Lynn Raley is Associate Professor of Music at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where, for more than two decades he has taught an extraordinarily wide variety of courses, including “Music as Protest;” “Protest & Propaganda: The Power of Music;” “The Beatles: Making Musical Meaning in the Counterculture;” and “Speculum Musicae: How Music Reflected Thought, Love, and Spirituality in the Middle Ages.” As a pianist, he has performed around the world, including in the Netherlands, Thailand, and Taiwan, as well as Canada and the US. His passion for new music has taken him to the Santa Fe and Florida International Festivals of Electro-Acoustic Music, the NewMusicNewCollege series in Sarasota, Florida, and several contemporary music festivals across the United States.
A Fulbright Senior Scholar at the National Chiao Tung University’s Institute of Music in Taiwan from 2012 to 2013, Lynn presented a solo recital of American music at the inaugural Taipei International New Music Festival. Following the festival, he embarked on a tour of Taiwan, performing new works by Taiwanese composers, thanks to the sponsorship of the International Society for Contemporary Music. While there, he taught a course on “The Kaleidoscope of Influences on Taiwan’s Popular Music” at Tunghai University’s International College.
Lynn holds a Bachelor of Music from Southern Methodist University, a Master of Music from University of Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts. His recordings can be found on the Leonarda, Capstone, and Nimbus labels. BBC Music Magazine praised his 2018 solo CD, Maëlstrom, calling it “thoughtfully compiled and skillfully performed,” and described it as “a highly commendable release, offering rich insight into contemporary American music for piano.”
September 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Let Freedom Sing: Paul Robeson – His Words, His Music
A Tribute, with bass-baritone James C Martin, pianist Lynn Raley