Gold LEAF Institute Course Catalogue

In-Person Class

Wednesdays

June 29 - Gustav Mahler and Franz Liszt, two Austro-Bohemian Composers:   Mahler Symphony #1,”Titan”, and Liszt, Tone Poem, “Les Preludes”

July 6 -   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Igor Stravinsky, two Russian Composers, teacher and pupil:  Rimsky-Korsakov tone poem,  “Scheherazade”  and “Russian Easter Overture”; Stravinsky, ballet suite, “L'Oiseau de Feu” (“Firebird”)

July 13 -  Dimitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian, two Russians censured by Joseph Stalin: Shostakovich, Symphony #5 and “Second Waltz Khachaturian” from the ballet “Spartacus and Phrygia”, Bacchanal & Adagio 

July 20 -  Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein, two American composers: Copeland, suite from ballet “Appalachian Spring” and  suite from ballet, “Billy the Kid”;  Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”.

July 27 -  Wolfgang A. Mozart and Karl Jenkins, two composers’ approaches to the requiem

Andy will draw on his musical background as an instrumentalist, band leader and conductor, but mostly on his lifelong love of music and his appreciation both for its complexity and its charm. Andy has studied music and theatre at Catholic University of America and at New York University.