Musicology Forum: Dangers in the Music Room
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland, lecturer in historical musicology at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, leads a lecture on the complex life of acclaimed British opera singer Elizabeth Billington. Robertson-Kirkland explores the gossip and scandal surrounding Billington's trial against her uncle, who she accused of rape. The lecture will discuss the consensual relationship and eventual marriage to her music master, the media's reactions, and the subsequent Georgian plays and novels that portrayed the music master as a lecher, determined to trick his pretty, young student into a love affair.
Musicology Forum: Una voce poco fa—until the performance!
Part of the Musicology Forum Lecture series, professor Cathy Ann Elias of De Paul University discusses madrigals by little-known composers from southern Italy, Una voce poco fa—until the performance! Restoring the madrigals of Pietro Havente and Don Salvadore di Cataldo.
The Research and Scholarly Division Symposium
The Research and Scholarly Division present a daylong symposium highlighting faculty and student research across the division.