Opportunities To Ignite Your Mind
Musica Intima
Exploring the inner
workings of music!
6 Thursdays
Sept.19th - Oct. 24th
7-9 pm
Mississippi Mills Public Library,
Almonte Branch ,
155 High Street
$95
Over centuries, music has evolved to be an alluring and enduring art form that is deeply woven into our lives. Yet, it is constructed from rather humble elements: an invisible orchestra of sound vibrations, organized into complex patterns that somehow capture our imagination and move us deeply. How is that possible? This six-part lecture series follows a curious path of inquiry to find out. Discussion topics include: the elements of music, the physics of sound, world rhythms, the human voice, and the psychology of our musical brain.
Sessions include a number of listening experiments as we respond to samples of music that range from sensual to sublime, serene to unsettling. Lectures will a be enhanced by visual media, interview snippets and live music demonstrations through which participants will learn to hear music in a new way and deepen their appreciation of the music we love .
Please note that this new course is a follow up to the Sound &Soul lectures presented in 2019. However, it is a stand-alone course and attendance at the previous course is not required.
Photo by Bill Pratt
Ian Douglas is a composer, musician, poet, and research engineer. Growing up in Toronto’s Humber Valley in the 1960’s and 1970s, his early interests shifted from hockey, space, magic, and finally to music as a source of inspiration. After studying piano privately and learning music theory at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ian ‘discovered’ the world of drumming including orchestral, jazz/rock, and african hand-drumming. Moving to Almonte in the early 1990s, he became a founding member of music groups Raintree (world/folk) and The Ragged Flowers(psychedelic folk/rock) and directed a folk choir for 20 years. He composes music in the folk, classical, world, & choral music genres, and recently created music for Canada Wild, a live performance of world/classical music set to images of Canada’s wilderness by photographer Bill Pratt.