The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Adult (Ages 16+) | This program is completed
The Russians Are Coming; The Russians Are Coming! This class will meet for four weeks. During each two-hour session, we will examine the lives and music of four Russian composers--who lived and worked primarily during the 20th century: Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich. Each class lecture will incorporate the history of the times, including the Russian Revolution and the Stalin era. Through class lectures, timelines, handouts for home reading, and recordings of the composers' music, we will gain insight into the musical styles of each composer; the complex lives they lived; and the political difficulties and occasional dangers that each encountered.
With Music Educator Dotty Burstein
- This class is open to ages 16 and up. Class will take place in the Shaira Ali Gallery at Arlington Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor, 20 Academy Street, Arlington, MA.
- No supplies are needed but you may want writing materials to take notes.
Dotty Burstein
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Dotty Burstein has had a lifelong interest in the intersection of composers' lives and their music. As such she has developed classes for exploring the music of composers from the Classical and Romantic eras, first at the Tufts Lifelong Learning Institute and most recently at Arlington Center for the Arts. During her musical training, Dotty was inducted into the honorary music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota, studied with the composer Edwin Gerschefski and the pianist Edward Kilenyi, and played piano in a trio that included her cellist friend and her violinist sister. Today, Dotty continues to enjoy attending concerts and recitals and encouraging others to find joy and inspiration in music.