Adult Offerings

Beethoven and Beyond: Exploring a Musical Legacy

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra partners with the Music Academy for Beethoven Class for an exciting series where we learn more about Beethoven, his music and the art and politics of his era. The semester ends with a very special opportunity to attend the RSO Beethoven Festival Series.

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  Beethoven and Beyond

Prenatal Music Education: Baby Expressions

The Music Academy offers a new curriculum this fall in collaboration with OSF St. Anthony Medical Center . The Music Academy and Kantorei Associate Director, Diane Knight, add a component to the prenatal education program currently offered through the hospital. Diane will lead mothers and their partners through a series of activities designed to help parents create a bond with their baby, to reduce stress and to teach relaxation through listening to and engaging with music.

Ms. Knight and the Music Academy believe strongly that early bonding is the foundation for the child's personality and future life. Daily in our work we witness music inspiring students to be happy, relaxed, alert, active and possess an attractive “radiance.” This class will help parents begin to make a practice of engaging with music and their babies in their daily lives.

There is no cost to parents enrolled in the prenatal education classes at OSF St. Anthony thanks to underwriting from the OSF Foundation Board. Please call Jodie Garcia of OSF at (815) 227-2695 or the Music Academy at (815) 226-4168 for more information.

Music As Pleasure (Class)

Learn to understand and enjoy music in this evening class through guided listening, discussions, lectures and field trips. Each semester new areas of music are discussed. Join us for this sociable and thoughtful exposure to some of the world's finest music. Margaret Kleber, instructor, says people put on their musical clothes in layers. Know a lot? Know a little? Join in for great fun, trips and camaraderie. Classes begin in September and January.

An adult member of this class and long-time Music Academy student, Dr. Robert E. Heerens, has just published his autobiography. In it, Dr. Heerens writes of the importance of music in his own life.

Private Instruction

Private lessons are available for adults on piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar and flute.

For registration material, contact the Music Academy office at music_academy@rockford.edu 815.226.4168.