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UMKC ★  Arts & Culture, Community Education, Training & Professional Development

Cockefair Course: The Music of J.S. Bach

Owen Belcher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UMKC Conservatory will focus especially on Bach’s music for keyboard instruments, such as the clavier, harpsichord, and organ, and for choir and orchestra, such as the cantatas and passions.

recurring: Tuesdays, 1:00 – 2:30pm. November 5, 12, and 19
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Cockefair Course: The Music of J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

The Cockefair Chair and members of the talented faculty at UMKC deliver short, engaging courses on national issues, Kansas City history and current events and literature and the arts. Join in to experience thoughtful analysis on a variety of subjects.

In this survey of the music of J.S. Bach, participants will learn about common formal and tonal paradigms and genres, along with exploring the role of Bach’s music in Western music history, as well as Bach’s life and working conditions. Through this course, participants will gain a better understanding of what to listen for in Baroque music, as well as a fuller appreciation of the myriad differences between music and musicians in the 18th century versus today.

Impact

The Cockefair Chair was established in 1964 to honor Carolyn Benton Cockefair, an exceptional teacher who devoted her life to education. The chair’s activities continue as a monument to Mrs. Cockefair’s belief that a community needs “open and responsive minds” if it is to be politically and socially healthy, and serves those goals by bringing scholars, writers and public intellectuals to UMKC in a continuing education program. A brief sampling of outstanding scholars brought by the Cockefair Chair to UMKC include Norman Cousins, Carlos Fuentes, Molly Ivins, Tony Kushner, Rick Steves, Judith Martin (“Ms. Manners”), John Updike and Robert Massie.
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Continuing Education, Education, Speakers & Lecture Series, UMKC School Of Humanities And Social Sciences

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recurring

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Matt McLain, Manager of Special Events and Engagement
  mattmclain@umkc.edu
  (816) 235-5772

Location

  5115 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112, USA

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