Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.: “What I Did with Musicology and What it Gave Me Back”

The Prima Memorial Lecture Series
Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.
“What I Did with Musicology and What it Gave Me Back”

Thursday, September 19, 2024
6:00 p.m.

Rogers Memorial Chapel
1229 Broadway St.
Tulane University

Free and open to the public.

Guggenheim Fellow (2022) and musicologist Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. will discuss his 30 years of multimodal inquiry as a scholar, author, musician, teacher, and community activist as a route of possibility for an academic career in music.

Dr. Ramsey is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Visiting Dean's Chair in Music at McGill University. His work includes writing books such as his latest, Who Hears Here: On Black Music Pasts and Present (2022); and consulting for projects such as the 2020 Emmy Award-winning HBO documentary, The Apollo: The Soul of American Culture.

The Prima Memorial Lecture Series presents discourse and discussion around American popular music, including its origins in American jazz.

Presented by Tulane University Special Collections and the Gia Maione Prima Foundation. Co-sponsored by the Newcomb Department of Music and the Newcomb-Tulane College Office of Undergraduate Research.

For more info, email mweber3@tulane.edu or visit library.tulane.edu/news/guthrieramsey.