3333 - Music of the Seasons: Winter (Judith Costello)
Course Description
Instructor: Judith Costello
From classical ballet to film scores, from the grandeur of opera and concert stages to the intimacies of the recital hall and the jazz club, composers through the centuries have depicted both the shimmering beauty and the dark menace of Winter. Join us as over the four weeks of this course we’ll shiver to the evocative chill of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, hear swirling snowflakes in a fanciful passage by Offenbach, and observe the Winter Solstice with a 21st-century piano work.
Bio: Judith Mann Costello is a native of Oak Park, Illinois, where she divided her first 20 years between the family bookstore founded by her grandfather and the Frank Lloyd Wright home where she was raised. She has lived in NYC, Florida, and Michigan, and, since 1984, in the Atlanta area. Educated at Northwestern University and Hunter College, she holds a degree in Music Journalism from the University of South Florida. Following a long career as a classical music host for NPR stations WUSF and WFBE, Judith spent 25 years as academic and political officer for the Canadian Consulate General in Atlanta, retiring in 2013.