Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Winter 2024
Music Appreciation
Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro in Concert Celebrated Italian pianist and composer Cristiana Pegoraro demonstrates her deep passion and enthusiasm for classical music in a format that combines live piano performances with stimulating conversation about the composers' lives, impact, and artistry. This program, entitled Music of Nature , will be a musical and poetic journey from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to Pegoraro’s original compositions and poems from her latest album, La Mia Umbria . The pieces celebrate the influence of the magic of nature and its sounds on the human connection to the universe’s harmony and balance.
CRISTIANA PEGORARO is an Italian pianist and composer. Called “an artist of the highest caliber” by the New York Times, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House and other international venues and has recorded many CDs. She regularly conducts master classes across the United States (including at the Juilliard School), and in Italy, Portugal and the Middle East. She is the author of a series of children’s books based on Italian operas. Thursday, March 7 • 7:00pm-8:30pm • Scarsdale Middle School • Course 12404 • $30 Through the Ages: A Survey of the History of Music Explore the evolution of music beginning with fourth century Gregorian chant and continuing through the dawn of thirteenth century polyphony, the Renaissance, glories of the baroque era, the eighteenth century classical period, the romantic age of the nineteenth century, and concluding with the exciting developments of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Please note that the last five minutes of class are for pack-up and movement between classes. This class is available in hybrid format; it meets in-person but is fully accessible to online participants. DONNA ELAINE serves as principal flute in the New Choral Society Orchestra, plays with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the Yonkers Philharmonic, and the Yonkers Pops Band, and teaches throughout the New York area. 16 Sessions, starting Wednesday, January 24 (no class 2/21, 4/24) • 7:00pm-8:00pm • Hoff-Barthelson Music School • Course 12429 • $710
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