Discovering Classical Music – 5 week summer evening course

Rottingdean Whiteway Centre

Course

Discovering Classical Music – 5 week summer evening course

Start Thursday 28th May 2026
Time 18:30 - 20:30
Tutor Dr Peter Copley
Cost £55.00
Room Round Room
Availability 12/12 Places
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Course Description
This course provides an introduction to classical music through a series of five pivotal moments in its history. These include:
  • The birth of opera
  • The rise of the symphony
  • Music and revolution
  • The birth of musical modernism
  • Musical uproar in Paris.
Each session will focus on one composer in a particular time, place and the circumstances around the composition of a major work
Your Tutor
Peter Copley D.Phil, MA, B.mus is a composer, cellist and pianist. He is a visiting lecturer at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, the University of Sussex and is an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, where he has also been a Research Associate for the music faculty.