Winter-Spring 2018 Lecture Series at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music to Feature Notable Guests
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Hosts Distinguished Lecture Series in Winter-Spring 2018
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is set to host a distinguished lecture series in the winter and spring of 2018. The series, programmed and sponsored by the Musicology Graduate Student Society, promises to be an enlightening exploration of various music topics.
The seventh annual series features an impressive lineup of scholars, including Robert Fink, Jessica Holmes, Uri McMillan, Beth Levy, Stephan Pennington, Phil Ford, Robynn Stilwell, Vijay Iyer, Donna Hope, and Latonya Style.
The series kicks off on January 25, 2018, with a lecture titled "Music, Canon and Identity: Pedagogical Perspectives." This lecture, presented by UCLA professors Fink, Holmes, McMillan, and guest scholars Levy and Pennington, aims to address growing concerns surrounding intersectionality in academic discourse and critically examines Western culture and values through a musical lens.
On February 15, Robynn Stilwell, an interdisciplinary scholar, presents a lecture on the early television work of American comedian, actor, and writer Ernie Kovacs.
April 5 sees Phil Ford, a musicologist, delve into the topic of "magical hermeneutics" and its potential value for music analysis.
The Grammy-nominated composer-pianist and MacArthur Fellow, Vijay Iyer, gives a lecture on a topic of his choosing on April 26.
The series concludes with a mini-symposium on Jamaican popular music and dance, featuring Donna Hope, a scholar and dance innovator from Kingston, Jamaica, and Latonya Style, a dancehall innovator, on May 17-18.
Ford, the co-author of the blog Dial 'M' For Musicology, is also working on a book that focuses on magical and occult styles of thought. Style, known for choreographing and appearing in music videos for various artists like Busta Rhymes, Tory Lanez, Vybz Kartel, and Beenie Man, is the creator of "Stylish Moves," a female dancehall movement vocabulary. Donna Hope is renowned for her publications on reggae and dancehall music.
The events are open to the public and admission is free. For more details and a complete list of events, check out the society's calendar. For precise details of the 2018 lecture series—including the schedule and speaker names—no publicly available archives or event lists were found in the current search results. To obtain a thorough list or program details for 2018, it is recommended to contact the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music directly or search archived event calendars on their official site.
The school is known to host distinguished lectures and music-related events regularly, featuring faculty, scholars, and experts in music studies. Some faculty members, such as Kristi Brown-Montesano, are active lecturers in the musicology department. However, for the specific 2018 lecture series schedules and speaker details, no exact information is available at this time. For comprehensive records, the school’s official website or archived event calendars would be typical sources.
- The lecture series at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in winter-spring 2018, focusing on music, academia, and entertainment, provides an opportunity for education and self-development.
- The spring semester of the lecture series at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music incorporates various elements of lifestyle, such as the exploration of Jamaican popular music and dance, demonstrating the school's commitment to diverse topics in music.
