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



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



Eric Drott

A New Political Economy of Music?
Feb 1, 2022 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Roshanak Kheshti

Pocodisco: The Sonic Performativity of Grief, Grievance and Joy in Diaspora
Nov 2, 2021 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104



Remi Chiu

Illness, Metaphor, and Bells: Campanology Under COVID-19
Oct 5, 2021 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104