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Lectures tagged "Music"

Historic Musical Instruments: Use vs. Preservation

Robert L. Barclay

Robert Barclay, conservation and restoration consultant, explores the aesthetic and psychological aspects of authenticity, and challenges the expectations of audiences when hearing historic instruments in concert.

Hole in the Cities: Where Have All the Record Stores Gone?

Former record store managers join representatives from music labels to discuss the future of the CD industry. Specifically, the panel focuses on the closing of local record stores, the CD as a commodity available only online, and what the future holds for fans of classical music CDs.

Nigga': It's Just a Word or is It?

February 8, 2006

This panel discussion, moderated by Davarian Baldwin, assistant professor in the Boston College history department, examines the implications of the word 'nigger' or 'nigga'' as it is used in the mass media.

Boston IDEAS 2005: Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson-Conant

October 7, 2005

Henson-Conant discusses how she builds new worlds from sound and stories and is revolutionizing the way the world sees this ancient instrument with her cross-genre jazz-pop-comedy-folk-flamenco- Celtic music.

Transcendentalism and Charles Ives: Triple Helix Trio

Lawrence Rosenwald

We thought we'd add another dimension to our 50th anniversary celebration of the discovery of the Double Helix, by featuring this lecture and performance by Triple Helix, the internationally-acclaimed ensemble out of Wellesey College with special guest, professor of English, Lawrence Rosenwald.