LECTURES

Musicology Department Lecture Series

Winter 2008

Ethel V. Curry Distinguished Lecture in Musicology

In addition to lectures offered by visiting scholars, the Musicology Department boasts an endowed lecture series, created by H. Robert Reynolds in honor of his mother, Ethel V. Curry. The next Curry Lecture will be held during the Winter 2008 semester.

Ethnographic Observations on Japanese Musical Modernity

Professor Bonnie C. Wade (Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley)

Friday, March 7, 2008

5:00 p.m.

Rackham, East Conference Room (4th Floor)

Nearly a century-and-a-half having passed since Japanese leaders put into place the country's march to modernity it is now possible to take stock of some consistencies in cultural expectations and practices. This paper is based on ethnographic research with composers whose work and perspectives have led to observations on interrelationships among the spheres of music, politics, economics, and education.

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED:

Italian Renaissance Benedictines, Male and Female, and their Music

Professor Robert L. Kendrick ,The University of Chicago

Friday, February 8, 2008

Past Lectures