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Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series

Student Winners, Dale Disney and Emily Mathis Student Research Contest : Last Year's DLS Calendar

Each year the Musicology Area of UT's School of Music invites outstanding scholars and performers from around the country and abroad to participate in the Distinguished Lecture Series. Many of these lectures are cosponsored with other areas within the School of Music or other departments of the university. Participants are chosen to reflect the interests of our faculty and students, to foster interdisciplinary relationships within the university, and to enhance our campus offerings with diverse and innovative approaches to musical practice, philosophy and scholarship. Our guests present lectures and interactive workshops that demonstrate the best of their current music research. Past participants of the DLS include Dale Cockrell, Paul Berliner, Zim Ngqawana, Susan McClary, and Paul Théberge.

Distinguished Lecture Series 2007-2008

  • "Old Stories, New Voices: Singing and Saying Medieval Narrative," Anne Azéma, vocalist with The Boston Camerata and Camerata Mediterranea

    • Tuesday, October 30, 3:30 pm, Alumni Memorial Building, Room 32
    • This event is cosponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Musicology and the Marco Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

  • Messiaen: A Centennial Celebration of a Composer's Birth

    • A multi-media evening inspired by music of composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
    • Sunday, February 10, 6:00 pm, Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building

    • Offered by Prof. John Brock's Organ Studio, the Distinguished Lecture Series in Musicology, and the Music & Culture Society
    • Featuring performances by Prof. John Brock, Christopher Hamblin, Tami Newsom, Mark Stewart, Matthew West, and Susan Zybert
    • Free and open to the Public
    • Reception to Follow

    • Film: Apparition of the Eternal Church, by the award-winning film director Paul Festa
    • Sunday, February 10, 7:30 pm, Room 32, Alumni Memorial Building

  • "Music -- Temenos or Instrument of Violence? Medieval Song, Sacrifice, Scapegoating, and the 'Mimetic Theory' of René Girard," Julia W. Shinnick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, School of Music

  • "The Sound of Place: MexAmerican Music Without Borders," Helena Simonett, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Blair School of Music

    • Friday April 11, 11:15 am, Music Building, Room 214

  • First Prize -- "My Heart has My Eyes has Me: Self-Objectification in Medieval Courtly Love Lyric," Jonah Chambers

  • Second Prize -- "Alarm in the Concert Hall: How a New Music Ensemble Questions 'Classical'," John Pippen

    • Winners will present their work at the final DLS event of Spring 2008: Friday, April 18, 2008, 3:30 pm, Room 214, Music Building

Musicology wishes to thank the College of Arts & Sciences for its support of this series though the Haines-Morris Grant. We also wish to thank Roger Stephens, Director of the School of Music, for his continued support of this series.

Last year's DLS calendar.

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For more information on Musicology at the University of Tennessee, contact Dr. Rachel Golden, Coordinator of Musicology, rcarlson@utk.edu, School of Music, University of Tennessee, 1741 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2600.