1996-1997 PROGRAM
HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF JAZZ, POPULAR & CLASSICAL MUSIC
Sept. 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, 1996 - Group Lecture Fee: $35
This course of 6 lectures examines the historical foundation of jazz, popular and classical music focusing on a collection of musicians who have made decisive contributions to the period of music in which they wrote and performed. Subjects include: the nature of popular song - the music of Stephen Foster and George Gershwin; the Classical era - the music of Mozart and Haydn; the Big Band era - the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie; the music of the Beatles; late-romanticism and the music of Wagner and Brahms; and Cool Jazz and the music of Miles Davis.
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, 1997 - Course Fee: $25
This course of 4 lectures will discuss current concerns for our community, linking the present to the future, and exploring the possibilities as to whether or not there are community solutions through different future scenarios. Subjects include: why should mature citizens be concerned with the future and do we believe in inevitable progress, and four scenarios for the future; how are environment and economy are linked in our present and future; assumptions of the modern capitalist economy, present reality and pressure on the educational system; and the End of Nation (Berlin Wall et al), the 20th Century, politics and the future.
TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS IN THE COLLINGWOOD AREA
April 4, 11, 18, 25, 1997 - Course Fee: $25
This course of 4 lectures examines the history of the Collingwood area and the lifestyle of the people who preceded Europeans to this area. Subjects include: an overview of the four periods of the Ontario postglacial periods and evidence of early human occupation of the Beaver Valley, the Niagara Escarpment and the Collingwood area; area inhabitants from the post-glacial period through the "Nation du Petun" (Tobacco Nation) or Wyandot, the arrival of the French, to the Ojibwa occupation and evidence of human adaptation to changes in climate and environment; European settlement by the Scots, German, Irish and English, railway promotion and first area industries; and Indian myth and magic in the Blue Mountain area as recorded by the Jesuits.
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