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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-09-2024 to 05-09-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineFor more than 50 years, Julliard-trained composer Peter Schickele assumed the mantle of P.D.Q. Bach, a forgotten and musically incompetent son of the great Johann Sebastian Bach. Both onstage and on many records, Schickele created wonderful parodies of classical music. The jokes Schickele created drew widely on classical music and satirized musicology... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-13-2024 to 05-13-2024Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Seth Kibel and FriendsTerm: 2024-2Location: F. Scott Fitzgerald TheaterSummer is just around the corner! Join us to kick off the new term with a bang! Join Seth Kibel and Friends for a whirlwind tour of music from Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. This musical journey will set your toes tapping and your spirits flying! Doors open at 12:30 pm. This event is sponsored by AARP Maryland with... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-15-2024 to 05-15-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThere is no doubt that Irving Berlin’s life and career is the quintessential immigrant story. Arriving from a foreign land as a small child with nothing, he channeled his talent, ambition and hard work to become the standard bearer of American culture. Come hear a great story, as Julie Kurzava shares the history and music of Irving Berlin’s... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-22-2024 to 05-22-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis singer/songwriter icon introduced the Caribbean music known as Calypso to the U.S. and went on to become an ardent activist for Civil Rights. From the front line of music fame to the front line of marches and protests, Belafonte was an intense entertainer and leader. We will explore some of the many interesting facets of this complex man, who died at... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-04-2024 to 06-04-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Ernest Liotti, Faculty, Peabody InstituteTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineExplore the music world of Leonard Bernstein through his works for the stage. We’ll begin with his first collaboration with choreographer Jerome Robbins, the ballet “Fancy Free” - the inspiration for Bernstein’s first hit show “On the Town”, and then the lesser known “Peter Pan”. We'll move on to such greats as “Wonderful Town”,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-12-2024 to 06-12-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineWagner’s Ring Cycle is often seen as a long, dull tale set in a world of German mythology. The Ring has always had its devoted followers (the instructor included) who find it a fascinating work telling a profoundly moving human story. This class will provide information needed to appreciate the Ring, including its sources, its use of interrelated musical... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-18-2024 to 06-18-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Steven Friedman, Music HistorianTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineHow could the guy who wrote pop hits such as "Witchcraft" morph into one of the greatest musical theater composers and win "Best Musical" three years in a row? Not even Sondheim ever did that! From "Sweet Charity" to the "Will Rogers Follies," come enjoy a style and the music that you will sing all... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-26-2024 to 06-26-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreFrom the mid-1950s through the present, his influence continues to shape Rock music like no one else on many different levels. He introduced flamboyance and glamour to the genre and the screaming of "Wooo," which permeates the songs of the Beatles and the Beach Boys and many others. Definitely a one-of-a-kind entertainer and certainly one of the wildest... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-11-2024 to 07-11-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Seth Kibel, Musician and ComposerTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreHear about the life, career and music of a unique artist, Louis Armstrong. Satchmo played a pivotal role in the transformation of jazz from a niche genre into American popular music. Follow his childhood in New Orleans to his formative years in Chicago and his eventual rise to international superstardom. Recordings, video excerpts and live performances from... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-17-2024 to 07-17-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Dan Sherman, PhDTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineBorn into the Russian aristocracy, Sergei Rachmaninoff quickly showed gifts as a composer and as a pianist. He went on to a spectacular international career, often performing his own works, including piano concertos that are frequently performed today. This class will review Rachmaninoff’s life and career, demonstrating the range and richness of his work... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-06-2024 to 08-06-2024Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PMInstructor: Julie Kurzava, Faculty, Loyola UniversityTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis famous avant garde composer was forced by the Nazis to relocate to New York City in 1933. There, Weill reinvented himself as a Broadway composer, working in a new style, a new language and with new collaborators. amous pieces include "Threepenny Opera", "Lady in the Dark", "Lost in the Stars", "Street... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-07-2024 to 08-07-2024Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PMInstructor: Kim Levone, Producer, and CastTerm: 2024-2Location: Oasis at the Macys Home StoreBack by popular demand. We're turning Oasis into a comedy club, again! Comedy as a Second Language is a live, interactive comedy show featuring the stand-up comedy of immigrant and 1st generation performers. Audiences love this show! Lots of fun with our comics as they share stories and jokes about their lives, families and their relationship with their... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-15-2024 to 08-15-2024Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PMInstructor: Daryl Davis, MusicianTerm: 2024-2Location: Hybrid - At Oasis and OnlineThis class will go down Memory Lane and learn about two female singing titans of Popular American Classic Songs. Connie Francis and Brenda Lee emoting voices are forever imprinted in your musical memories from your teenage years to your present age. We'll learn about their beginnings and their rise to fame while enjoying their music we've always... read more