Lectures & Panel Discussion
Saturday, March 7
10:00 am
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Christopher Dingle (Birmingham Conservatoire, UK) and David Gable (Clark Atlanta University) give talks on Messiaen and Boulez before a panel discussion on music and nature in the avant-garde.
10:00 AM–10:45 AM
Christopher Dingle, Birmingham Conservatoire, UK
Truth, Reality, and Messiaen’s Transfiguration of Nature

10:45 AM–11:30 AM
David Gable, Clark Atlanta University
Environs Boulez, 1946–1951: Le Visage nuptial

11:30 AM–11:45 AM
Break

11:45 AM–12:30 PM
Roundtable: Music and Nature in the Avant-Garde
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, Cornell University, chair
Christopher Dingle, Birmingham Conservatoire; Robert Fallon, Carnegie Mellon University; David Gable, Clark Atlanta University; Ronald R. Hoy, Cornell University

If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Damien Mahiet (info@westfield.org, 607-255-3065) as soon as possible.