B25: Understanding Symphonies - 3 units
Walter Ross              
Wed. 1:00–2:30 p.m. - Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19          
Meadows Presbyterian Church - Limit: 45

Walter Ross, Professor Emeritus of Music Composition and Theory at the UVa, has written over 150 compositions. Many of his 21 concertos have been published and recorded. His music has been performed in the United States and in over 40 foreign countries. In 1972 he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his Trombone Concerto No. 1.

The symphonies from Haydn and Mozart through Brahms and Tchaikovsky all have a similar structure.  This course will introduce you to a level of listening that will help you hear symphonic design in ways that will increase your appreciation of the great composers of the past.