Rethinking American Opera: A Lecture and Panel Discussion Featuring Composer William Bolcom

• Event Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
• Time: 5:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and Grammy Award-winner William Bolcom discusses his groundbreaking compositions for the stage, including collaborations with film director Robert Altman on the operas McTeague and A Wedding. A panel discussion with Bolcom will follow on the future of music on the American stage, with participants from theater, dance, and music.

Panel participants:

List of panel participants

• Julie Gunn, Associate Professor, School of Music
• Thomas Mitchell, Associate Head, Department of Theater
• Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Professor, Department of Dance
• Moderated by Jeffrey Magee, Director, School of Music

William Bolcolm will be a George A. Miller Visiting Professor during his residency on the University of Illinois campus.

This event is sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH). Bolcom's residency at UIUC is made possible by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and the Research Board, the Center for Advanced Study George A. Miller Committee, the School of Music Guest Funds Program, and the Department of Theater.