Music Appreciation - WEA Sydney
Showing results for »
Music Appreciation
Music Appreciation Courses

Music Appreciation

Learn to love music from the Baroque to the Modern from Handel to Hendrix. Let WEA take you into the world of music to understand its beauty, rhythms and soul. You will find fun, enlightenment and fulfilment in the joy of music.


F2F ONL

Available Classes

$51 Limited inc GST

Music and Art at Christmas - Renaissance, Baroque, Classical

<p>The music and art created for the Christmas season during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods is some of the most beautiful and inspiring in Western Civilisation. This seasonal course

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$51 Limited inc GST

Gershwin - Journey to Rhapsody in Blue

<p>George Gershwin's first musical job was playing piano at a Catskills Mountains resort. His journey from these beginnings to Rhapsody in Blue is a fascinating one, and includes some great stories

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$209 Limited inc GST / $188

Chinese Music Appreciation

<p>Explore the history of Chinese music and its influence on Western/Australian music with a special treat of the teacher's live performance with the beautiful and evocative <em>erhu</em> - the two

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$252 Limited inc GST / $227

Born in the USA

<p>The mix of population in the USA is reflected in its music. Musicians born in the USA be they composers or performers will lead us into many different musical genres. Classical music is represented

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$252 Limited inc GST / $227

The French-Italian Musical Connection - Baroque to 20th Century

<p>The influence of Italian music on French music is both long-standing and well documented. Much of the music composed in France between the Baroque era and the 20th century shows this influence very

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$52 Limited inc GST

Souled Out - A Night of 60s Soul Music

<p>Soul Music developed during the American Civil Rights Movement. It was born from Gospel and Blues. It developed distinctive styles from 1956 until the 1970s Disco Movement. Tonight, we will see and

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$209 Limited inc GST / $188

Highlights from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

<p>The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's repertoire for 2024 is a treasure trove of wonderful music. This series looks at some of the bigger works, giving an in-depth analysis of each piece, the composer

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$136 Limited inc GST / $122

A Beginner's Guide to Opera

<p>Everything you always wanted to know about opera, but were too afraid to ask! Opera is a merging of many forms of art: music, literature, poetry, storytelling, dance, costumes, visual arts, and of

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$86 Limited inc GST / $77

The Life, Times and Music of George Harrison

<p>Geroge Harrison was overlooked in the Beatles. But during his time with them, he wrote some of the greatest songs ever written. We will look in depth at his music with The Beatles both with his own

...
F2F ONL

Available Classes

$43 Limited inc GST

Easter in Music And Art - Secular And Sacred

<p>Easter is the central celebration of the Christian Church and has inspired magnificent music and art through the centuries. Although primarily a religious festival, the Easter story has also

...