Autumn has always been my favorite season—a season of new beginnings. For many of you, it marks the beginning of the Academic Year. That means tackling new subjects, learning new languages, and launching your course of Discovering Music. Then, there’s the beginning of Football Season … Read more
What’s this program about? “Marches in March” is full of traditional and unexpected music—marches from the ragtime era, marches for circuses, sultans, bullfights, and films, as well as a new march by David Lovrien and the wind-band premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute with … Read more
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What’s this program about? Rossini, the master of bel canto opera, retired young, rich, and famous. Decades later, in old age and ill health, Rossini returned to composition and crafted a liturgical mass as his final work, a work both spiritual and theatrical, Petit Messe … Read more
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What’s this program about? Professor Carol explains various uses of dance forms: the light-hearted dances used by Rossini to strike a contrast with the serious dramatic action of William Tell, the tango combined by John Mackey with machine music, and the Renaissance dance forms comprising … Read more
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