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Perla Batalla

Five Things I've Learned About

Leonard Cohen: His Women, Onstage and Backstage

View the archive of this 90-minute class from singer-songwriter Perla Batalla, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the essential role women played again and again in Leonard Cohen’s life and music.

Hayes Carll

Five Things I've Learned About

Songwriting – in Five Songs

View the archive of this two-hour class and discover the Five Things singer-songwriter Hayes Carll has learned about songwriting – through five great songs that helped give voice to his heartaches, joys, and...

Judy Collins

Five Things I've Learned About

Leonard Cohen: The Man and His Music

View the archive of this 90-minute class from legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – from her unique position at start of his music career to...

Robbie Fulks

Five Things I've Learned About

The Nature of Songs

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Robbie Fulks and discover Five Things He’s Learned about some of the essential elements that enable...

Mary Gauthier

Five Things I've Learned About

The Healing Power of Songwriting – in Five Songs

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer-songwriter, troubadour, and author Mary Gauthier, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about song’s unique power to bring hope in the face of deep trauma...

Timothy Hampton

Five Things I've Learned About

Listening to Bob Dylan

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, scholar, and teacher Timothy Hampton, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned from a lifetime of listening to the greatest songwriter of our time: How some of...

Joe Henry

Five Things I've Learned About

by Song

View the archive of this 90-minute class from songwriter, singer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning record producer Joe Henry, and discover the ways he’s found that the process and progress of our lives – like...

John Lissauer

Five Things I've Learned About

Leonard Cohen: The Songwriter and the Secret Chord

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed songwriter, producer, and arranger John Lissauer, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the inspiration, writing, and recording of some of Leonard...

Anne Midgette

Five Things I've Learned About

The Women Who Shaped Classical Music

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed music critic Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the women whose important work provides new ways to understand and enjoy the...

Anne Midgette

Five Things I've Learned About

How to Love Opera Like an Insider

View the archive of this two-hour class from acclaimed music critic and opera insider Anne Midgette, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned that make it easy to appreciate and enjoy this essential art form.

Allison Moorer

Five Things I've Learned About

What Memoir Demands. And All it Makes Possible.

View the archive of this two-hour class from singer/songwriter, producer, and author Allison Moorer, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about sharing her family’s stories in prose and in song – and...

Greg Sandow

Five Things I've Learned About

The Death of Classical Music

View the archive of this 90-minute class from classical music composer, critic, teacher, and thought leader Greg Sandow, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the contemporary cultural shifts reshaping...

Sylvie Simmons

Five Things I've Learned About

The Life of Leonard Cohen

View the archive of this 90-minute class from author, journalist, biographer, and singer-songwriter Sylvie Simmons, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about Leonard Cohen – and all she still learns from...

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