Kirsten Speyer Carithers—Hacking New Music: Lessons from the Archive
When:
Saturday, April 26, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, McClintock Choral and Recital Room, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Part of NUNC! 6: the Northwestern University New-Music Conference
Assistant professor of music history at the University of Louisville, Kirsten Speyer Carithers (PhD ‘17) specializes in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring the intersections between music and labor across a spectrum of performance practices. Carithers has presented her research at meetings of the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the Modernist Studies Association. Her pedagogical interests include representation in music history curricula, the relationships between music and technology, and tools and techniques to help students develop information literacy.