A Conversation with Annea Lockwood

Annea Lockwood

Date and Time

November 4, 2025
06:00PM - 08:00PM EST

On the occasion of the Fromm Music Foundation concert highlighting the last two decades of her groundbreaking work, the visionary composer Annea Lockwood sits down with writer, photographer, and art historian Teju Cole. Through conversation, they will explore the remarkable collaborative dimensions of Lockwood’s compositional process, with special attention to the works featured on the November 6 performance––Becoming Air (2018), Jitterbug (2007), Buoyant (2013), and Into the Vanishing Point (2019)––and invite the audience into the dialogue. The talk will open with a performance of Lockwood’s bayou borne (2016) by the Harvard New Music Ensemble.

Join us before the event for a soundwalk led by Loeb/ArtLab Fellow Jacek Smolicki Inaudible Cities: Here, Now, There and Then. Space is limited, registration is required. Visit the ArtLab website for more information and to register for the soundwalk.

Featuring:

  • Annea Lockwood, composer
  • Moderated by Teju Cole, writer, photographer, art historian, and Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing
  • The Harvard New Music Ensemble

Curated and Hosted by Professor Claire Chase

Parking: Please note that ArtLab does not have parking, and area street parking is limited. Rideshare and public transit are recommended.

A Conversation with Annea Lockwood is supported by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) and the Johnson-Kulukundis Family President’s Fund for the Arts at Harvard University.

This event is sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, ArtLab at Harvard, and the Harvard University Department of Music.