Graham School WINTER Saturday Seminar

Late Romantics

Sat 10:00 am—04:00 pm, January 25, 2025
Deadline to
register online: December 27 at 5:00 PM CT
Location: IN PERSON at
University of Chicago Gleacher Center

The period from 1840 (Tchaikovsky’s birth) to World War I saw a seismic shift in the agendas and techniques of Romantic composers. Syllabus

Graham School WINTER 8-Week Classes

Note: Tuesday classes are ONLINE. Thursday classes are IN PERSON. (Reversing the trend from recent semesters.)

Shostakovich

Tuesdays 10:00 am—12:30 pm, January 7-February 25, 2025
Deadline to
register online: Friday, December 27 at 5PM CT
Location: ONLINE

A remarkable prodigy who astonished the musical world with his First Symphony at age 19, Dmitri Shostakovich lived and composed in the Soviet Union under Stalin—a time of political tumult and danger. He developed a paradoxical style characterized by searing emotional intensity combined with overt and covert political content. Today, critics and audiences increasingly recognize Shostakovich as the greatest existential composer of the twentieth century. This class will place his music in context through analysis and listening and survey relevant personal, literary, and journalistic sources. Syllabus

The Poet Speaks: Chamber Music in the Romantic Era

Thursdays 10:00 am—12:30 pm, January 9-February 27, 2025
Deadline to
register online: December 27, 2024 at 5PM CT
Location: IN PERSON at the Gleacher Center, Downtown Chicago

From Beethoven's "Distant Beloved" to the Debussy’s String Quartet the romantic era offers a luxurious array of musical riches. This course offers listening, live performance, and in-class analysis. Syllabus

Coming in Spring 2025 - Graham School Classes

Wagner’s Ring
Tuesday mornings, ONLINE, starts March 25. (Deadline to register online: February 18.)

Crisis and Conscience: The Twentieth Century from Mahler to Shostakovich Thursday mornings, IN PERSON in downtown Chicago, starts March 27. (Deadline to register online: February 18.)

Music’s Miraculous Era: Haydn’s London and Schubert’s Vienna
1-day Saturday class, IN PERSON in downtown Chicago, April 26. (Deadline to register online: April 22.)

Winter Online Registration Deadline: Friday, Decenber 27 at 5:00 PM

Too Late to Register Online? Please call 773-702-7249 to register. If space is available, you’ll be able to sign up!

Graham School COVID-19 policies:

For up-to-date guidance including vaccine requirements, please visit goforward.uchicago.edu/education-planning/.

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