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If you love music and want to gain a broader understanding of your favorite or a new genre, music enrichment classes are for you. These lecture-based classes let you explore music without having to play an instrument. Music enrichment classes offer the opportunity to refine listening skills, deepen your awareness of the intrinsic beauty of music, and explore the history, key figures, and the cultures from which it emerged. In a relaxed format, outstanding instructors lecture on various topics in Western music and guide explorations of music from different areas of the globe.
In the Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts, our goal is to offer a variety of lecture-based classes for those who want to pursue a broader and deeper understanding of music. We strive to present the most knowledgeable and enthusiastic instructors for these enrichment classes, whose professional experiences as scholars, historians, musicians, writers, teachers, and public speakers are sure to engage the musical mind.
Contact us by calling 608-265-5629 or email: music@dcs.wisc.edu.
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To register: Call 608-262-2451 7:00-4:40 Mon-Fri.
Celtic musical traditions. This six-week survey course explores and compares traditional music and instruments from the Celtic countries/regions of Brittany, Galicia, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Live demonstrations and multimedia examples enhance this rich exploration of Celtic music. Instructor: Robert Newton, a Celtic instrumentalist and music scholar, performs on various instruments. He currently performs with the Madison-based Celtic ensembles West Wind and Public House Ceili Band.
Tuesdays, February 5-March 11, 7-8:30 pm, UW-Madison Campus, Enroll by Jan 29, 0.9 CEU, $89, Program #3737
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Choral music with orchestra: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler. In this five-week class we look at the lives of five composers of major choral-orchestral works. What historical, social, political, and religious forces influenced the creation of these monumental compositions? Listen to and discuss excerpts of each composer’s representative works. Fee includes a 60-page companion guide by the instructor. Instructor: Glen R. Klotz: (MM in applied voice, UW-Madison) taught music in Oak Creek Public Schools and was a frequently-featured soloist with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus. In retirement he is a lecturer, choral director, clinician, and recitalist.
Tuesdays, February 5-March 4, 6:30-8:30 pm, 2441 Humanities, 455 N Park St, Enroll by Jan 29, 1.0 CEU, $89, Program #3733
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Great composer series: Corelli, Chopin, Grieg, Schoenberg.
Presented in a style light on jargon and rich in listening, this nine-week course is for anyone interested in learning more about the major composers of Western classical music. Come to learn about and experience the lives and music of four great composers: Arcangelo Corelli, Frederic Chopin, Edvard Grieg, and Arnold Schoenberg. Instructor: Steve Kurr (PhD candidate in musicology, UW-Madison) is principal violist for the Beloit-Janesville Symphony, serves on the board for the State Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and teaches orchestra and music history at
Middleton High School.
Mondays, February 11-April 14, 7-8:30 pm (no class March 24), 1703 Middleton High School, 2100 Bristol St, Middleton, Enroll by Feb 4, 1.4 CEU, $115, Program #3742
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NEW Handel: coming to grips with a musical titan. The music of Handel and its background are the focus of the Madison Early Music Festival, July 2008. Handel’s music is all around us more than ever, thanks to the worldwide surge of attention to his operas. As an approach to this master’s amazing range and gigantic creative achievement, in our six-week survey course we study recordings from various categories of his vast output. Instructor: John W. Barker, UW-Madison professor emeritus of history, explores the links among music, history, and the arts. He is a reviewer for the American Record Guide and creator of the UW Opera “Prompter,” and hosts “Music Antiqua” on WORT-FM.
Thursday, February 7-March 13, 7-8:45 pm, 2511 Humanities, 455 N Park St, Enroll by Jan 31, 1.1 CEU, $89, Program #3755
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NEW Jazz in history and performance. This eight-week survey course explores the history of jazz in America. Investigate various styles and periods in the development of jazz and learn to identify key innovators and their contributions to this art form. Come to gain a greater understanding of live jazz performance practices, including basic musical forms and structures. Instructor: Daniel Wallach (BM, MM saxophone performance, UW-Madison) is currently the professor of saxophone, and jazz studies at Edgewood College. He has performed with the Temptations, Chick Corea, Maceo Parker, and Tower of Power.
Wednesday, April 2-May 21, 6:30-8 pm, UW-Madison Campus, Enroll by Mar 26, 1.2 CEU, $109, Program #3729
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Orchestra insider: behind the scenes with Madison Symphony Orchestra. What does it take to produce a symphony orchestra concert? How do musicians and conductor prepare? In this six-week course led by the MSO’s education director, we explore the orchestra’s history, learn about preparing for a season’s worth of concerts, interact with the artistic staff and musicians, and experience Overture Hall through a guided tour and an open dress rehearsal. Open to all music enthusiasts! Instructor: Michelle Kaebisch, (BS in music education, UW-Madison) is education director and violinist with Madison Symphony Orchestra. A former orchestra teacher in Stoughton Public Schools, she was selected for Who’s Who of America’s Teachers.
Thursday, March 13-April 24, 6-7:30 pm (no class March 20), 2441 Humanities, 455 N Park St, Enroll by Mar 6, 0.9 CEU, $105, Program #3735
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From "Opera at the Start: Origins and First Fulfillments":
"…How specific operas were staged and performed in different time periods, the personalities of the composers, myths, stories the operas were based [on]. The politics of the time. It added so much to retaining information about the class. Loved it! Also appreciated the handouts containing text and translations."
"Professor Barker is an excellent instructor, highly knowledgeable and entertaining."
From "Musical Traditions of the Celtic World":
"[I was impressed with] the knowledge of Dr. Newton and the music he played for us. Each class was a pleasure."
From "Great Composer Series: Mozart, Berlioz, Mahler, Cage":
"The course was full of wonderful enthusiasm and excellent preparation. The instructor revealed a sincere love and dedication to the subject."
"I have no musical background at all but enjoyed listening to classical music – very selectively. This course enables me to appreciate a much broader selection of differing styles, listening with a better understanding (limited though it may be). 'Hungry' for more knowledge! This course was fun and interesting!"
The Department of Liberal Studies & the Arts is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW-Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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