Seventh Annual Seminar on Ancient Greek Music, 5-11 July 2010

Department of Music
The Ionian University, Corfu
 
Seventh Annual Seminar on Ancient Greek Music
5-11 July 2010
 
At the beginning of July, every year since 2004, the Department of Music at the Ionian University has hosted a week-long seminar on a topic related to the music of ancient Greece.  The morning sessions are devoted to the study of one particular text or topic; discussions are led by Dr Eleonora Rocconi (Pavia), Professor Andrew Barker (Birmingham) and Professor Egert Pöhlmann (Erlangen).  In previous years the texts and topics studied have included ps-Aristotle Problemata Book 19 (2004), ps-Plutarch De musica (2005), Music in Comedy (2006), Music and Women (2007), Aristides Quintilianus De musica Book 2 (2008), ps-Aristotle De audibilibus (2009).  In 2010 we shall be examining the main passages concerned with music in Plato’s Laws.
 
The afternoons are free.  In the evenings from Monday to Saturday there is a programme of lectures (one or two each evening) on a range of topics to do with ancient Greek music, not necessarily ones connected with the themes of the morning seminars.  Some of the lectures are given by established academics, others by research students.  Visiting speakers in 2010 are expected to include Professor Lydia Goehr (Columbia), Dr Klaus Krüger (Berlin/Columbia), Dr Barbara Kowalzig (London), Dr Stelios Psaroudakis (Athens), Dr Christos Terzis (Athens) and Dr Stefan Hagel (Vienna).
 
On the final day of the event (Sunday), there is a round-table discussion in the morning, and in the evening a public concert of music connected in some way with ancient Greek themes.
 
The official language of the seminars is English.  Seminars in previous years have been attended by participants from ten different countries in Europe and the Americas, many of whom have returned year after year.  But the overall numbers are relatively small (between 20 and 35 each year); the event is conducted in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, and we are always happy to welcome newcomers.  There is plenty of free time for socialising, and for enjoying the sea, sunshine and other delights of Corfu.
 
The fee for attendance at the week of seminars and lectures is 200 euros.  Students attending can stay in the University’s dormitories, if they wish, at a cost of 10 euros per night.  All scholars and students who are interested in joining us in 2010 should contact the organiser, Dr Panos Vlagopoulos, email pvlag@ionio.gr .

Andrew Barker FBA
Emeritus Professor of Classics
University of Birmingham
 

Olivier Renaut

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