This seminar will explore Chicago’s riches in the realm of public art, including murals, commemorative statues, architectural sculpture, commercial decorations, and park designs, through a series of walking tours.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Would you like to try a laid-back and enjoyable way to start studying French or to improve your French pronunciation? This course, intended for students at any level of proficiency, provides a positive classroom atmosphere and the vocabulary of fine food and wine to help you decode the French spelling system and pronounce French more easily and accurately.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
It has been said that chamber music is the most intimate form of musical expression for the composer, the performer, and the listener. We will tap into that intimacy and explore the reasons why composers poured their souls into these pieces.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
This is the first of two seminars examining the people, organizations, and events of music in Chicago. The story begins before the city was incorporated in 1837, with dance music heard in local taverns, and will move to popular songs and minstrel shows. We will consider opera, which began in the 1880s, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first concerts in 1891.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
In this class, musical questions you have always wanted to ask will be answered. A witty textbook and entertaining exercises will guide us from basic concepts to more complex elements of music, including the instruments of standard ensembles like the string quartet and the symphony orchestra. This class is designed for music enthusiasts rather than musicologists.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
1 – 3 pm
We will examine the rich variety of vocal music that flourished in early modern Europe, from the choral masterpieces of Renaissance Catholicism to the passionate arias of Baroque opera.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
This course is “Music 101” for the novice listener and a great vocabulary refresher for the inveterate concertgoer. The three “B’s” —Bach, Beethoven and Brahms—will play prominent roles, as will Haydn and Mozart, the masters who established the prototype for the classical genres we know as the symphony and the concerto.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
10 am – 1 pm
This class is full and registration is closed.
Explore the craft of Japanese bookbinding. Radically different in methodology and materials from their European counterparts, traditional Japanese bindings focus almost exclusively on paper, thread, and paste to create a variety of structures. This class will introduce those materials and techniques.