Historical Performance Institute Colloquium Series | Fall 2020

The Jacobs School of Music Historical Performance Institute Colloquium Series convenes via Zoom during the autumn 2020 semester: Wednesdays (August 26 – November 18) from 11:35am to 12:45pm.

INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS

August 26 – IU Jacobs School of Music Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development: Joanie Spain and Nathan Fischer lead our first session, acquainting students with career resources at the Jacobs School and the IU Bloomington campus.

September 2 – Introduction to Early Music America: David Wood, EMA Special Projects Manager, guides students through the organization’s resources and opportunities for networking and professional development.

COLLOQUIUM SERIES

September 9 – “‘Lawes and Jenkyns Guard Thy Rest’: the Revival of Early Music in the Age of England’s Industrial Revolution”
(Patricia Ann Neely, Director of Abendmusik, New York; Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Early Music America and the Viola da Gamba Society of America)

September 16 – “Who Matters and Why? Thoughts on Representation in Music Academia”
(Kyle Adams, Chair of Music Theory, IU Jacobs School of Music)

September 23 – “Black Musicians in Jefferson’s Virginia”
(Loren Ludwig and David McCormick, International Center for Jefferson Studies)

September 30 – “Nigra sum sed formosa: a Fantasia on Microaggressions”
(Jonathan Woody, Composer/Bass & Reginald Mobley, Countertenor, Program Consultant for the Handel & Haydn Society)

October 7 – “Creating Real Change: Race, Representation, and Early Music Pedagogy”
(Ayana Smith, Associate Professor of Musicology, IU Jacobs School of Music)

October 14 – No Colloquium this day

October 21 – “Finding ‘Voice’ as a Scholar-Performer”
(Elizabeth Weinfield, The Juilliard School)

October 28 – “Music at Mexico City Cathedral, 1650-1750”
(Ruben Valenzuela, Artistic Director, Bach Collegium San Diego)

November 4 – “The story and contents of a precious manuscript written by ‘the first published black composer’: Vicente Lusitano’s Expertise in Oral Counterpoint”
(Philippe Canguillhem, University of Toulouse, France)

November 11 – “Songs Confucius Sang: Sounds, Memories, and Performances”
(Joseph S. C. Lam, Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan)

November 18 – “Chinese Theories and Practices of Guyue (Ancient Music): An Interpretive Overview”
(Joseph S. C. Lam, Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan)

Sessions convened by Dana Marsh
(Director, Historical Performance Institute, IU Jacobs School of Music)
For further information, contact hpi@indiana.edu