Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Even people who think they don’t know any classical music would still have to admit that the opening of Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5 sounds familiar. They’d say the same thing about Bizet’s bullfighter music from Carmen and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Speaking of weddings, there’s Pachelbel’s Canon. One might not know his name, but the music instantly rings bells. Classical music historian and frequent public speaker Betsy Schwarm brings her user-friendly approach to famous pieces of classical music that are still resoundingly popular today. How did these works come to be written? Let’s find out together!