Empowering Your Musical Taste with Dr. Nolan Gasser

In this inspiring virtual presentation, Dr. Nolan Gasser — architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project and author of Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste — unfolds the story of our musical taste: where it comes from, what it says about us, and how it can make our lives better. Through discussion and musical performances (live and recorded), Dr. Gasser will give you the tools to understand, expand, and empower your musical taste

This special event is free and open to the general public. Advance registration required to receive link for virtual session. 

Dr. Nolan Gasser is a critically acclaimed composer, pianist, and musicologist – most notably, the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project and the company’s chief musicologist from its founding in 1999. He holds a PhD in Musicology from Stanford University. His original compositions have been performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center), the Kennedy Center, La Salle Pleyel (Paris), and the Rose Bowl (Pasadena), among many others.  

His classical compositions include an opera, The Secret Garden, commissioned by San Francisco Opera; The World Concerto, for cello, erhu, oud, sarangi, and orchestra, premiered by Maya Beiser; Cosmic Reflection, for orchestra and narrator (relaying the full history of the universe in 40 minutes), premiered at the Kennedy Center and recorded by the Baltimore Symphony; an oratorio Repast: An Oratorio on the Life of Booker Wright, premiered at Carnegie Hall; and a 4-part oratorio, American Festivals, for orchestra, chorus, and soloists (with libretto by Robert Trent Jones) with movements dedicated to July 4th, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving. 

For more information on Dr. Gasser, visit his website

Dial-In Information

Information for joining the session will be sent in advance to partipants. 

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm

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Event Type

Performances

Departments

School of Music, (All) School of Music, Workshops, Special Events

Website

http://music.depaul.edu

Cost

This special event is free and open to the general public.  Advance registration required to receive link for virtual session.

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