On Wednesday, February 20th, the St. Anselm Institute will present a lecture entitled What Makes Music Sacred? presented by William Mahrt. The lecture will be held at 5:00 p.m. at Monroe Hall, Room 110, on grounds at the University.

William Mahrt is Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University, President of the Church Music Association of America, and editor of Sacred Music. He specializes in the theory and performance of Medieval and Renaissance music and has written on Gregorian chant, Troubadours, Medieval Performance, Machaut, Dufay, Lasso, Dante and English cathedrals.

Professor Mahrt's lecture will be accompanied by a performance by Zephyrus, a local vocal ensemble.

This is the third in a series of lectures to be hosted by the St. Anselm Institute during the 2007-2008 academic year. For more information, about this year's lecture series or the lecture on Wednesday, click here.

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