3424 - Bugs and Slugs: Garden Visitors (and Invaders) in Music (Judith Costello)
Course Description
Instructor: Judith Costello
Snails and spiders! Bees and worms! Butterflies and moths! Fleas, flies, and crickets! Don't let them creep you out -- they all inspired wonderful music, from a cheerful French-Flemish Renaissance madrigal to a 1912 ballet to a poignant song from a beloved 1952 film.
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.