CLARTMU003 - American Sounds: Great Symphonic Music of North and South America
What is American music? Join conductor Carlos Andrés Botero to consider this simple but profound question. How we define the music of North and South America offers telling insights into our history, culture, identity and humanity. This course features composers from the 18th century to the present day from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and other countries. Explore the work, lives and influences of great symphonic composers who have lived or worked in the Americas such as Gustav Mahler, Antonín Dvorák, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Adams, Jennifer Higdon, Mason Bates, Jessie Montgomery, Carlos Simon, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jimmy López Bellido and Gabriela Ortiz. Discover how North and South American symphonic traditions emerged from European, African American and Indigenous influences to create not one but many uniquely American sounds. No musical experience is required for this accessible, engaging course.
Content was previously recorded by the instructor (originally released March 1, 2021)
You may also be interested in Carlos Andrés Botero’s pre-recorded/on-demand course How Classical Music Is Created: The Composer’s Palette.
Course Details
Carlos Andrés Botero, M.M., is an orchestra conductor, music education lecturer and consultant with first-level orchestras in Europe and the Americas, including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Nashville Symphony, the Xalapa Symphony, Medellin Philharmonic and the Colombian Youth Philharmonic. He is the musical ambassador of the Houston Symphony and artistic director of Sinfónica ISMEV in Mexico. Mr. Botero has a master’s in music from the Escuela Soto-Mesa in Madrid, Spain, and a second master’s in viola performance from Eastern Michigan University. He has taught with the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies since 2016.
- Introduction to American Sounds
- The Roots of Symphonic Music in the United States Before Independence
- 19th-Century Orchestras of the Americas
- The American Aural Experience: What Does This Land Sound Like?
- The Latin American Boom: How the South Kept on Dreaming
- New Titans: Modern and Contemporary American Symphonic Music
Online: Pre-recorded / on demand
This course will be delivered in a pre-recorded/on-demand format. Registered participants will receive instructions to access the course page and may view the pre-recorded lectures in any order and as often as preferred. Check Section Notes for access availability.