Gotta Dance

Gotta Dance

Please Note: The class session originally scheduled for March 19th has been moved to March 12th (during the UA Spring Break) due to a conflict in the Professor’s schedule. The dates listed above are correct and there will be NO CLASS on March 19th. Come explore...
How Ansel Adams Came to Be the Photographer We Know

How Ansel Adams Came to Be the Photographer We Know

One of the most influential photographers of his generation, Ansel Adams is famous for his dramatic photographs of the American West. This course focuses on his early career and largely unknown early work. It will demonstrate how these early photographs are crucial to...
Localizing the Sacred: Medieval Christian Architecture and Art

Localizing the Sacred: Medieval Christian Architecture and Art

Saints and cult sites were central to religious practice in the Christian Middle Ages. This course examines four sites (Qalʿat Simʿān, Constantinople, Conques, and Chartres) to find evolving concepts of sanctity and forms of cultic practice in medieval sociopolitical...
The String Quartets of Beethoven

The String Quartets of Beethoven

This past year we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was one of the great masters of the Classical and Romantic eras in music, and aside from the symphony, no genre summarizes his achievement better than the string quartet. These...
Celebrating Tap! An American Art Form

Celebrating Tap! An American Art Form

Since it first appeared in the dance world, tap dancing immediately enchanted the public in North America, becoming a vital part of jazz music culture and broader mainstream musical culture. Its staccato and style are homegrown. Come explore the history and...
Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was both a beloved and rejected painter of the Baroque era. His paintings, which often included realistic figures, theatrical lighting, and dark, obscure settings activated a deep sense of spiritual contemplation for many....
Gotta Dance! Celebrating Musical Theatre Dance

Gotta Dance! Celebrating Musical Theatre Dance

Attend In Person OR Online Explore the history and significance of Musical Theatre Dance in the American Musical Theatre genre. Musical Theatre Dance has evolved through the years thanks to many significant choreographers. We will examine the work and style of many of...
J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello

J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello

Attend In Person OR Online This four-week course will explore the cello’s magnum opus, J. S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello. Through these six masterpieces we will discuss Bach’s life in the 1720s, analyze the compositional ingenuity, examine Baroque musical...
RE-RELEASE – Caravaggio

RE-RELEASE – Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was both a beloved and rejected painter of the Baroque era. His paintings, which often included realistic figures, theatrical lighting, and dark, obscure settings activated a deep sense of spiritual contemplation for many....
RE-RELEASE – Gotta Dance! Celebrating Musical Theatre Dance

RE-RELEASE – Gotta Dance! Celebrating Musical Theatre Dance

Explore the history and significance of Musical Theatre Dance in the American Musical Theatre genre. Musical Theatre Dance has evolved through the years thanks to many significant choreographers. We will examine the work and style of many of these influential...