Peter Gram Swing Lectures
Peter Gram Swing was the founder of Swarthmore College's Music Department. Dr. Swing was a distinguished scholar of Renaissance music, conductor of the Swarthmore College Chorus for 34 years, and chair of the department for 18. The annual Peter Gram Swing Lecture was established in his honor to bring to the campus eminent musicians and scholars.
Peter Gram Swing Lecturers, 2004-present
2019-2020 Jacqueline Warwick
2018-2019 Victoria Lindsay Levine
2017-2018 Mackenzie Pierce
2016-2017 Penny Boyes Braem and Thüring Braem
2015-2016 Diane Wittry
2014-2015 Stanford Thompson
2013-2014 Marié Abe ‘01
2012-2013 Hormoz Farhat
2011-2012 Betsy Jolas
2010-2011 Ian Quinn
2009-2010 Scott Burnham
2008-2009 Joseph Horowitz
2007-2008 Jeanne Bamberger
2006-2007 Mercedes Ellington
2005-2006 Michael Beckerman
2004-2005 Simon Morrison