The Story of Music

Class Platform: Paradise Campus

Day/Time: Wednesday, 11 AM - 12:45 PM, February 3 - April 14, *10 week class*

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Class Description: The Story of Music is a survey course designed to familiarize you with the history of classical music from the medieval era to the present day. Video presentations produced by the BBC and narrated by composer and musicologist Howard Goodall trace the ongoing progression of musical expression in Western culture. Explore major musical style periods with additional commentary and musical examples appropriate to each era. Information regarding musical notation, musical tuning, the history of the piano, and the story of opera will round out our study.

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Instructor Biographies: Philip Koslow earned a bachelor of music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and pursued graduate work at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna. He served as French hornist in the Richmond Symphony for 23 seasons prior to his second career as an orchestra administrator in Florida, Alaska, and Nevada. He served as executive director of the Las Vegas Philharmonic from 2003-2009.