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 The ancient Maya of Central America and Mexico left many reflections of sound. Some occur as glyphic texts; others exist visually as marks of vocalization. In this talk, Stephen D. Houston, professor of anthropology, Brown University, reports on these lost worlds of experience. 

Join us for an exploration of artworks from the medieval collection as you listen to a selection of medieval music recorded by Early Music Princeton (EMP) undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. EMP is a University ensemble whose members study and perform a vocal and instrumental repertoire spanning the centuries from medieval and Renaissance to high Baroque, with a special focus on historical performance practices.

Join the artist Sky Hopinka and Mitra Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, for a richly illustrated conversation about Hopinka’s multidisciplinary practice. 

Artist and electroacoustic composer Tarek Atoui will join Professor Elizabeth Margulis, director of Princeton University's Music Cognition Lab, for a discussion of sound as a medium for collaborative, socially focused artistic practice and the accessibility questions that arise when considering how to make sonic work available to diverse audiences.