Outgoing

This event is in the past.It took place on February 23, 2026 at Braun Music Center.

Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University 1
Fine Arts Talk
Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University 2
Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University 3

Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Brian Kane, Yale University

At Braun Music Center

Stanford

Hear how a blind jazz vocalist rewrote the rules of protest and voice theory. Yale's Brian Kane unpacks rare tape of Al Hibbler singing and speaking at a Birmingham civil rights mass meeting, revealing how his singular voice challenged everything scholars thought they knew.

Academic lecture
Jazz history
Civil rights
Sound studies

Tips

🎙️arrive early, seating is limited
🎺listen to Hibbler's Ellington recordings beforehand

Braun Music Center

Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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