In the years since his retirement from Pomona College in Claremont, California, Jon has continued to teach in a variety of venues: The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco where he is Academic Dean. In addition he has delighted audiences with his presentations and discussions on many cruise ships: Crystal, Seabourn, Azamara, Silversea, Viking, Cunard and Smithsonian Journeys. Below are some of the topics he covers in his talks as well as his current speaking schedule.
LISTENING TO ARCHITECTURE
Enrichment/Destination
1. Venice and the Adriatic: A Journey in Sight and Sound
2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Rome, Split, Kotor
3. Roman Ruins in a Modern City ~ Rovinj & Pula
4. Venice: The Republic of Music
5. Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic
6. From iPod to Cathedral
7. Sounds from the Wall ~ Berlin
8. Singing Revolutions ~ Tallinn
9. White Nights & Scarlet Sails ~ St Petersburg
10. Great Music in a Great Space ~ Amsterdam
11. Walt Disney Concert Hall ~ Los Angeles
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY!
Enrichment
1. Gilbert & Sullivan, Vaudeville, London and New York ~ The Birth of the Musical
2. Rogers & Hammerstein: The Conscience of America
3. Dancing for Their Lives ~ “A Chorus Line”
4. Mom, Apple Pie & the 4th of July ~ “The Music Man”
5. Tradition! ~ “Fiddler on the Roof”
6. Shakespeare on Broadway ~ “West Side Story”
7. Broadway Rebel With a Cause ~ Stephen Sondheim
8. Some Enchanted Musical ~ “South Pacific”
9. The Taming of Cole Porter ~ “Kiss Me Kate”
10. From Oz to Washington Heights ~ “Wicked” and “In The Heights”
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CRUISE SCHEDULE / 2018
March 11 - 28
Crystal Serenity
Asia
August 10 - 30
Crystal Symphony
Broadway Themed Cruise
September 13 - 28
Silversea Shadow
East Meets West on the Stage
November 11 - 18
Queen Mary 2
Transatlantic Voyage
December 22 - January 4
Crystal Serenity
Hawaii Holidays
March 17 - 31
Silversea Muse
Auckland to Sydney
July 31 - August 14
Queen Mary 2
TransAtlantic and Northern Europe
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Guest Lectureship
July, 2018
Crested Butte Forum
The Impact of the Musical “Hamilton” on Contemporary Culture
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The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning
University of San Francisco
2014 ~ 2015
“Listening to Architecture”
“East Meets West on the Musical Stage”
“Touching the Spirit: Choral Music Through the Ages”
2015-2016
“Broadway’s Musicals As Social Documents”
“1966 ~ 2016: Fifty Years of Art Music---16 Pieces You Need to Experience”
2016-2017
“Simply Sondheim”
“Musical Pairings”
Seminar: The Music of Benjamin Britten
2018-2019
Putting it Together: The Architecture of the American Musical
2020
Listening To Architecture
Special Lectures
“Where We Make Music”
“Going Baroque for the Holidays”
“Bryte Christmas: We Couldn’t Have the Holidays
Without Jewish Composers!”
“The Musical ‘Hamilton’ as Social Document”