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Canopic Coffinette from Tutankhamun's Tomb (detail),
18th dynasty, gold, carnelian, and colored glass.

© Sandro Vannini

Lecture “Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music”

Saturday, Feb 18, 2012
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Map & Directions

Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures
Emotion in Egyptian and Near Eastern Music

Presented by A. J. Racy
Professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA
Performer, composer, and author


Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follow each lecture.

A very special thanks to all of the funders who make the Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures possible!