Concurrent
Session I

Master Class with Elizabeth Seitz
7 Haviland Street, Room 306

“[Opera] is infinitely malleable. Style, language, social
implications—they’re always changing. It has poetry. It has
music. It has dance. It's one of the most universal art forms,
and it can be funny, or serious, or a bit of both.”
—Elizabeth Seitz

Join us for a conversation on how to approach a Mozart
opera with one of the Conservatory’s masters, music historian
Elizabeth Seitz of the Music Division. She received her Ph.D.
from Boston University, completing a dissertation discussing
the early works of Manuel de Falla and his relationship

to the impressionist movement in France. She has given
papers on a variety of topics, including Schubert, MTV, and
Tito Puente. She has taught at New England Conservatory,
Washington University, Tufts University, Brown University, and
Boston University. In addition to teaching, Seitz participates
in a wide range of community outreach programs and is a
frequent lecturer at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the San
Francisco Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, Rockport
Chamber Series, and Tanglewood. She has written a
musicological murder mystery, Dissertation Most Deadly, and
is working on the sequel. Seitz demonstrates an outstanding
commitment to continuous professional growth and integrity
in the classroom. We're proud to call her one of our own!
—Presented by: Elizabeth Seitz

—Hosted by: Bridgette Hayes