CCM s Thinking About Music Lecture Series Resumes on Friday, Jan. 26
Each semester, UC's College-Conservatory of Music welcomes distinguished experts for a series of free musical discussions and lectures. This spring, the
lecture series will present four free public talks, beginning with a presentation on cross-disciplinary approaches to music and mobility by Harvard University Professor of Musicology
this Friday, Jan. 26.
Sponsored by the Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, these music theory and history discussions feature diverse topics presented by distinguished experts from all over the United States and are designed to engage participants imaginations and to consider music in new ways.
This semesters lecturers also include Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Professor
(Feb. 9), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Professor
(March 23) and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Professor
Datta Ram Purohit
(March 30).
Since its inception in 1997, the Thinking About Music Series has presented nearly 130 lectures and one symposium by guests from a number of different colleges, universities, schools of music, foundations, institutes, museums and publications. The subjects of the lectures have covered historical musicology, music theory and ethnomusicology, along with the ancillary fields of organology, dance, music business and law, cognitive psychology, and the philosophy, theology and sociology of music.
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SPRING 2018 JOSEPH AND FRANCES JONES POETKER THINKING ABOUT MUSIC LECTURE SERIES
2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series
SONGS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO MUSIC AND MOBILITY
Kate van Orden, Harvard University
Location
: Baur Room
Admission
: FREE
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2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series
FINDING FLORENCE PRICE: ON ARCHIVES AND SPECTRAL LEGACIES
Douglas Shadle, Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University
Location
: Baur Room
Admission
: FREE
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CANCELLED
2:30 p.m. Friday, March 2
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series
ANTHOLOGIZING ROCK AND ROLL: RHINO RECORDS AND THE REPACKAGING OF ROCK HISTORY
Daniel Goldmark, Case Western Reserve University
Location: Baur Room
Admission: FREE
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2:30 p.m. Friday, March 23
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series
HOW DID CHROMATICISM BECOME AN -ISM?
Kyle Adams, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Exploring theories of chromaticism from classical antiquity through the early eighteenth century.
Location
: Baur Room
Admission
: FREE
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2:30 p.m. Friday, March 30
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series
FOLK MUSICIANS AND THE TRADITIONAL THEATER OF UTTARAKHAND, INDIA
Datta Ram Purohit, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Location
: Baur Room
Admission
: FREE
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Event Information
Unless otherwise indicated, all Thinking About Music lectures take place in the Baur Room of CCMs Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, which is located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.
These events are free and open to the public. All event dates and programs are subject to change. Visit
for the most current event information.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit
for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit
. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
For directions to CCM Village, visit
.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
CCMs Thinking About Music Series is sponsored by the Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel; along with support from Interim Dean mcclungs Office, the Graduate Student Association and the Division of Composition, Musicology and Theory at CCM.
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