Tenor speaks at Brown Bag Lecture series

By Lindsay Varga

Joe Dan Harper, tenor

Tenor Joe Dan Harper of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music voice faculty will present, “Why Should We Listen,” on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at noon in room G-144 of the Williams Center. His presentation is the second in the Brown Bag Lecture Series: Talks on New Research in the Arts and Humanities. All Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to all campus and community members.

Professor Harper’s lecture will focus on the craft and history of songs by well- known international composers such as Schubert and Faurẻ, as well as more modern American composers, Ned Rorem and Daniel Pinkham. Sharing his experiences, Professor Harper will discuss the viability of the art song recital as a socially relevant and compelling form of creative expression.

The Brown Bag Lecture series, sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities, offers monthly informal talks featuring new creative and scholarly work by members of the SUNY Fredonia faculty. Each 30-minute talk and/or presentation is followed by a brief discussion.

For more information on the lecture series, please contact David Kinkela, committee assistant director.