October 1
Nicolas Bell: “Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and the Philharmonic Society of London”

October 29
Noam Sivan (D.M.A. ’10, composition): “Improvisation in Classical Music: Past and Present”

November 19 
John Muller: “Wagner, Mathilde, and Encoded Love Notes in Die Walküre: Manuscript and Biographical Evidence”

December 3
Denis Herlin: “From Debussy’s Studio: The Little-Known Autograph Manuscript of ‘De Rêve,’ the First of the Proses Lyriques (1892)”

January 21
Janet Schmalfeldt: “Brahms, Again the ‘Master of Allusion,’ With His Godson in Mind”

February 25
Gregory Sandow: “A Young and Lively Audience: The Hidden History of Classical Music”

April 1
Wayne Oquin (M.M. ’02, D.M.A. ’08, composition): On Aaron Copland

April 22
John Link: On Elliott Carter (former faculty)