Symphonies! Concertos! Overtures! Beards! Enmity!

Music Appreciation Series


7-8:30 PM Mondays Beginning October17


Professor Andy Mead - at the JSO
Symphonies! Concertos! Overtures! Beards! Enmity!

Prerequisite – None!


These Monday night sessions are designed to enlighten and entertain music enthusiasts, especially those planning to attend the JSO’s 2011-2012 subscription concerts. Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, two giants of the Romantic era, share a birthday and share the stage in JSO concerts this year, but they hated each other’s music. Participants in these classes will fi nd out why — and why we can love them both.


October 17 My Symphony is NOT your Symphony: How do symphonies by Brahms differ from those of Tchaikovsky? What can we admire in each? What made each shudder at the work of the other?


October 24 How can you write a piano concerto when you don’t even play the piano? For that matter, who helped YOU with that violin concerto? This class will examine the thrill of virtuosity in the concertos of Brahms and
Tchaikovsky.


November 7 You call that a waltz? I’ll show you a waltz! Professor Mead will talk about dance music written by each of these masters.


November 14 Sign in a 19th century bar - No discussions of: Religion - Politics - Wagner. Mead will explain!


November 21 You Always Hurt the One You Love: So, where did you get those tunes from, anyway? Brahms, Tchaikovsky, influence and light fingers are the topics of discussion.


$50/person
Registration and info:


517-782-3221


Email: jso2007@jacksonsymphony.org


In addition to teaching at the U of M, Dr. Mead is a composer, church organist, member of the JSO Board of Directors and resident of Brooklyn.