Institute for Popular Music
The Institute for Popular Music Celebrates the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and More
The University of Rochester Institute for Popular Music is in the midst of an exciting slate of talks in its Lecture Series. This spring the UR IPM will host Walter Everett (University of Michigan) and Andy Babiuk discussing the Beatles, and Lauren Onkey (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum) considering Celtic soul, in addition to UR IPM's Margarita Guillory talking about hip hop. This comes on the heels of a fall schedule that featured Shaugn O"Donnell (City College, CUNY) discussing Pink Floyd and Elizabeth Wollman (Baruch College, CUNY) discussing musical theater. Announcements will be forthcoming soon for the In Conversation Series and the In the Schools events.
The UR IPM launched the new In Performance Series with a 40th anniversary celebration of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon this past fall. In February, the series will continue with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. The concert will take place on Sunday, February 9 and begin at 8 pm--exactly 50 years after the famous nationwide broadcast. Faculty and student performers will be backed by The Smooth Talkers, the region's top 60s band. The lectures by Andy Babiuk and Walter Everett will be coordinated with this event to create a Rochester celebration of the Beatles arrival in the US.
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