Class Details

Open to all PACO students

What makes American music unique? This class will examine some of the musical styles and genres that are considered uniquely American. In addition to 19th and 20th Century American classical composers, will also explore Jazz, Musical Theater, Bluegrass, and Country/Folk Music, and more recent crossover genres.

Saturdays @ 10

Class Meetings:

3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15

Class ZOOM Link

Instructor Email:

[email protected]

Instructor Bio:

Michael Gilbertson The works of Michael Gilbertson have been described as “elegant” and “particularly beautiful” by The New York Times, “vivid, tightly woven” and “delectably subtle” by the Baltimore Sun, “genuinely moving” by the Washington Post, and “a compelling fusion of new and ancient” by the Philadelphia Inquirer. He was one of three finalists for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Quartet. Michael’s published music includes choral works with Boosey & Hawkes and G. Schirmer, and orchestral works with Theodore Presser. Michael serves as artistic director of ChamberFest Dubuque, an annual summer festival he founded in 2009, and serves on the board of directors for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Michael holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale. He has just completed three years as the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence.