Assistant Professor of Music, Colombia University

March 4, 2025: Hilary Poriss

March 25, 2025: Toru Momii

Past Events



The Emergence of Sō-on in Industrial Japan: Kōjō Ongaku and An/aesthetic Strategies for Factory Management

Keisuke Yamada, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Niess, University of Pennsylvania
Apr 13, 2021 at - | Virtual Event



Gabriela Lena Frank

Apr 6, 2021 at - | Virtual Event



Carol Muller

"Ethnomusicological Becoming: Deep Listening and the Erotics of Fieldwork"
Mar 16, 2021 at - | Virtual Event



Daphne Brooks

“‘See My Face On the Other Side’: Cecile McLorin Salvant and the Art of Catching Up with Geeshie & Elvie”
Jan 26, 2021 at - | Virtual Event



Christina Baade

"Vera Lynn in Nashville (1977): White Working Class Femininity and Transatlantic Affinities"
Nov 17, 2020 at - | Virtual Event



Pamela Z

"Blurred Boundaries"
Oct 20, 2020 at - | Virtual Event



Stefan Helmreich

"Listening to Waves: Tuning to Cosmic, Oceanic, and Sociogenic Noise, Sound, and Music"
Sep 29, 2020 at - | Virtual Event