We invite members of the Peabody community to participate in activities hosted by the Musicology department.

  • A Reading Group for students and faculty meets monthly for an informal discussion on recent scholarship. For more information please contact Anicia Timberlake.
  • The Musicology Colloquium features lectures by visiting scholars and is free and open to the public. See more about the Colloquia below.

Musicology Colloquium Series

Spring 2025: All colloquium events will be held at 5:30 pm; location TBD  

3/4

5:30 pm ET


Melissa Scott
Carleton College

Talk title: "Hearing Humanitarianism"

About Melissa Scott

3/11

5:30 pm ET


Micaela Baranello
Temple University

Talk title: Equivocal Magic: Staging the Bayreuth Festival’s Twentieth Century

About Micaela Baranello

4/1

5:30 pm ET


Kwami Coleman
New York University

Talk title: TBD

About Kwami Coleman

4/8

5:30 pm ET


Lydia Goehr
Columbia University

Talk title: The Work Concept Revisited

Seminar conducted by Goehr, who will be on Zoom; attendees will be in person. Texts to read ahead of time will be passed out to anyone interested. Contact [email protected]

About Lydia Goehr

4/22

5:30 pm ET


Ellen Lockhart
University of Toronto

Talk title: Hydropoiesis: Music and the Poetics of Water in the Long Nineteenth Century

About Ellen Lockhart