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Wednesday Jul 12
6:30 PM

Fresh Look Class 1: Setting the Stage

We begin by asking the big questions: how is an orchestra put together? What is the overall role of the conductor? What impact does the conductor have on a performance? What do the various sections of the orchestra sound like? We’ll cover this, and more, together with plenty of musical (and visual) examples.

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Wednesday Jul 19
6:30 PM

Fresh Look Class 2: The Revolutionaries

They were a group of composers who took the orchestra and its music to unprecedented heights. Haydn and Mozart gifted posterity with their glorious symphonies, concertos, overtures, and other orchestral works. Then along came Ludwig van Beethoven and nothing would ever again be the same. We’ll find out about these critical figures—along with recently rediscovered

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Wednesday Jul 26
6:30 PM

Fresh Look Class 3: The Heroes

The Romantics, individuals all, heroes all, Artists with a Capital A. Schubert, Schumann (both Clara and Robert), Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, and more. They expanded and amplified the orchestra, re-thought how it sounds, and gave us a vast heritage of music that to this day forms the backbone of the orchestral repertory.

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Wednesday Aug 2
6:30 PM

Fresh Look Class 4: The Pathfinders

Starting with the 20th century, far-thinking artists stretched the boundaries even more. We’ll examine such innovators as Mahler, Debussy, and Bartók, along with more recent enlightenings that have illuminated formerly marginalized creators—women and minorities—who are now receiving their proper due. This class will conclude with a special treat: a performance by musicians of the California Symphony.

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