In this email course, we will feature works of Gershwin, Copland, and Britten along with those of composers from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Cuba—none of whom perhaps you may have ever heard of. You will find a chapter titled "Indispensable Film and Theatre Composers," in which we salute the great Hollywood and Broadway giants from the 1930s and 1940s along with two geniuses closer to our time: John Williams and Stephen Sondheim. NOTE: This class does meet in person or online. You will receive an emailed chapter each week.

Moderator: Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator after studies at the Juilliard School of Music, CCM, and the New England Conservatory of Music. Upon retirement he was cited for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida” by the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council.