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Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society

This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory

19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer, Wagner, & Verdi

Travel through central Europe in the 1800s to experience the premieres of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots

Music and Social Action

What is a musician’s response to the condition of the world? Do musicians have an

Roman Architecture

Roman Architecture is a course for people who love to travel and want to discover

First Nights – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century

Six years after the premiere of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony, composer Hector Berlioz sought to

First Nights – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna in 1824, and continues to be one

Hollywood: History, Industry, Art

In this course you will learn about Hollywood and how it came to be the

First Nights – Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots

Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris in 1913, sparking a riot and

Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology

Where is Giza? How were the Pyramids built? How did the cemeteries and hundreds of

First Nights – Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera

Claudio Monteverdi’s L ‘Orfeo premiered in Mantua in 1607, and continues to be regarded as

The Architectural Imagination

Architecture engages a culture’s deepest social values and expresses them in material, aesthetic form. This

Introduction to German Opera

Want to listen to an opera for the first time? Have you been listening to

Introduction to Italian Opera

Want to listen to an opera for the first time? Have you been listening to

Exposing Digital Photography

This course explores the artistic aspects, scientific foundations, and techniques of digital photography with the

Introduction to Classical Music

Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the

Age of Cathedrals

An introduction to some of the most astonishing architectural monuments the world has ever known—Gothic

Reinventing the Piano

The piano remains one of the great achievements of musical instrument design and has long

18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart

In this breathtaking course, you’ll get to know the music of two beautiful operas —

First Nights – Handel’s Messiah and Baroque Oratorio

While Italian opera set the standard in the Baroque era, German composer George Frederic Handel