Graham School Saturday Seminar

The Great Pianists

Sat 10:00 am—04:00 pm, March 30, 2024
Deadline to
register online: Wednesday, March 27 at 5:00 PM CT
Location: IN PERSON at
University of Chicago Gleacher Center

This course is a survey of some of the great and notorious pianists of both before and after the invention of recording technologies. The course will feature simultaneous simulations of historical styles of the piano, as well as an examination of the recorded legacy of pianism and discussion of the essential elements that compose the art and technical craft of piano performance. Participants of the course may expect to acquire an overview of keyboard history, as well as an enriched appreciation of the fascinating world of the piano and its champions. Syllabus

Graham School 8-Week Classes

Haydn, Mozart, and the Enlightenment

Tuesdays 10:00 am—12:30 pm, March 19-May 7, 2024
Deadline to
register online: Friday, March 15 at 5PM CT
Location: IN PERSON at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center

Pioneering a style of unparalleled versatility and expressiveness, Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven created a musical repertory of elegance, wit, optimism, and logic that remains the benchmark of Western musical culture to this day. This class discusses the evolution and achievements of such genres as the Haydn symphonies and quartets, the Mozart concertos and operas, and the early Beethoven instrumental works in historical, social, and musical contexts. Syllabus

Post Romantic Paris and Vienna: Music in the Age of "Isms"

Thursdays 10:00 am—12:30 pm, March 21-May 9th, 2024
Deadline to
register online: Friday, March 15 at 5PM CT
Location: ONLINE

Impressionism, Expressionism, Folklorism, Primitivism...the first decades of the 20th century offers an extraordinary array of fascinating styles. With Debussy, Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes, Mahler, Korngold, and the Second Viennese School, and figures such as Falla and Bartok, this astounding era is examined via the rival musical capitols of this aesthetically tumultuous time. Syllabus

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