Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2024
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. 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. Music of Nature: Thursday, March 7 • 7:00pm-8:30pm • Scarsdale Middle School • Course 12404 • $30 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. Piano’s Greatest Hits: Tuesday, April 30 • 6:30pm-8:00pm • Scarsdale Middle School • Course 12603 • $30 This program, entitled Piano's Greatest Hits, will feature the most famous classical pieces by the greatest composers including Mozart's Turkish March, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise, Chopin's Preludes, Schubert's Serenade, Brahms's Waltz, Schumann's Traumerei, Saint-Saens's The Swan, as well as Pegoraro’s original compositions and poems.
Walking Tour: Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature at the Morgan Library and Museum Creator of unforgettable animal characters like Peter Rabbit, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the beloved children’s book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) rooted her fiction in the natural world. Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature (February 23, 2024 through June 9, 2024) reunites her artwork, books, manuscripts, and artifacts from multiple institutions in the United Kingdom with the Morgan Library’s exceptional collection of her picture letters. Together, these objects trace how Potter’s innovative blend of scientific observation and imaginative storytelling shaped some of the world’s most popular children’s books.
HELEN LEE is an independent art educator, conducting research and crafting personal, customizable, in-person and virtual gallery experiences for adults and children at several museums. She studied art history as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with areas of concentration in Asian Art and Modern Art. Thursday, March 21 • 1:30pm-3:00pm • Morgan Library and Museum • Course 12423 • $80
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