Esoteric Music, Music Performance, & Music Research Symposium

03/06/2025

Saw this in a post on the Music Theory group.

Neat. From H. Partch.

01/30/2025

Bookshelf share! What's on yours?

12/19/2021

Antoine Faivre passed away today. We’ve lost a great mind for making sense of this wide world of esotericism.

02/23/2020

Our Symposium first day has been amazing!

See the schedule at go.naz.edu/esoteric

02/21/2020

Registration desk is opening!
Opening remarks are 6:30 at the Medaille Formal Lounge!

Registration desk is in the Arts Center Lobby.

02/21/2020

This is it! Registration desk opens this afternoon!

Check the online schedule at

This symposium seeks to bring together music scholars, performers, and teachers with a sincere interest in the intersection of music and esoteric ideas and practices.

02/11/2020

CHECK OUR NEW SCHEDULE! THE SYMPOSIUM IS COMING UP! REGISTER NOW!

This symposium seeks to bring together music scholars, performers, and teachers with a sincere interest in the intersection of music and esoteric ideas and practices.

10/01/2019

Submit your proposals soon!

08/29/2019

CALL FOR PAPERS! CALL FOR PAPERS! CALL FOR PAPERS!
go.naz.edu/esoteric
CALL FOR PAPERS: Esoteric Music, Music Performance, & Music Research: A Symposium

On February 22 & 23, 2020, Nazareth College in Rochester, NY will host a symposium on Esoteric Music, Music Performance, & Music Research. This meeting seeks to bring together music scholars, performers, and teachers with a sincere interest in the intersection of music and esoteric ideas and practices. The keynote address will be given by Joscelyn Godwin. Proposals should be limited to 500 words and sent in pdf form to Marjorie Roth at the email address provided. Topics touching upon, but not limited to, the following are welcome:

Music & the Pythagorean Tradition (number, sacred geometry, the harmony of the spheres)
Music & Esoteric Experience (spiritual/religious/mystical)
Music & Cosmology
Music & Contemplation
Music & Esoteric Symbol (sound, text, image)
Music & Esoteric Traditions (alchemy, astrology, hermetism, freemasonry)
Music & Alternative Realities
Esotericism & Music Pedagogy
Esotericism in Music Performance and/or Composition

Submission Deadline: Proposals received by October 15, 2019 will be given priority consideration. No proposals accepted after November 15, 2019.

Please include a short bio (50 – 100 words) with your submission. Feel free to contact Marjorie Roth for more information.

Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2019. Proposals received by October 15, 2019 will be given priority consideration.