Demystifying Classical Music

Have you ever attended a symphony concert feeling intimidated? Were you horrified you’d make a fool of yourself by clapping at the wrong time? Or maybe you purchased tickets to hear a complex Mahler symphony when you thought it was going to be a light Mozart concerto?

 

I gathered all of my knowledge as a Juilliard graduate, combined it with my life-long love affair with classical music, and tied it together with a shiny satin teal bow in a beautiful online package. 

 

In the 60 short-form, easy-to-digest videos, I speak to you casually from my Steinway Concert Grand, while sharing fun facts about composers you may not already know. 

 

Did you know why Haydn wrote The Surprise Symphony? I share that just before playing his Sonata in D Major. 

 

While Demystifying Classical Music is an online course, you'll feel like you've been enjoying a front seat right next to me at my piano. 

 

I'm obsessed with making classical music accessible to all, easy-to-understand, and supporting you in using classical music to enhance and enrich your life.

Interested in classical music, but technology isn't your thing? I've got you!

 

If you can watch a Netflix series, you can watch and easily navigate the videos in your Demystifying Classical Music hub. 

 

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In this fun, entertaining online course, you'll learn…

1. When to clap (and when NOT to clap) during all classical music concerts
2. How to identify classical music composers you prefer
3. How to tell the difference between a sonata and a symphony, a prelude and a fugue, a piano concerto and a symphony with a pianist. 
4. What all the fancy names of movements really mean
5. How to open up your ears so that music deeply reaches your heart
6. The basics of Baroque, Classic, Romantic and 20th Century periods

And…  

• The emotional component of music
• What to listen for – form vs. melody
• Concerto vs. Symphony vs. Sonata
• Understanding the importance of an opus
• Summary of periods of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th Century
• Short piano demos included in videos

What's Included in Demystifying Classical Music?
​(modules and music discussed and performed)

Module 0: Opening Your Heart To The Emotions of Music
Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Skulta
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​Module 1: Baroque 1600-1750
Bach, Scarlatti, Vivaldi

Module 2: Classical 1730 to 1820's
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven

Module 3: Romantic 1830 to early 1900's
Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Brahms, Tschaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin

Module 4: 1900 – present day
Debussy, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Zach-Gulaboff Davis

 

Demystifying Classical Music is a self-paced online course. There's no such thing as getting behind. You'll have access for life and can enjoy the videos at your leisure, and as frequently as you'd like!