Graduate Colloquia Series
Current Issues Colloquia (Music 252) feature presentations by UCSC music faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars on recent research projects in composition, musicology/ethnomusicology, and performance practice, followed by focused discussion.
MUSIC 252 GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM SERIES 2011-12
2:00 - 3:30 PM, Performance Studio 131
Coordinator: Amy Beal
FALL 2012
Monday, September 26
Mark Davidson, Ph.D. candidate, UCSC
'"Anybody Can Be A Folklorist…”: Recording “the Folk” for Roosevelt’s New Deal'
Monday, October 17
Larry Polansky, a composer, theorist, writer and performer, who is a visiting professor this year at UCSC
"resting place, tooaytoods, and the shaker abecedarius: some pieces"
Monday, October 31
Faculty Book Release Session
UCSC Music Professors Amy Beal, Anatole Leikin and Leta Miller will discuss their recent book releases.
Monday, November 14
AMS Guest Panel:
David Bernstein, Mills College
Tara Browner, UCLA
Carol Hess, Michigan State University
Katherine Preston, College of William and Mary
Visiting members of the American Musicology Society will discuss the current state of American music research
WINTER 2012
Monday, January 30
India Cooke, Composer, violinist, and Lecturer at Mills College
"Stages: A personal story of color and gender in the Performing Arts."
Monday, March 12
Noah Meites, D.M.A. candidate, UCSC
"Verfremdung-ing the Groove: Some Approaches to Musical Alienation Technique in COUNTING (2012) for Large Ensemble"
Monday, September 26
Mark Davidson, Ph.D. candidate, UCSC
'"Anybody Can Be A Folklorist…”: Recording “the Folk” for Roosevelt’s New Deal'
Monday, October 17
Larry Polansky, a composer, theorist, writer and performer, who is a visiting professor this year at UCSC
"resting place, tooaytoods, and the shaker abecedarius: some pieces"
Monday, October 31
Faculty Book Release Session
UCSC Music Professors Amy Beal, Anatole Leikin and Leta Miller will discuss their recent book releases.
Monday, November 14
AMS Guest Panel:
David Bernstein, Mills College
Tara Browner, UCLA
Carol Hess, Michigan State University
Katherine Preston, College of William and Mary
Visiting members of the American Musicology Society will discuss the current state of American music research
WINTER 2012
Monday, January 30
India Cooke, Composer, violinist, and Lecturer at Mills College
"Stages: A personal story of color and gender in the Performing Arts."
Monday, March 12
Noah Meites, D.M.A. candidate, UCSC
"Verfremdung-ing the Groove: Some Approaches to Musical Alienation Technique in COUNTING (2012) for Large Ensemble"
SPRING 2012
Monday, April 2
Ricardo Bordini, Visiting Composer, UCSC
"Overview of some compositional processes and a sample piece featuring pcset theory as applied to generate pre-compositional material"
Monday, April 16
David Mahler, Composer, Pittsburgh, PA
Monday, April 22
Chris Brown, Professor of Music at Mills College; Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music
David Mahler, Composer, Pittsburgh, PA
Monday, April 22
Chris Brown, Professor of Music at Mills College; Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music
Monday, May 14
Kumi Uyeda, Ph.D. in musicology candidate, UCSC
Monday, May 21
Vedran Mehinovic, composer and recent D.M.A. graduate, UCSC
"Vibration in Music and Scientific Disciplines"