Mapping the Tonal Landscape: "Not the Destination, but the Journey"

Tue, April 7, 2020 2:15 PM - Tue, April 7, 2020 3:45 PM at 241 MB

Dr. Eric Wen, Professor of Music Theory at the Juilliard School, presents a guest lecture at Michigan State University. The event is free and open to the public.

Bio

Eric Wen is recognized as one of today’s preeminent experts in Schenkerian analysis. He has published numerous articles and presented papers at many universities and conferences, including all five International Schenker Symposiums. Wen is the author of Graphic Music Analysis, a textbook in Schenkerian Analysis, and Structurally Sound, a compilation of seven in-depth analyses of works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms.

A member of the faculty at the Bard Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Wen has also taught in the doctoral program at the Graduate Center (CUNY), as well as at the Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in New York. Before then he taught at the University of London, as well as the Guildhall School and Royal Academy of Music in London, where he also served as editor of The Musical Times and The Strad magazine.

In addition to his work in academia, Wen is actively engaged in the practical application of theory and analysis to performance. He has been invited by Murray Perahia and András Schiff to present lectures alongside their master classes for pianists. Wen is also an independent record producer, and has produced recordings by many distinguished soloists, including Edward Aldwell, Ruggiero Ricci, Aaron Rosand, Gil Shaham, Oscar Shumsky, Arnold Steinhardt, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, and the Guarneri String Quartet.