Lunch and Learn! Series

Dr. Joseph Rohm

Dr. Rohm was educated at Florida State University. His degrees are in Composition and Music Theory having studied with John Boda and Carlisle Floyd. He has been in higher education for 37 years culminating in 33 years as Associate Professor, Department Chair and Interim Director of the School of Music at Florida International University, The State University in Miami, Florida. His teaching career has been mainly in the field of music theory while administrative experience was completed with the supervision of 60 full and part-time faculty for 3 years as Interim Director at FIU before retiring. His expertise stretches from Classical Music to Jazz, composition to music theory.

 

Wednesday 13, July 2011 – 11:30am    Tchaikovsky
His music criticized for being too Western and not Russian, as tuneful with a lack of depth of structure, this world beloved composer also attempted to overcome an identity crisis, a disastrous marriage and a long relationship with a wealthy patron of the arts. We will listen to his music and examine his curious life.

Wednesday 17, August 2011 – 11:30am   Gershwin
Was he a classical composer, jazz, or was he just "Tin Pan Alley." We'll discuss what jazz was and what reputation classical music had in America in the 1920's and 30's. We will examine Gershwin's great American classics of the 20th century, Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and his opera Porgy and Bess; a look at the life and times of this famous American pianist and composer.

Wednesday 14, September 2011 – 11:30am   The French Connection - Part I     Chopin
This great master of the piano made his mark in the aristocratic salons of early 19th century Paris. He created new musical forms for the piano and expanded the harmonic language of music. We'll explore his music, his one great romance and his friendships with other early 19th century Romantic composers and artists.

Wednesday 19, October 2011 – 11:30am   The French Connection - Part II     Liszt
This first great superstar of the early 19th century toured Europe tirelessly receiving unprecedented adulation. He was many people in one. He was spiritual and earthy, idealistic and insincere, egocentric and humble. But placed in front of the piano he became a flamboyant showman. Why was he called the "Paganini" of the piano? Why did this most passionate of all Wagnerites negate all personal contact with Wagner? Why was he drawn to religious study in Rome? Find out why the man is as contradictory as the musician.

Wednesday 16, November 2011 – 11:30am    The French Connection - Part III     Berlioz
To some historians, the essence of the Romantic movement centered around three people: a poet, a painter, and a musician. They were Victor Hugo, Eugene Delacroix, and Hector Berlioz. But Berlioz was the true romantic not only in his music but also in his life. Brilliant and witty music critic, composer and imaginative creator of new orchestral sounds, Berlioz was one of music's great innovators influencing a whole generation of musicians. He was the originator of the "program symphony' and the innovator of the "idee fixe." We will discuss his wild and passionate SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE and the romantic motivation behind it.

 

TICKETS: $29.00

 

Location:

Hannibals on the Square
511 W. New England Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Call FIPC Office: 407-645-2525

 

RSVP: the Friday before each luncheon

 

 

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