Andrey Henkin, Instructor
Classes meet Thursdays from 4:30 – 6:30 at the American Jewish Committee in the Jacob Blaustein Building at 165 East 56th Street on the corner of 3rd Avenue. **You are required to bring Photo ID. Also: we are not always in the same room. Ask the guard what room to be sure.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
- Class/Instructor introductions
- Discussion of music as subject for criticism
- In-class writing
Written Response: 500-word review of first performance
****Friday, March 21, 2008****
9 pm Joëlle Léandre
Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune) (212-242-4201)
Subway: A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 14th Street brechtforum.org
Thursday, March 27, 2008
- Workshop discussion of first writing Written Response
- Clinic on note-taking
Written Response: 500-word review of second performance
TENTATIVE ****Tuesday, April 1, 2008****
6:30 pm Blacklisted, Verse, The Carrier, Reclaim The Crown, Probable Cause
Knitting Factory; Knitting Factory Tap Bar; Old Office 74 Leonard Street between Broadway and Church Street (212-219-3055) Subway: 1,2 to Franklin Street knittingfactory.com
Thursday, April 3, 2008
- Workshop discussion of second writing Written Response
- Benefits of research
Written Response: 500-word review of third performance
****Sunday, April 6, 2008****
7 pm Lock 10 with Ken Vandermark
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street (212-539-8770)
Subway: N, R to 8th Street-NYU; 6 to Astor Place joespub.com
Thursday, April 10, 2008
- Workshop discussion of third writing Written Response
- Discussion of opinion versus analysis; use of personal background in criticism
Written Response: 500-word review of fourth performance
****Saturday, April 12, 2008****
8 pm Candide
City Opera between 62nd and 65th Streets and Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues.
Subway: 1 to 66th Street nycopera.com
Thursday, April 17, 2008
- Workshop discussion of fourth writing Written Response
- Discussion of influence of audience and venue on performance
Written Response: 500-word review of fifth performance
****Sunday, April 20, 2008****
8:30 pm Peter Brötzmann/Han Bennink/Peter Evans
Roulette, 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand Streets) (212-219-8242)
Subway: 1 to Franklin Street www.roulette.org
*****NO CLASSES THURSDAY APRIL 24*****
Thursday, May 1, 2008
- Workshop discussion of fifth writing Written Response
- Clinic on editing
Written Response: 500-word review of sixth performance
****Thursday, May 1, 2008****
7:30 pm Frederic Rzewski,
Zankel Hall 881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street (212-247-7800)
Subway: N, Q, R, W to 57th Street carnegiehall.org
Thursday, May 8, 2008
- Workshop discussion of sixth writing Written Response
- Guest speaker to be announced
- Readings on music criticism theory
Thursday, May 15, 2006
- In-class writing
- Open question time on any covered or not covered subjects
- Evaluations
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