3467 - The Best Rock Songs of All Time (Emanuel Abramovits)
Course Description
Instructor: Emanuel Abramovits
Put some music fans in the same room and sooner or later, they will ask each other ‘what's your favorite song?’. If we talk about Rock fans, there will be some choosing Smoke on the Water, others Bohemian Rhapsody, some Stairway to Heaven and many will have other choices. Let’s discuss what makes these songs great, the context when they became classics, the songwriters, the performers, their cultural significance and if they will keep resonating across time. From the 50s until today, there’s plenty of great music to talk about and let’s build our own top 100. This instructor is presenting online, the in-person section will be offered showing the Zoom class in an OLLI classroom to accomodate those that will be at OLLI for other classes.
BIO: Emanuel Abramovits is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA and has been a concert promoter since 2000, directly involved in many events by international artists, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G and many more. He designed and staged many original orchestral events, including an Event of the Year winner and several world premieres. He served as the Cultural Director at UNION ISRAELITA DE CARACAS from 2008 to 2019, releasing books, organizing film cycles, concerts and art exhibits. He has been consistently teaching online and in presence across the US since 2020.