Adult Continuing Education
Latest Past Events
Exploring Opera: Mozart’s ”The Magic Flute” (LA Opera virtual seminar)
ZoomI return to familiar stomping grounds—in terms of my research area—for this session of "Exploring Opera," where I will offer an in-depth exploration of one of my fave characters: The Find out more »
Exploring Opera: Arts, Culture, Creativity & Health (LA Opera Connects virtual seminar)
ZoomFor this special-topics session of "Exploring Opera"—a free, virtual seminar series open to the public—I will discuss the human experience of listening, looking specifically at three listening experiences: 1) Sound/Noise/Music/Silence; Find out more »
Exploring Opera: Verdi’s “Falstaff” (LA Opera virtual seminar)
ZoomVerdi's long journey to his final opera—his only successful comic work—is a lesson in perseverance and reinvention. He was 80 years old when Falstaff premiered at La Scala in Milan, Italy—the same Find out more »
Exploring Opera: “Opera in the Classroom” (LA Opera virtual public seminar)
ZoomPart of the LAO’s “Exploring Operas” seminars, this particular event aims to educate—and inspire—K-12 teachers about ways to incorporate opera into their lesson plans. Topic forthcoming ASAP! “Opera in the Find out more »
Exploring Opera: “Akhnaten” (LA Opera virtual public seminar)
My kickoff lecture for this terrific FREE series of public lectures from LA Opera Connects will look into the musical idiom commonly labeled "minimalism" and more specifically Philip Glass's Ahknaten, the Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A
La Jolla Women's Club 7791 Draper Avenue, La JollaOpening my holiday season with a happy return to Le Salon de Musiques! We have a powerhouse quartet of musicians for this special concert: violinists Martin Chalifour and Ray Ushikubo, Find out more »
Exploring Opera: “La Bohème” (LA Opera virtual seminar)
ZoomWhat fun to share insights about Puccini's most popular opera as part of Los Angeles Opera's "Exploring Opera" virtual seminars, open to all opera lovers! My presentation will focus on Find out more »
LA Opera Connects / Opera for Educators: Golijov’s “Ainadamar”
ZoomFor this exciting session of the "Opera for Educators" seminars, I will familiarize participants with the eclectic and deeply dramatic musical style of Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. The many influences Find out more »
Opera for Educators/LA Opera Connects: Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette”
ZoomEver notice that French-language opera doesn't get the same time in the programming spotlight as Italian-language opera? No fair! I will dive into the rich history of French opera and Find out more »
Opera League of Los Angeles: Seminar on Puccini’s legacy (Puccini100 celebration)
Thayer Hall, The Colburn School 200 Grand Avenue, Los AngelesThe final seminar of the Puccini100 series, sponsored by the Opera League of Los Angeles, will consider Puccini's legacy and enduring popularity—not just in terms of the operas themselves, but Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Madama Butterfly
ZoomMy introductory lecture for this particular seminar sets up a day of exploration and critique critique Puccini's Madama Butterfly—of one of the most popular, and also thematically challenging, works of Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Opera Overview
ZoomThe kick-off seminar for LAUSD teachers and other opera-curious people! We open with an overview of the art form, and my talk will look at the three "pillars" of opera—the Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Puccini’s “Turandot”
ZoomMy presentation for this special Turandot seminar—an initiative of LA Opera Connects—will set the opera in the context of Puccini's Italy and highlight significant stylistic elements in the composer's final Find out more »
LA Opera: Opera in the Classroom Seminar
ZoomPart of the LAO's “Opera for Educators” seminars, this particular event aims to educate—and inspire—K-12 teachers about ways to incorporate opera into their lesson plans. My presentation, "Fairy Tales, Opera, Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Zemlinsky’s “The Dwarf” and Still’s “Highway 1, USA”
ZoomLos Angeles Opera presents a double feature of neglected one-act operas : Alexander Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg (The Dwarf, 1922) and William Grant Still's Highway 1, USA, which was first completed in Find out more »
Laguna Beach Live! Listening to New (Classical) Music (KBM cancelled due to illness)
Woman's Club of Laguna Beach 286 St, Ann's Drive, Laguna BeachPresented by Laguna Beach Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, the evening is an exciting introduction for the 2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival which will feature esteemed violinist Find out more »
Osher Lecture, Bach’s Goldberg Variations: A Musical and Cinematic Exploration
OSHER UC San Diego Campus Extension Complex UC San Diego Campus Extension Complex 9600 North Torrey Pines Rd., Building D, La JollaI'm delighted to be an Invited Speaker at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego! And I'm revisiting one of my favorite topics: Bach's "Goldberg" Variations. When Bach Find out more »
Opera for Educators / Otello
ZoomAs part of this seminar for local educators and operas lovers, I will speak about the historical context for Verdi's final dramatic opera, Otello (1887), which the composer completed after Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Le nozze di Figaro
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los AngelesCalling teachers and opera lovers! The "Opera for Educators" seminars bring together experts in music, history, and opera production and performance for a day of learning and enjoyment. Dr. Brown-Montesano Find out more »
Zoom Course / Music Between the Wars
ZoomThe Colburn Community School invites you to join Colburn Conservatory of Music’s Chair of Music History and Literature Kristi Brown-Montesano in an exploration of music from the interwar period (1919—1939), Find out more »
Zoom Course / Exploring Beethoven’s Ninth
ZoomBeethoven's Ninth is iconic. But why does it persist as a cultural touchstone, well into the 21st century? This is my inaugural Zoom course for the Colburn Community School. So Find out more »