Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers.
Octavio Paz
Only as an aesthetic phenomenon is the world justified.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The esteemed faculty of IMAC 2010 is co-chaired by Berthold Hoeckner of the University of Chicago and Alexander Rehding of Harvard University, with Daniel Chua of the University of Hong Kong, Susan McClary of the University of California Los Angeles, Fred Maus of the University of Virginia, Steven Rings of the University of Chicago, and Martin Scherzinger of the University of New York. Our special guest of honor is Lawrence Kramer of Fordham University.
We invite you to study our comprehensive website for details regarding our intensive workshops, plenary sessions, guest presentation, reading and repertoire assignments, schedule of events, housing, policies and procedures, future and past programs, and an online application form. The 2010 Institute on Musical Aesthetics at Chicago will continue our decade of scholarly innovation and achievement and be a seminal collaborative enterprise for aesthetically-minded music theorists and musicologists from around the world.
