Through the Baird Lecture Series, the UB Department of Music hosts regular lectures, talks, and master classes given by distinguished visiting scholars, performers, and composers throughout the academic year.

All events take place in Baird Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. The Baird Lecture Series is free and open to the public.

On Thursday, March 7, the Baird Lecture Series will welcome Jim Davis (SUNY Distinguished Professor of Musicology, SUNY Fredonia) presenting Reconstructing the ‘War Song’: Stephen Foster and the Evolution of American Musical Patriotism.