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Discussion and Discovery – A Lecture Series Organized by Dr. Louise Toppin
Join us for a day of Discovery and Discussion as part of the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, illustrating the resurgence of scholarly interest in Perry’s work.
Where?
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
When?
March 14, 2024 9:30 AM
Where?
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
When?
March 14, 2024 9:30 AM
Artists
About the Event
In Partnership with the Mannes School of Music at The New School College of Performing Arts
Join us for a day of Discovery and Discussion as part of the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival presented by Experiential Orchestra and Videmus, illustrating the resurgence of scholarly interest in Perry’s work.
Louise Toppin, founder of the African Diaspora Music Project and Artistic Director of Videmus, has organized this series of talks and lectures, which features a keynote by Tammy Kernodle (University Distinguished Professor of Music at Miami University and the former President of the Society for American Music) and presentations by Tad Biggs, Sasha Doster, Samantha Ege, Philip Ewell, Angela Hammond, Gayle Murchison, and Garrett Schumann.
A second keynote presentation by Christopher Wilkins (Music Director and Conductor for the Akron Symphony and Boston's Landmarks Orchestra) and Louise Toppin, DMA (Professor of Music, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, University of Michigan) will discuss Perry’s time in Akron, Ohio, as well as the challenges surrounding the publication of her works.
The lecture series is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Live stream link is here.
Program/Schedule:
9:30-10:00am
Welcome Address
Richard Kessler
Executive Dean for the College of Performing Arts at The New School and Dean of Mannes School of Music
Louise Toppin, DMA
Professor of Music, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, University of Michigan
10:00-11:00am
Keynote Address: While I'm On this Tedious Journey – Recalling and Reclaiming the Cultural Labor of Julia Perry
Tammy Kernodle, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Music, Miami University
Affiliate Faculty of American Studies Program, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Program, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
11:00-11:15am
Coffee Break
11:15-12:45pm
Unto the Generations: Julia Perry as a Modernist
Gayle Murchison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music History, William and Mary
Preparing Julia Perry's Piano Concerto
Samantha Ege, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, University of Southampton
Was Julia Perry Exceptional?
Philip Ewell, Ph.D.
Professor of Music Theory, Hunter College CUNY
12:45-2:00pm
Lunch on Your Own
2:00-3:15pm
Keynote Presentation: Julia Perry in Akron, Ohio and the Publication of her Works
Christopher Wilkins
Music Director and Conductor for the Akron Symphony and Boston's Landmarks Orchestra
Louise Toppin, DMA
Professor of Music, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, University of Michigan
3:30-4:15pm
Julia Perry in New York
Garrett Schumann, Ph.D.
Lecturer, University of Michigan
4:30-5:45pm
A 'Sociological, Metabolic' Reading of Julia Perry's Stabat Mater
Tad Biggs
Ph.D. student, Washington University
Julia Perry in Kentucky
Angela Hammond, Ph.D.
Planning and Research Advisor to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
Julia Perry in Context
Sasha Doster
Ph.D. student from Columbia University
With kind cooperation of The Estate of Julia A. Perry, Akron, Ohio
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Venue/Location
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
Where?
The New School - Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Arnhold Hall, 2nd Floor
When?
March 14, 2024 9:30 AM
Concert Details TBD
Festival Concerts
Sep 9
Field Guide to Imaginary Birds
Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan. Meet at Indian Road and 218th Street
Brad Balliett (bassoonist, composer, and avid bird-watcher), has composed individual imaginary bird songs for seven Experiential Orchestra musicians, spread throughout the forest in Inwood Hill Park. Walk through Inwood Park between 11am-12pm, and 1pm-2pm and try to discover all of them! Pick up your maps at 218th and Indian Road; No tickets required.
