Courses

To see a complete list of courses offered and their descriptions, visit the online course catalog. The courses listed below are provided by the JHU Public Course Search. This listing provides a snapshot of immediately available courses and may not be complete.

Course registration information can be found on the Student Information Services (SIS) website.

Hopkins Art Groups

All music ensembles in Homewood Arts Programs count toward the performance requirement for the minor.

Course # (Section)	Title	Day/Times	Instructor	Location	Term	Additional Details
AS.376.111 (01)	Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship	MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Perry, Lisa Marie	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: This course introduces written and aural music fundamentals including notation, scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, meter and sight-singing. Students will compose melodies and short pieces and complete listening projects. Course does not count towards the completion of the minor. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 1/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.111 (02)	Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Ahn, Heather Hyoeun	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: This course introduces written and aural music fundamentals including notation, scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, meter and sight-singing. Students will compose melodies and short pieces and complete listening projects. Course does not count towards the completion of the minor. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 1/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.211 (01)	Music Theory I	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Prescott, Jordan	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: Introduction to basic principles of tonal music through listening, analysis and music making. Students study melody, harmony, voice leading, figured bass and dissonance treatment, and will also undertake short composition projects. Must have taken the qualifying examination or AS.376.111. Recommended to be taken concurrently with AS.376.221. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.211 (02)	Music Theory I	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Fishbein, Joshua Henry	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: Introduction to basic principles of tonal music through listening, analysis and music making. Students study melody, harmony, voice leading, figured bass and dissonance treatment, and will also undertake short composition projects. Must have taken the qualifying examination or AS.376.111. Recommended to be taken concurrently with AS.376.221. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 11/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.212 (01)	Music Theory II	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Rickelton, Michael T	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: This course continues the aural and written work of the previous course, but focuses on chromatic harmony while continuing the study of melody, counterpoint, and figured bass. Prerequisite: Music Theory I. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.221 (01)	Musicianship I	TTh 1:30PM - 2:20PM	Fishbein, Joshua Henry	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: An introduction to basic musicianship skills. The course is divided into performance skills (sight singing, rhythm reading, basic piano, and improvisation) and aural skills (recognition of pitch, chords, rhythms, melodies, and other musical structures). Topics include major and minor keys and simple time signatures. Emphasis is placed on developing effective practice techniques. Pre-requisite: AS.376.111 (Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship) or placement exam. Credits: 2.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.222 (01)	Musicianship II	TTh 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Fishbein, Joshua Henry	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: A continuation of the skills developed Musicianship I. The course is divided into performance skills (sight singing, rhythm reading, basic piano, and improvisation) and aural skills (recognition of pitch, chords, rhythms, melodies, and other musical structures). Topics include minor keys, chromatic melody and harmony, compound time signatures, and syncopation). As in Musicianship I, emphasis is placed on developing effective practice techniques. Pre-requisite: AS.376.221 (Musicianship I) or placement exam. Credits: 2.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.231 (01)	Western Classical Music	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Ahn, Suhnne	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: This course offers an introduction to music of the Western “classical” tradition through the study of a select number of works written over the course of the last four hundred years. In examining these musical works, all of which were remarkable for their time and which many still value today, we will consider their identity both as timeless aesthetic objects and as particular moments in cultural history. We will frame our work within the historical, philosophical, and political contexts of the time, and more recent critical assessments will help us evaluate the circumstances that have shaped reception of this repertoire over the past four centuries. In addition to the works and composers treated in our textbook, we will supplement our study throughout the semester with a consideration of the lives and works of individuals whose stories are less well-known. Ultimately, we will work to understand the particular challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities related to continued engagement with so-called “classical” music in the 21st century. Close attention is given to techniques of musical listening, and to details of first performances, with a consideration of the problems involved in assembling such a picture. No previous knowledge of musical notation or terminology is required. 3 credits. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/24 Tags: n/a
AS.376.242 (01)	History of Rock and Roll	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Rickelton, Michael T	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: A survey of the stylistic features and social contexts of American popular music since the 1950s. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 15/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.244 (01)	Electronic Music Production	W 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Sale, James Townsend	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: Students will be introduced to electronic music production techniques and software, and how both can be used to produce a wide range of genre specific results. Skills such as beat matching, intricate use of quantization, virtual instrument editing, automation, sampling, mixing, mastering, effect usage and use of plugins will be explored. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/19 Tags: n/a
AS.376.250 (01)	Introduction to Computer Music	MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Burt, Samuel B	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: Introduction to Computer Music is an opportunity for people with no specialized training in music to explore electronic art music as a long-standing, if obscure, body of art, then to participate in creative work in the style. Participants will gain a heuristic understanding of forms of musical composition that operate outside the conventions of regular rhythm and harmony as they record and manipulate sound to sculpt it into original musical works. The lecture portion combines an historical overview of electronic music, rudiments of acoustics and musical perception, and instruction in compositional techniques and in using computers as creative musical tools. The laboratory portion, given at the Digital Media Center, serves as a workshop for creative exploration and for the completion of assigned creative projects including original works of digital sound art. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 4/11 Tags: n/a
AS.376.252 (01)	Jazz History	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Sims, Ian K	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: The primary focus of this course is a survey, investigation, and study of jazz music and how it shaped American history from its origins to current times. Upon completion of this course students will be able to: discuss why jazz is important, both musically and culturally; learn the nuances of a new art form; demonstrate that jazz is a huge part of American heritage; explore parallels between jazz and both American and world history; and become a receptive and knowledgeable audience for jazz. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.260 (01)	Forensic Musicology and Artificial Intelligence	M 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Wang, Derrick	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: Or...When Pop Stars Get Sued... - Is your favorite pop song just a copy of another song? Can you prove it? In this course, students will learn, play, and discuss the music that has sparked landmark legal disputes—all while analyzing the wide range of musical theories (both traditional and unconventional) used on different sides. Topics may include (but are not limited to) Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé [Knowles], and the future of artificial intelligence. Bring your curiosity, your instrument (if you have one), and your karaoke voice, and let’s learn forensic musicology. (No formal musical training required.) Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 3/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.299 (01)	Advanced Chamber Music	Th 3:30PM - 4:30PM	Yoo, Shirley S	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: The study and performance of instrumental chamber music, by audition/permission of instructor only. Sight-reading skills will be evaluated. This course is one credit, will meet for one hour once a week, and has a final performance at the end of the semester. Pre-formed groups preferred, but single auditions accepted with the understanding that a group may not be readily formed for registration. Credits: 1.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 0/10 Tags: n/a
AS.376.321 (01)	From Stravinsky to Streaming: A Century of Musical Innovation	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Rickelton, Michael T	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: This course is a study of the major compositional trends of Western music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Our study will include evolutionary and revolutionary approaches to music composition and aesthetics in works after 1914 with an emphasis on music from 1950 to the present. The process of discovery will include both historical and theoretical approaches, with an emphasis on developing styles and techniques of music composition and their historical and social contexts. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 12/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.334 (01)	World Music & Cultures	F 9:00AM - 11:30AM	Mahinka, Janice	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: The general purpose of this course is to introduce students to the scholarly study of traditional, popular, and classical music from around the world through reading, discussion, close listening of recordings, and observation of ethnographic and commercial films. We will be primarily concerned with using music as a lens through which to better understand cultural concepts including diaspora, religion, colonialism, creolization, and tradition. Area case studies will include India, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 9/12 Tags: n/a
AS.376.336 (01)	Beethoven and the Transformation of Musical Style	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Ahn, Suhnne	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: A survey course focusing on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose compositions transformed and revolutionized music of the 19th century. Students will become acquainted with Beethoven's major works, including piano sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies. No previous musical background is necessary. NOTE: The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 19/19 Tags: n/a
AS.376.345 (01)	Music and Law	M 6:00PM - 8:30PM	Wang, Derrick	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: In this foundational survey course, students will study aspects of law that shape a career in and beyond the arts. Topics include how to get or grant permission to use copyrighted works, how to read a contract, and how to start or join a business. In addition, through class discussions, students will develop their interdisciplinary and analytical skills in interpreting music and law. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 3/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.347 (01)	Popular Music in the Arab World	MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM	El Rayes, Nour	Shriver Hall 028G	Spring 2026	Description: This class provides an introduction to the popular musics of the Arab world from the 1920s through the early 2000s. The goals of this course will be twofold: first, we will consider the ways that technology, global and regional politics, class, and gender shaped musical aesthetics. Second, we will interrogate the role that popular music played in shaping understandings of national character and regional boundaries. Through close listening and reading assignments, students will develop listening and analytical skills specific to the music of the Arab world, and learn techniques for analyzing this popular music’s entanglement with its social, historical, and cultural context. What, for example, do the radio and music industries have to do with the rise of Arab Nationalism? What can the development of Lebanese indie-rock since the 1990s tell us about contemporary Lebanese sociopolitics? Through weekly reading and listening assignments, students will work towards a final project that traces the history of one genre of Arab pop music over the course of the 20th century. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.444 (01)	Maurice Ravel: a French Rebel	T 4:30PM - 7:00PM	Ahn, Suhnne	Shaffer 202	Spring 2026	Description: Paradoxically accessible and esoteric, Maurice Ravel’s music resides in the canonical repertoire of practically every conservatory student. Yet Ravel’s relationship to his own musical training was fraught both as a pianist and composer. This course examines the life and works of the French composer. Beyond a survey of his compositional output, this seminar will examine the era that produced Ravel. France at the turn of the century, Ravel’s studies at the Paris Conservatory, and his relationship with his musical contemporaries will all be topics of discussion. Undergraduate music theory AS.376.211 or PY.710.111 must have been completed with no lower than a grade of C is a prerequisite for this course. Some exposure to the French language is recommended. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.190 (21)	Learn Music by Writing It	MTWTh 9:00AM - 10:30AM	Janello, Mark	Shriver Hall 028G	Summer 2026	Description: This course uses composition and song-writing projects to introduce music fundamentals to students with little or no musical background. Topics will include rhythm and meter, pitch and intervals, scales, chords, and harmony, and how to read and write music in both traditional and popular presentations. We will cover standard classical music notation (score, Roman numerals, traditional theory terminology) as well as popular (lead-sheet notation and performance conventions). This course has no prerequisite. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 8/12 Tags: n/a
AS.001.112 (01)	FYS: Seven Musical Myths (Remixed)	TTh 6:00PM - 7:15PM	Mathews, Paul	Gilman 77	Fall 2026	Description: Every playlist is a self-portrait: an increasingly intimate aggregation of works that affirm our musical values. Beneath those values lie unexamined assumptions about how music is made, for whom it is made, and why it should be appreciated. Some myths, understood as cultural narratives or inherited beliefs, can be tested directly. Is anyone truly tone deaf? Other myths require us to look outward, toward the vast literature on music's evolving means of production and its shifting audiences. The most revealing myths concern what music intends and communicates. These are the myths that ultimately challenge us to consider what our favorite music says about us as individuals. This First-Year seminar will complicate the recommendation algorithm of your streaming service. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.001.148 (01)	FYS: The World of J.S. Bach: Music, Life, Legacy	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Janello, Mark	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: J.S. Bach is one of the most important composers Europe ever produced. How did he fit into the musical world he inherited, as a performer, as a composer, and as a teacher? In his own day he worked for churches, princes, and cities; after his death his music was profoundly influential to generations of composers. The world has changed much since the 18th century yet somehow Bach’s music continues to delight and inspire in a way unique even considered against other ‘greats’ of history. What did his music have that allowed this to happen? To address these questions, this First-Year Seminar will explore Bach’s life, music, and legacy. Experiences will include listening, attending concerts, and field trips to visit instruments such as harpsichord and organ. Musical expertise is not required, but willingness to listen and reflect is. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.376.111 (01)	Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship	MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM	Prescott, Jordan	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: This course introduces written and aural music fundamentals including notation, scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, meter and sight-singing. Students will compose melodies and short pieces and complete listening projects. Course does not count towards the completion of the minor. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 3/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.111 (02)	Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Perry, Lisa Marie	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: This course introduces written and aural music fundamentals including notation, scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, meter and sight-singing. Students will compose melodies and short pieces and complete listening projects. Course does not count towards the completion of the minor. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.211 (01)	Music Theory I	MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM	Prescott, Jordan	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: Introduction to basic principles of tonal music through listening, analysis and music making. Students study melody, harmony, voice leading, figured bass and dissonance treatment, and will also undertake short composition projects. Must have taken the qualifying examination or AS.376.111. Recommended to be taken concurrently with AS.376.221. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 8/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.211 (02)	Music Theory I	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Staff	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: Introduction to basic principles of tonal music through listening, analysis and music making. Students study melody, harmony, voice leading, figured bass and dissonance treatment, and will also undertake short composition projects. Must have taken the qualifying examination or AS.376.111. Recommended to be taken concurrently with AS.376.221. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 7/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.212 (01)	Music Theory II	TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM	Rickelton, Michael T	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: This course continues the written and aural work of the previous course but focuses on chromatic harmony while continuing the study of melody, counterpoint and figured bass. Prerequisite: AS.376.211 (Music Theory I). Recommended to be taken with AS.376.222 (Musicianship II). Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 10/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.221 (01)	Musicianship I	TTh 1:30PM - 2:20PM	Fishbein, Joshua Henry	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: An introduction to basic musicianship skills. The course is divided into performance skills (sight singing, rhythm reading, basic piano, and improvisation) and aural skills (recognition of pitch, chords, rhythms, melodies, and other musical structures). Topics include major and minor keys and simple time signatures. Emphasis is placed on developing effective practice techniques. Pre-requisite: AS.376.111 (Rudiments of Music Theory and Musicianship) or placement exam. Credits: 2.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 6/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.222 (01)	Musicianship II	TTh 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Fishbein, Joshua Henry	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: A continuation of the skills developed Musicianship I. The course is divided into performance skills (sight singing, rhythm reading, basic piano, and improvisation) and aural skills (recognition of pitch, chords, rhythms, melodies, and other musical structures). Topics include minor keys, chromatic melody and harmony, compound time signatures, and syncopation). As in Musicianship I, emphasis is placed on developing effective practice techniques. Pre-requisite: AS.376.221 (Musicianship I) or placement exam. Credits: 2.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 13/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.242 (01)	History of Rock and Roll	TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM	Rickelton, Michael T	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: A survey of the stylistic features and social contexts of American popular music since the 1950s. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 0/16 Tags: n/a
AS.376.244 (01)	Electronic Music Production	W 10:30AM - 1:00PM	Sale, James Townsend	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: Students will be introduced to electronic music production techniques and software, and how both can be used to produce a wide range of genre specific results. Skills such as beat matching, intricate use of quantization, virtual instrument editing, automation, sampling, mixing, mastering, effect usage and use of plugins will be explored. Credits: 3.00 Status: Reserved Open Seats Available: 3/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.245 (01)	Introduction to Sound, Audio, and Recording Arts	MWF 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Staff	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: In this course we will undertake a comprehensive survey of sound, audio and the related technology. While covering sound recording from an historical perspective, we'll touch on related material in physics, music, psychology and acoustics. In lab exercises and assignments, students will have the opportunity to learn in a hands-on environment as practical applications of the lecture material are explored. Assignments will include critical listening, in addition to basic recording, editing and mixing of audio. The course will culminate in a comprehensive final project. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 12/12 Tags: n/a
AS.376.250 (01)	Introduction to Computer Music	MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Burt, Samuel B	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: Introduction to Computer Music is an opportunity for people with no specialized training in music to explore electronic art music as a long-standing, if obscure, body of art, then to participate in creative work in the style. Participants will gain a heuristic understanding of forms of musical composition that operate outside the conventions of regular rhythm and harmony as they record and manipulate sound to sculpt it into original musical works. The lecture portion combines an historical overview of electronic music, rudiments of acoustics and musical perception, and instruction in compositional techniques and in using computers as creative musical tools. The laboratory portion, given at the Digital Media Center, serves as a workshop for creative exploration and for the completion of assigned creative projects including original works of digital sound art. Credits: 3.00 Status: Waitlist Only Seats Available: 1/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.258 (01)	Jazz Improvisation and Theory	MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Sims, Ian K	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: The primary focus of this performance/theory course is designed to help students acquire and develop basic language for improvisation in a collaborative environment. Throughout the semester, the course will develop these skills through songs drawn from standard jazz repertoire, examining improvised solos by master musicians, and understanding the application of fundamental theory concepts in performance situations. Enrolled students should be comfortable with theory rudiments such as note reading, scales, and intervals. No textbook is required, but students should have access to an instrument (singers are welcome). Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/12 Tags: n/a
AS.376.299 (01)	Advanced Chamber Music	F 3:30PM - 4:30PM	Yoo, Shirley S	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: The study and performance of instrumental chamber music, by audition/permission of instructor only. Sight-reading skills will be evaluated. This course is one credit, will meet for one hour once a week, and has a final performance at the end of the semester. Pre-formed groups preferred, but single auditions accepted with the understanding that a group may not be readily formed for registration. Credits: 1.00 Status: Approval Required Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.376.303 (01)	Musical Theater on Broadway and Beyond	W 3:00PM - 5:30PM	Wang, Derrick	Shriver Hall 028G	Fall 2026	Description: What is a Broadway musical? Why aren’t there more smash hits like Hamilton? And what can American musical theater teach us about our own lives? In this introductory course, students will explore these questions and more, learning about the history and craft of significant 20th and 21st-century musicals in the interdisciplinary context of society, politics, economics, and technology. Students will apply their knowledge by collaboratively creating and performing an original short work of musical theatre and, if practicable, will attend a performance in the Baltimore-Washington area or in neighboring cities as far away as New York. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 6/12 Tags: n/a
AS.376.336 (01)	Beethoven and the Transformation of Musical Style	TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	Ahn, Suhnne	Shaffer 202	Fall 2026	Description: A survey course focusing on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose compositions transformed and revolutionized music of the 19th century. Students will become acquainted with Beethoven's major works, including piano sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies. No previous musical background is necessary. NOTE: The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 1/19 Tags: n/a
AS.376.342 (01)	Caribbean Music	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Diggs-Thompson, Marilynne	Smokler Center 301	Fall 2026	Description: This course will explore the many genres of traditional and popular music that have emerged among the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean region and its Diaspora. We will examine the social, political, and economic issues that have shaped the region’s music and how that music may have intersected with migration, colonization, ethnicity, race and tourism. Using a “participant observation” approach, students will read about, listen to and research a variety of musical experiences within the relevant sociopolitical context. Students should expect to fully participate in discussions about the assigned readings and music, and should be prepared to conduct their own research and share their own or newly acquired knowledge of contemporary and “historical/traditional” musical themes, and local and regional artists. Our collective goal will be to enjoy as well as to think critically about music, culture and performance and within a more informed understanding of the complex, multi-varied and multi-vocal context—know as “The Caribbean”. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 9/15 Tags: n/a
AS.376.428 (01)	Mozart Operas	M 4:00PM - 6:30PM	Kass, Lily T	Online	Fall 2026	Description: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first opera in 1767 at the age of 11. By the time of his death at age 35, he had written 22 full-length operas. Many of these operas are still performed today in opera houses around the world. In this course, we will discuss the enduring popularity of these works. We will discover how these operas were created, delving into the many important collaborations Mozart had with singers, librettists, impresarios, and patrons. We will analyze the words and music of the operas and how they combine to create three-dimensional characters for which his operas are known, such as the melancholy but determined Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, or the cowardly but loyal Papageno in The Magic Flute. Cultural norms have shifted dramatically between Mozart’s time and ours, and we will examine how Mozart’s operas have been received from their premieres through to today. We will think about how the operas have been translated, adapted, and circulated to different audiences in different eras and locations. Finally, we will reflect on our position as modern audience members, watching recent productions of the operas which reinterpret the works in alternative settings or times and studying the ways in which opera companies promote Mozart’s works. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 4/15 Tags: n/a