Final Workshop of the Quarter and End-of-Year Celebration: Marcy Pierson!

Join us next week for our final workshop, Marcy Pierson with respondent George Adams! The pre-circulated reading is available on the downloads page with the password erasure.We’ll be partying at this last workshop of the year, with a spread catered by Chipotle to accompany our tasty conversation! Here are the meeting details: Logan Terrace Seminar Room (801)…

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A Second Pair of Proposals: Liz Hopkins and Patrick Fitzgibbon

Dear all, Join us for next week’s workshop, where we’ll discuss proposal materials from Patrick Fitzgibbon and Liz Hopkins! Pre-circulated materials are available here, with the password proposals.   Music, Science, and Science Fiction: The Feeling of Knowing Liz Hopkins My project looks at the use of electronic music in science fiction films and nature documentaries…

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Wednesday, May 7: Daniel Callahan with Respondent Tom Gunning

“In Search of Lost Movement, Movers, and Music” Wednesday, May 7, 4:30–6:00 PM Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room (801)   Daniel Callahan, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Music and the College Tom Gunning, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Art History, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, and the College…

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A Pair of Proposals, April 23: Lauren Eldridge and Chaz Lee

Join us next week as we discuss the dissertation proposal materials of Lauren Eldridge and Chaz Lee! In this special session of the workshop, the time will be split between the two documents/presenters, with ample space to discuss each. As always, there will be food and drink to enjoy, along with vibrant discussion! The documents…

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This quarter’s workshops!

Dear all, Welcome back from spring break! Mark your calendars: this quarter is chock full of fabulous workshops with presentations ranging from proposals to dissertation materials to postdoc research and a guest presenter. As usual, all sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Logan Terrace Seminar Room (801). Join…

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December 4: Peter Shultz, “Breaking Routine”

Dear all, Please join us for the final workshop of the quarter, as Peter Shultz comes from Minnesota to talk about a chapter of his dissertation, titled “Breaking Routine.” We’ll meet on Wednesday, December 4, at the usual time and place (4:30–6:00 p.m. in the Logan Terrace Seminar Room, 801) for food, drink, and good conversation!…

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November 20: Drew Nobile, “Towards a Syntactical Definition of Harmonic Function in Rock Music and Other Repertoires”

Dear all,   Next week’s Music History/Theory Workshop features the newest member of the Music Department faculty, Drew Nobile, presenting a paper titled, “Towards a Syntactical Definition of Harmonic Function in Rock and Other Repertoires.” The pre-circulated reading and related media links are available on the “downloads” page, with password “rock” – Sarah Iker will open…

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November 13: Dan Wang, When Is Opera Theatrical?

Please join us for next week’s Music History/Theory Workshop–we’ll discuss Dan Wang’s essay, “When is Opera Theatrical?” The paper is available on the workshop website, with password “opera”: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/musichistorytheory/downloads-2/   Dan writes:   This essay is in two parts. In the first part I look at the position that takes opera initially to be a divided…

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October 23: Special Session, AMS Conference Talks

Please join us this Wednesday for the first session of this year’s Music History/Theory Workshop! This week marks a special session, as Claudio Vellutini and Trent Leipert present talks for the upcoming AMS conference in Pittsburgh. Because these are conference talks, there will be no pre-circulated readings this week. There will, however, be the usual delicious food and drink…

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Fall-quarter Workshops

Dear all,        We cordially invite you to attend this quarter’s Music History/Theory Workshop! This fall’s workshop features a variety of materials, from AMS presentations (Trent Leipert and Claudio Vellutini) to dissertation-proposal work (Dan Wang) to in-progress dissertation chapters: Peter Shultz returns from Minnesota to discuss his work on video-game music, and we…

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