Cost and Registration Information
Early Registration Price (August 7 at 10 am – August 31 at 4 pm): $265
Regular Registration Price (August 31 at 4 pm – first day of class): $291.5
Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.
Mark your Calendar!
The Newberry Bookstore will re-open on August 14, and you will once again be able to find most of your assigned books for sale there.
Seminar Description
Chamber music is perceived by some as a stuffy, high-brow, and rarified form of classical music, even while, historically, string quartets were composed for amateurs, to play in the home. Today, professionals perform chamber music in concert halls all over the world, and the genre has long been mainstream. We will explore the richness of the chamber music repertoire from Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn, to Brahms, Dvorak, Bartok, and Shostakovich. Particular interpretations by certain musicians will also be critically examined.
Eight sessions. E - $265, L - $291.50
Well-known for more than four decades for her preconcert lectures and classes on symphonic and chamber music, Stephanie Ettelson brings to the art of listening a unique perspective that has been shaped by her experience as an orchestral and chamber music violinist, arts writer, and music educator.
Materials List
Required:
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There are no required materials for this class.
First Reading:
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For the first class, please listen to Haydn string quartets ("Sun"), Op. 20.
This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.