Jazz Studies
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Doctoral Dissertation Recital: Billy D. Scott Jazz Trio
Billy D. (William) Scott will perform his Doctoral Dissertation Recital for the Ph.D. Degree in Jazz Studies. Scott will perform as part of the Billy D. Scott Jazz Trio featuring Jeff Grubbs, James Johnson III, and Benjamin Barson. Graduate Faculty of the University and all Music Graduate Students are invited to attend.
Defense of a Doctoral Dissertation: Billy D. (William) Scott
Billy D. (William) Scott will defend his doctoral dissertation "Hybridity, Identity, and Liminality in the Pan-American Jazz Piano Tradition" for the PhD Degree in Jazz Studies. Graduate Faculty of the University may attend and participate in the examination. All Music Graduate Students are invited.
Senior Project Recital: Ryan Salisbury

Guitarist Ryan Salisbury will perform his Senior Recital accompanied by James Johnson III, on drums and Cliff Barnes on organ. The program includes songs by Henry Mancini, Fred Rogers, Wes Montgomery, an original song by Salisbury, and much more.
Pitt's Humanities Center Presents a Lecture by Sarah Politz
Sarah Politz (Dietrich School Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities) will present a colloquium at the Humanities Center on "The Music of Afro-Diasporic Spirituality in the Lives of Beninese Jazz Musicians in New York City." The colloquium will include responses from Yolanda Covington Ward (Africana Studies) & Olivia Bloechl (Music). The event will take place at the Humanities Center (602 Cathedral of Learning) on Thursday, February 7 from 12:30-2 p.m.
Music and Erotics: February 23 Round Table and Concert
Department of Music Graduate Students will present a conference on Music and Erotics from February 22-23. For complete conference information and schedule visit the conference Web Page.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
5:00 - 6:30 — Concert & Roundtable — Chair: Eric Moe
Anna Elder, soprano
Music and Erotics: February 23 Sessions
Department of Music Graduate Students will present a conference on Music and Erotics from February 22-23. For complete conference information and schedule visit the conference Web Page.
Humanities Center (602 Cathedral of Learning)
8:00 - 8:45 — Coffee/light breakfast
8:45 - 9:45 — Womens’ Eroticisms — Chair: Meghan Hynson
Music and Erotics: February 22 Sessions
Department of Music Graduate Students will present a conference on Music and Erotics from February 22-23. For complete conference information and schedule visit the conference Web Page.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
1:00 - 1:15 — Welcome, Opening Remarks
1:15 - 2:45 — Historicizing/Glocalizing Music and Erotics —
Conference Schedule
Music & Erotics
University of Pittsburgh
22-23 February 2019
Friday, 22 February 2019
(Frick Fine Arts Auditorium)
1:00 - 1:15 — Welcome, Opening Remarks
1:15 - 2:45 — Historicizing/Glocalizing Music and Erotics —
Chair: Andrew Weintraub