Special Programs

Free Previews

You are invited to a one-session, online seminar to get a sense of how we do things here. A confirmation email with details will be sent to registrants upon registration and again a few days prior to the session. Use the main registration form.

March

Irish Poetry - St. Patrick's Day Celebration

March 17, 7:30 pm ET

April

Shakespeare, Reading the Sonnets Aloud

April 20, 3:30 pm ET

Free seminars are listed at the end of the registration form.

For Our Moment - Wisdom, Music, and Art

For Our Moment seminars are slow reading, slow listening, or slow looking learning experiences for those who might not have time for the longer pathways, but who would enjoy the benefits that come from slowing down, together.

TBA

Listeners' Studio

Listeners' Studio seminars focus on works of music. Participants listen to recordings and examine sheet music; and discuss the interpretative choices of performers or conductors.

April

Listener's Studio: Bach, St. Cantatas (6 sessions) Tuesdays, Oct 7-Dec 30 12:00-1:15 pm ET

CrossCurrents

CrossCurrents seminars include combinations of texts, music, and/or visual arts connected historically, thematically, or explicitly. These seminars apply the slow-reading approach to see connections among the various representations of ideas in writing, music, and artwork.

April

Crosscurrents: Giotto, Dante and Trecento Music

Fridays, 12:00-1:30 pm ET | April 10-June 22, 2026

Short Seminars (see main program list)

April

Bach Listening Lab: 6 Early Cantatas (6 sessions)

Tuesdays 12:00-1:30 pm ET | April 13-May 18

Intricate, Imperfect, Various Things - E.E. Cummings' Is 5 (5 sessions) Tuesdays, 7:30-8:45 pm ET | April 29-May 27, 2026

May

Shakespeare, Reading the Sonnets Aloud (6 sessions)

Mondays, 3:20-4:50 pm ET | May 4-June 15, 2026

Al-Ghazali's Path to Sufism: the Deliverance from Error (6 sessions) Wednesdays 12:00-1:30 ET | May 20-June 24

PROGRAMS | PRICING & REGISTER | HOME

Page updated

Report abuse