REGISTRATION CLOSED We’ll explore the parallel innovations of Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone (Sly & The Family Stone), two visionary artists who transformed the sound of American popular music in the 1960s and 70s. Their music inspired countless future musicians and remains relevant today. (Directly following this class, please... read more
REGISTRATION CLOSED The movies have given us some of the most widely known and beloved music for the past 100 years, offering audiences a chance to hear complex and colorful scores by master composers. This class will present an overview of how film music has developed and include clips from many great films, including Casablanca, Psycho, and Star Wars. The first part will... read more
REGISTRATION CLOSED Aristotle was a student of Plato but disagreed with him about almost everything. In working out their disagreement, Aristotle constructed the intellectual foundations of virtually every academic field from physics and biology to economics and literary theory. We will find the threads that united this incredibly broad collection of ideas in studying the life... read more