Music   

Vienna Philharmonic in performances and recordings of nearly all of the orchestral works of Johannes Brahms, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Considered a landmark in the interpretation of the composer’s music, this new class will include videos of the four Symphonies, the two Piano Concertos, the Violin Concerto and Double Concerto, Serenade No. 3, the Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture, and the Haydn Variations. New in-person course. Format includes lecture, discussion, and film.
 

Did you experience folk music at an early age? This instructor’s Mom sang lullabies like “Tura, Lura, Lura,” to him. Such a song comes from folk tradition and is passed down from generation to generation. This course will explore folk music via lecture, discussion, videos of performers, live music, and singing. Special attention will be given to American folk music, but world folk songs will be heard too. We’ll delve into the 1960s folk music craze. The course will end with a folk music party. Repeat in-person course. Format includes lecture, discussion, and watching film.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Introducing American Folk Music, Christopher and Kip Lornell, ISBN 9781617032653

The vast extent of popular music available on YouTube is truly awesome, and it’s all for free! In this course, we’ll spend eight weeks exploring six decades of pop music of multiple genres. Remember The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como Show, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, British Broadcasting System’s Top ‘o’ the Pops, etc.? We’ll tune in. Big bands of the 1930s? Check. Crooners of the 1950s? Yessiree. Girl groups of the early 1960s? Yup. Late 1960s British Invasion? Got ‘em, mate. Singer-songwriters of the 1970s? You betcha. We’ll cover about six decades of pop music from the 1930s to the 1980s. Special emphasis will be given to the 1960s, with its happy mashup of rock, folk, soul, gimmick songs, and many others. Repeat in-person course. Format includes lecture and discussion.