Course Description

Instructor: Judith Costello

From Beethoven's beloved "Moonlight" Sonata to "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, from the whimsical "A Voyage to the Moon" by Offenbach to Carl Nielsen's evocative "Helios" (Sun) Overture -- we'll take a four-week musical journey around and beyond our galaxy as we listen to celestial works both familiar and experimental.

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.