About the course

What can you hear when you listen to music? Why do some pieces pump you up while others make you cry? How can you describe these differences? Using words, shapes, and colors we'll explore how emotions are captured in melody, rhythm, and harmony.

Interpret music with a critical ear by learning the fundamental tenets of musicianship.

Project

Imaginative Interpretation

Course overview

Weekly Learning Plan Trailer

General Sounds/Affects Overview

Students will learn to differentiate sounds by listening and analysts

Happy/Joyous/Regal!

Students will learn to differentiate sounds by listening and analysts

Thoughtful/Sad/Refle ctive

Students will learn to differentiate sounds by listening and analysts

Serene

Students will learn to differentiate sounds by listening and analysts

Quiz

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Tags:

Classical Music
Emotions
Interpret
Listening Skills
Music

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Instructor

Liza W.

Classical Pianist and Music Educator

Liza Wu is a classical pianist and organist in Manhattan, performing regularly with NYC musicians, as well as internationally. She has been a long-time affiliate of many music organizations including the R. Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, Barnard College of Columbia University, NYU, the School for Strings, Avenues: The World School (NYC), Interlochen Arts Camps, studios of world-renowned vocalists Josephine Mongiardo, Harolyn Blackwell, and Catherine Malfitano, and most recently Gooroo.

(Past affiliations: Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Professional Perf Arts School, Westchester Cons, New York Youth Symph Singers, Columbia Artists' Theatricals, Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera & Orch, Concerts in Motion, 'Smash' (NBC).

(Cleve Inst of Mus, MM; Oberlin Cons, BM; Interlochen Art

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