This seminar explores readings and topics relevant to the development of performers’ decisions in repertoire from 1945 to the present. Using interpretive analysis as an entry point into research on performance and performance practice, the course aims to advance engagement and discourse on issues central to performance, performance practice, and research-creation. Through targeted class assignments, students will develop skills integrating research with performance practice. Course work includes recording comparisons, a student-led seminar, and a lecture-recital.