The Most Stunningly Beautiful Music Ever Written and How to Listen to It
Tuesdays, 17 September – 8 October
10:30 – noon
Rockville Senior Center
1150 Carnation Dr, Rockville, MD 20850
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind continue! Are you ready to experience music in a new way?! Did you know that the human mind is, above all, designed to EXPERIENCE music? The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that listening, playing, and experiencing music is one of the greatest things we can do for our mental and physical health. Simply experiencing beautiful music can improve our physical and mental condition, our emotional life, and is the single greatest agent to fight loneliness and depression. Dr. Harry N. Dunstan, the ever-engaging and entertaining raconteur and music historian, will guide you through the most stunningly beautiful musical masterpieces in Western Civilization. You’ll learn how to fully appreciate and apprehend the great musical works from each of the six major epochs of music history: Medieval; Renaissance; Baroque; Classical; Romantic; and the 20th & 21st Centuries. And even if you think you’ve never liked Classical Music, you’ll LOVE this class! With your new listening skills, you’ll discover new worlds of stunning sonic beauty that are waiting just for you!
Opera Club: Otello
Wednesday, 25 September
11:00 - noon
Ring House
6121 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Dr. Dunstan gives pre-performances lectures before each Opera Club video viewing.
Who are the Great Composers?
Friday Mornings, September 27 – November 1
11:00 – noon
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(register in Clubhouse I)
Who is your favorite composer? Are you vigorous for Verdi? Manic for Mozart? Passionate for Puccini? Happy with Handel? Brooding with Brahms? Dr. Harry Dunstan—musicologist, historian, tenor, and raconteur—brings you his own brilliant insights into the music and lives of the great genius composers of Western Music. With his usual synthesis of history, humanity, music, and scholarship, Dr. Dunstan will help the great composers leap right off the page and into your listening ears! You’ll discover what makes a great, as opposed to a good, composer; why their music is timeless; and how to make these great works your own. Inspired by the NY Times best-selling book The Indispensable Composers (Tommasini), Dr. Dunstan leads a spirited exploration of enduring musical genius and helps you form your own list of great composers.
Opera Gala….and a weeee bit more!
Sunday afternoon, 13 October
3:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
15663 Norbeck Blvd, Silver Spring, MD 20906
$10 (available at the door)
Enjoy an afternoon of opera and operetta favorites! Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Gilbert & Sullivan all sung by the students of the Arcadia Vocal Academy and the Emerging Artists of The American Center for Puccini Studies.
Songs for an Autumn Evening
Gilbert & Sullivan, Operetta, Musical Theatre!
Sunday evenings, 20 October – 24 November
The students of the Arcadia Vocal Academy delve into the operetta and musical theatre repertoire….stay tuned for concert dates!
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind
Monday evenings, October 21 – November 25
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(register in Clubhouse I)
Learn how music can transform your life forever! Dr. Harry Dunstan, the ever-engaging musicologist, historian, tenor, and raconteur, returns on Monday evenings to lead this popular class. Using the power of engaged listening, you’ll begin with an overview of the basic elements that constitute music: melody, rhythm, tempo, harmony, tonality, modality, texture, form, and medium. You’ll discover how the brain, mind, and body perceive the elements of music and will gain a fuller understanding of how to experience them. You’ll learn the difference between the musical brain and the musical mind and experience how engaged listening to music can lead to a more enhanced life. With Dr. Dunstan’s recommendations, you’ll be able to make music one of your most effective medicines and learn how it can help you connect with a higher consciousness.
Opera Club: Don Giovanni
Wednesday, 23 October
11:00 - noon
Ring House
6121 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Dr. Dunstan gives pre-performances lectures before each Opera Club video viewing.
Stars of the Orchestra
Friday mornings, 8 November – 20 December
11:00 – noon
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(registration begins 28 October)
Dr. Dunstan leads you on a sonic tour of the orchestra. Discover the individual vibration and sensation of each instrument and how each is used as both a solo and ensemble sound for emotional and musical impact.
COMING NEXT YEAR...
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind
OASIS
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
10:30 – noon
(more info coming….)
Learn how music can transform your life forever! In this introduction to the fascinating field of NeuroAesthetics, Dr. Harry Dunstan - Founding Artistic Director of The American Center for Puccini Studies - musicologist, cultural historian, tenor, and lively raconteur - leads you on a discovery of the power of music. You’ll begin with an overview of the basic elements that constitute music; you’ll discover how the brain, mind, and body perceive the elements of music; and you'll gain a fuller understanding of how to experience them. You’ll learn the difference between the musical brain and the musical mind and experience how engaged listening to music can lead to a more enhanced life. With Dr. Dunstan’s recommendations, you’ll be able to make music one of your most effective medicines and learn how it can help you connect with a higher consciousness.
Tuesdays, 17 September – 8 October
10:30 – noon
Rockville Senior Center
1150 Carnation Dr, Rockville, MD 20850
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind continue! Are you ready to experience music in a new way?! Did you know that the human mind is, above all, designed to EXPERIENCE music? The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that listening, playing, and experiencing music is one of the greatest things we can do for our mental and physical health. Simply experiencing beautiful music can improve our physical and mental condition, our emotional life, and is the single greatest agent to fight loneliness and depression. Dr. Harry N. Dunstan, the ever-engaging and entertaining raconteur and music historian, will guide you through the most stunningly beautiful musical masterpieces in Western Civilization. You’ll learn how to fully appreciate and apprehend the great musical works from each of the six major epochs of music history: Medieval; Renaissance; Baroque; Classical; Romantic; and the 20th & 21st Centuries. And even if you think you’ve never liked Classical Music, you’ll LOVE this class! With your new listening skills, you’ll discover new worlds of stunning sonic beauty that are waiting just for you!
Opera Club: Otello
Wednesday, 25 September
11:00 - noon
Ring House
6121 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Dr. Dunstan gives pre-performances lectures before each Opera Club video viewing.
Who are the Great Composers?
Friday Mornings, September 27 – November 1
11:00 – noon
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(register in Clubhouse I)
Who is your favorite composer? Are you vigorous for Verdi? Manic for Mozart? Passionate for Puccini? Happy with Handel? Brooding with Brahms? Dr. Harry Dunstan—musicologist, historian, tenor, and raconteur—brings you his own brilliant insights into the music and lives of the great genius composers of Western Music. With his usual synthesis of history, humanity, music, and scholarship, Dr. Dunstan will help the great composers leap right off the page and into your listening ears! You’ll discover what makes a great, as opposed to a good, composer; why their music is timeless; and how to make these great works your own. Inspired by the NY Times best-selling book The Indispensable Composers (Tommasini), Dr. Dunstan leads a spirited exploration of enduring musical genius and helps you form your own list of great composers.
Opera Gala….and a weeee bit more!
Sunday afternoon, 13 October
3:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
15663 Norbeck Blvd, Silver Spring, MD 20906
$10 (available at the door)
Enjoy an afternoon of opera and operetta favorites! Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Gilbert & Sullivan all sung by the students of the Arcadia Vocal Academy and the Emerging Artists of The American Center for Puccini Studies.
Songs for an Autumn Evening
Gilbert & Sullivan, Operetta, Musical Theatre!
Sunday evenings, 20 October – 24 November
The students of the Arcadia Vocal Academy delve into the operetta and musical theatre repertoire….stay tuned for concert dates!
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind
Monday evenings, October 21 – November 25
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(register in Clubhouse I)
Learn how music can transform your life forever! Dr. Harry Dunstan, the ever-engaging musicologist, historian, tenor, and raconteur, returns on Monday evenings to lead this popular class. Using the power of engaged listening, you’ll begin with an overview of the basic elements that constitute music: melody, rhythm, tempo, harmony, tonality, modality, texture, form, and medium. You’ll discover how the brain, mind, and body perceive the elements of music and will gain a fuller understanding of how to experience them. You’ll learn the difference between the musical brain and the musical mind and experience how engaged listening to music can lead to a more enhanced life. With Dr. Dunstan’s recommendations, you’ll be able to make music one of your most effective medicines and learn how it can help you connect with a higher consciousness.
Opera Club: Don Giovanni
Wednesday, 23 October
11:00 - noon
Ring House
6121 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Dr. Dunstan gives pre-performances lectures before each Opera Club video viewing.
Stars of the Orchestra
Friday mornings, 8 November – 20 December
11:00 – noon
Leisure World
3701 Rossmoor Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906
$50.00 LW residents / $60 non-LW residents
(registration begins 28 October)
Dr. Dunstan leads you on a sonic tour of the orchestra. Discover the individual vibration and sensation of each instrument and how each is used as both a solo and ensemble sound for emotional and musical impact.
COMING NEXT YEAR...
Journeys and Experiences of the Musical Mind
OASIS
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
10:30 – noon
(more info coming….)
Learn how music can transform your life forever! In this introduction to the fascinating field of NeuroAesthetics, Dr. Harry Dunstan - Founding Artistic Director of The American Center for Puccini Studies - musicologist, cultural historian, tenor, and lively raconteur - leads you on a discovery of the power of music. You’ll begin with an overview of the basic elements that constitute music; you’ll discover how the brain, mind, and body perceive the elements of music; and you'll gain a fuller understanding of how to experience them. You’ll learn the difference between the musical brain and the musical mind and experience how engaged listening to music can lead to a more enhanced life. With Dr. Dunstan’s recommendations, you’ll be able to make music one of your most effective medicines and learn how it can help you connect with a higher consciousness.
