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Discover the rich traditions of classical music in NYC with world-class instruction in piano, violin, and orchestral instruments, and gain a deeper understanding of composers from Bach to Beethoven.

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Masterworks of Chamber Music: In Classroom & In Concert

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

This unique course explores specific masterworks in preparation for hearing those same works performed by world-class artists in the 92Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall this season. We look at the works at a broad range of composers—Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Poulenc, Kurt Weill, Thomas Ades—through an in-depth musical, biographical and historical lens. The class sessions are complete unto themselves, so the student...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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$388

11 sessions

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Variations on Classical Music: Interactive History

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Variations on Classical Music: Interactive History and Performance Sound its depths with us on a brilliantly curated guided tour through several essential works and concepts with award-winning master Croatian pianist Javor Bracic—a dynamic rising star and brilliant teacher praised by New York Concert Review for his “deep genuine musicianship and an outstanding technique.” Presented as a unique combination of live performance and...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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$120

3 sessions

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Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

When Anton Diabelli published Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations in June 1823, he included an introductory note that read in part:  “We present here to the world Variations of no ordinary type, but a great and important masterpiece worthy to be ranked with the imperishable creations of the old Classics—such a work as only Beethoven, the greatest living representative of true art—can produce. The most original structures and ideas, the...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Schubert, Barber, and the String Quartet

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Full Course Name: Schubert, Barber, and the String Quartet: Death and the Maiden and the Adagio for Strings Schubert’s greatest and most popular string quartet is one of the essential works of the string quartet repertory. Named for the main theme of the second movement, which Schubert based on a song he had written in 1817, the quartet was composed in 1824, not long after Schubert was diagnosed with an illness that would eventually prove fatal. ...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Classical Guitar II: Near Beginners

New York City Guitar School @ 251 West 30th St, New York, NY

Learn to play classical guitar with confidence and competence. This class will begin with a thorough review of fundamental classical guitar technique and notes on the fretboard from 1st to 4th strings and proceed from there. Topics will include reading music, arpeggio patterns, scales, melodies, and chords. A copy of the course text, Aaron Shearer: Classic Guitar Technique, Volume 1 is included in the tuition fee. All materials provided. Guitars...

(60) Beginner 18 and older
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$349

10 sessions

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Classical Guitar I: Absolute Beginners

New York City Guitar School @ 251 West 30th St, New York, NY

Learn to play classical guitar with confidence and competence. The class will introduce the rudiments of classical guitar technique while emphasizing its application to practical musical situations. Topics will include reading music, arpeggio patterns, scales, melodies, and chords. A copy of the course text, Aaron Shearer: Classic Guitar Technique, Volume 1 is included in the tuition fee. Note: All materials provided. Guitars available for use...

(60) Beginner 18 and older
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$349

9 sessions

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Musical Analysis II: Classical Masters

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Musical Analysis II: Classical Masters — Satie and His Colleagues This course is designed to have a revolving curriculum, where each semester we take on the work of one composer and explore it through in-depth melodic, harmonic and formal analysis. This semester we continue our exploration of early twentieth-century French music of, or influenced by, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Please note:  This is not a Music Appreciation...

(1062) Intermediate 18 and older
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$400

10 sessions

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Let’s Talk About Art: Self-Portraiture

92nd Street Y

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. ___________ Self-portraits have long been utilized by the most important artists to communicate ideas such as status, place or time and influence just how we perceive them. These...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Jessica Maier: Rome: Reinvention and the Eternal City

92nd Street Y

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ Rome is one of the most captivating cities in the world, a magnet for pilgrims and tourists, poets and artists, almost since the time of its founding more than 2500 years ago. A good part of its mystique lies in its unbroken history—the countless incarnations and eras that merge in the cityscape. No other...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Aaron Copland and the Great Depression

92nd Street Y

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ The 1929 stock market crash and the financial collapse that followed marked the end of the 1920’s and the optimistic Jazz Age. Copland’s style during the first half of the 1930’s leaves overt elements of jazz behind, and moves between a deeply expressive austerity, as reflected in his pointedly political ...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Aaron Copland and the Sound of America, Part I

92nd Street Y

Aaron Copland and the Sound of America, Part I, 1938-1939 By the latter half of the 1930’s, Copland was concerned that, in his words, “…the conventional concert public was apathetic or indifferent to anything but the established classics,” and that “…we composers were in danger of working in a vacuum.” He makes the conscious decision to try to reach that broader audience by exploring a new “imposed simplicity” in his music—saying...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Aaron Copland and the Sound of America, Part II

92nd Street Y

Aaron Copland and the Sound of America, Part II, 1940-1942 Following Copland down his path of a new “imposed simplicity” in his music and exploring collaborations with artists in other mediums, we explore two pieces from the early 1940s: his stunningly beautiful and moving urban nightscape, Quiet City (1940), drawn from the music composed for a play that was produced by the legendary Group Theater; and the brilliant, popular score...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Charles Renfro: The Future of Cities

92nd Street Y

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. After the event, you will have exclusive access to view the program again at any time. ___________ Join Charles Renfro, partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, for a fascinating discussion with Zeitguide founder Brad Grossman about how public and private spaces are changing in 2020—and where they might go next. ...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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The History of American Protest

92nd Street Y

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ Join renowned civil rights activist, scholar and writer Mary Frances Berry for a fascinating look at America’s rich and complex history of protest and resistance. Drawing from her own experiences from six decades of activism and in five presidential administrations, Berry contends that resistance movements...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Claudia Nahson: Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich

92nd Street Y

Claudia Nahson: Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ Originally curated and on view during centennial years of a remarkable yet short-lived art school in Vitebsk, Claudia J. Nahson, Morris & Eva Feld Senior Curator at the Jewish Museum, discusses Chagall, Lissitzky,...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Jerry Herman

92nd Street Y

Jerry Herman Online Class with Harvey Granat and guests Laurence Maslon and Jason Danieley This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ Jerry Herman electrified Broadway with Mame, Milk and Honey and Mack and Mabel in addition to winning two Tony Awards for Hello Dolly and La Cage Aux Folles. A lifetime...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Vernon Duke

92nd Street Y

Vernon Duke: Online Class with Harvey Granat and guests Will Friedwald and KT Sullivan This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program ___________ We know this Vernon Duke through some of his greatest hits like: April in Paris, Taking a Chance on Love, I Can’t Get Started, Autumn in New York and a slew of others. He wrote for Broadway...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Sonidos del Tango

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Students attending this class will learn tango styles ranging from classical to contemporary while utilizing elements of improvisation. Explore the exciting rhythms, melodies, and styles of the music of Argentina. Best suited for instrumentalists at intermediate or higher levels.

All levels 18 and older
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Classical Theory & Ear Training Level I

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Students attending this class will learn the fundamentals of music. Level 1 is open to those who have completed each previous course. What you will learn in this accessible class will complement the music that you play! Note: Requires a post-registration placement audition or assessment.

Beginner 18 and older
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Classical Theory & Ear Training Level II

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Students attending this class will learn the fundamentals of music. Level 2 is open to those who have completed each previous course. What you will learn in this accessible class will complement the music that you play! Note: Requires a post-registration placement audition or assessment.

Intermediate 18 and older
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