A Short 4 week course on contemporary music from 1900 to the present day
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An Annual Subscription
Gives you access to all videos, resources live and recorded courses on the site for 12 months from the date of purchase.
Courses: Live courses (on ZOOM) are held 3 times a year - in September, January and June. Each course consists of six, 90 minute sessions held on a Wednesday evening at 7.30pm (UK time). The sessions are recorded and edited into a video which is uploaded to the site, usually within a week. If you miss a session, you will be able to catch up by watching the recorded video in your own time. Some people prefer not to attend the LIVE sessions and just watch the recorded videos.
Videos: The Thinking Arts website has a growing catalogue of videos (currently 50+) which you will be able to access at any time. The videos are usually about 90 minutes long and cover a wide range of subjects - music history, chamber music, vocal music, the concerto, the symphony, contemporary music and many more.
Week 1: After Tristan, where to next. Schoenberg, Webern and Berg
Week 2:The 2nd Viennese school
Week 3: Bartok, Shostakovich and Stravinsky
Week 4: Aleatoric Music, John Cage and Electroacoustic Music
