Classes For Adults
Music Appreciation Series: How to Listen to Music
Bloomingdale Resident Teaching Artist, Marc Peloquin, leads a series of 4-week music courses designed to give students a basic understanding of music and inspire an appreciation for music through a variety of musical styles.
Each class in this lecture series will feature live demonstrations of musical concepts, discussion, recorded listening examples, and will culminate with a free faculty concert at the Bloomingdale School of Music.
- FOR AGES18-Up
- CLASSGroup Class
- LENGTH4 weeks
What you will learn
How does a musical composition take you from the beginning to the end, producing a satisfying, sometimes thrilling experience? Your ability to appreciate it depends on perceiving many elements at the same time: rhythm, melody, harmony and musical structure. This course will give you tools to better appreciate the magical world of music.
Happy Birthday Beethoven!: April 9- 28
We will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday by listening and learning about some of his great masterpieces such as the Fifth Symphony and the “Moonlight” Sonata. The class will be invited to attend the BSM Piano Project Prelude concert where they will hear three of Beethoven’s great piano sonatas. Class Timeline: April 2 - April 28, 2020
Musical New York: May 7 - 28
New York City has long been one of the music capitols of the world. Starting long before the days of Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw, New York has given birth to dozens if not hundreds of memorable bands. In this class, we will discover great music by composers and musicians who have lived and worked in New York City. Such musical greats as George Gershwin, Antonin Dvorak, Duke Ellington and Celia Cruz have filled the air of New York with their timeless music. Class Timeline: May 7-28, 2020
The Music of Our Students
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MUSIC EDUCATION CHANGES LIVES
We provide access to music education to anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability, ethnicity, or religion, which has a profound impact on individual lives as well as on our entire community.
We offer Need-based financial assistance
Our goal is to make music education accessible and to remove the financial barrier that may prevent students from participating. Therefore, we offer need-based financial aid to as many students as possible.
