Our weekly Friday colloquia showcase current research by distinguished visiting scholars alongside our own faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education. A brief reception follows each talk to keep the conversation going.
Fridays at 4:00 p.m. | Harkness Chapel, Classroom | Free – open to the public
Spring 2026 Schedule
January
January 23: Graduate Student Roundtable
“Musical Subjectivities”
January 30: Matt Yuknas (CWRU)
“Negotiating Whiteness in 1990s Hip-Hop: Eminem, Insane Clown Posse, and Detroit Horrorcore”
February
February 6: Eugenia Costa-Giomi (The Ohio State University)
“Desde el Principio: Growing up Musical”
February 13: Diane Olivia (University of Michigan)
“Seismic Faults: Tracing the Colonial Origins of Haydn's Seven Last Words”
February 20: Mimi Mitchell (Amsterdam University of the Arts)
“Early Musicians in the 21st Century”
February 27: Ben Helton (CWRU)
“The Perceived State of Secondary Music Programs Amid Uncertainty and Enrollment Shifts”
March
March 20: Jesse Rodin (Stanford University)
“High Notes and Full Hearts”
March 27: Abigail Fine (University of Oregon)
"Roots and Soil: Heimat and Landscape Preservation in German Music"
April
April 10: Arved Ashby (The Ohio State University)
"My Queer Anthem"
Sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies
April 17: Francis (Cisco) Bradley (Pratt Institute)
Sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies