Course Description

Instructor: Emanuel Abramovits

HOLLYWOOD SCORES - As doors were closing in Europe in the 30s, they were opening in America, despite the Great Depression. Together we will discover how immigrants, some of them escaping the Nazi regime, created the Hollywood music that we have all loved since childhood. We'll explore how that migration changed the landscape of American culture and with strong audiovisual support, we'll learn how famous scores, like those of Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, or Psycho were written and performed. Anecdotes and stories, combined with musical examples will help us know how some composers analyzed the protagonists’ psyche, the director’s intentions and then enhanced the final product and the filmgoing experience.

Emanuel Abramovits has been a concert promoter since 2000, directly involved in many concerts by international artists, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson, Kansas, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Slash, Backstreet Boys, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G and all main local Symphony Orchestras.