Course Catalog

History and literature courses require students to purchase of a book (almost always well under $20 on Amazon).   Music appreciation courses do not require a book (although one is suggested for the course on Beethoven).  See the homepage of each course's website for a link to the book.


Regular History Courses:

    The Road to Civil War: The Turbulent 1850s  (8 sessions)

    The Southern Home Front During the U.S. Civil War  (8 sessions)

    Prelude to the Enlightenment: The 17th Century Philosophers  (6 sessions)

    The Enlightenment: The Origins of the Modern Political World  (8 sessions)  


Classical Music Appreciation Courses:

    Music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Early Baroque Era (c. 400 - 1700)  (4 sessions)

    The Music of the Late Baroque Masters  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach and His Sons  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Joseph Haydn  (4 sessions)

    The Piano Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (4 sessions)   

    Beethoven:  The Man, his Music, and his Times  (6 sessions)

    Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas  (4 sessions)  

    The Music of Franz Schubert  (4 sessions)

    Piano Composers of the Early Romantic Era  (6 sessions)

    The Music of Robert and Clara Schumann  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Frédéric Chopin  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Felix Mendelssohn  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Franz Liszt  (4 sessions)

    The Music of Johannes Brahms  (4 sessions)

    The Orchestra Music of Late German Romanticism  (Bruckner, Mahler & Strauss)  (4 sessions)

    The Scandinavian Romantics: Edvard Greig & Jean Sibelius  (4 sessions)

    19th Century Russian Classical Music  (? sessions) 

    The Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (4 sessions)

    Classical Music of the United States to World War II  (6 sessions)

    Classical Piano Music of the Early 20th Century  (6 sessions)


Jazz Appreciation Courses:

    The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn  (6 sessions)

    The Musical Innovations of Miles Davis  (6 sessions)

    Women Instrumentalists of Jazz  (6 sessions)

    Hard Bopping with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers  (5 sessions)  


Literature Appreciation Courses

    Reading Sherlock Holmes  (4 sessions)  Coming in March 2019! 

    Reading Edgar Allan Poe  (3 sessions)  Coming in November 2019!