So much of our focus in music history is on the life, time, and culture of the composer that we overlook how, why, and when seminal works are performed in a particular community. Relating local performance history to a community’s broader history and culture not only provides a better understanding of that community, but it forges unique bonds between the community and the music that was previously thought to be from somewhere else. Barbara Haws has been the archivist and historian of the New York Philharmonic since 1984 and will discuss how she has gone about relating the Philharmonic’s concert experience to the broader cultural life of the city.

Co-sponsored by UMS, Department of Musicology, and American Music Institute.