Seniors College of PEI has a strong offering of courses across the Island in the Arts and Culture areas.
Check out the article recently published by
the BUZZ on the offerings and look over the full set of
listings for 2008-09
Seniors College arts programs
A wide range of cultural programs offered across the province for those age 50 or better by the Seniors College of Prince Edward Island. This year Bill Bartlett and Allan Ressor are offering music appreciation courses on Mozart and Bach respectively. Jazz appreciation classes are headed up by jazz musicians Jim Nimmo and Doug Millington. With a duration for each course of eight sessions specific topics like “Mozart in Vienna during the 1780s,” work well.
Some courses see students returning to the class each semester. Drawing classes and painting classes are a good example of ones where class members have a strong commitment to the group, and become involved in organizing trips and special events for other students during the summer when there are no classes. Artists across the Island who are teaching art courses include: Suzanne O’Callaghan, Karl MacKeeman, Arno Freitag, Nan Ferrier, Verna Banks and Mel Giddings.
Writing instructors include: Dianne Hicks Morrow, Kathleen Hamilton, Libby Oughton and Doreen Beagan. Each bring an individual approach to their course but share an interest in writing that draws on life experiences for material.
The popular approaches of Iain Galloway and Brendan O’Grady with literature return this year, joined by Poet Laureate David Helwig, for a course on reading poetry.
The full listing of the College, are published as a Guardian insert during the first week of September, and are on the website at www.upei.ca/seniorscollege. Registration: Charlottetown—September 8, 2–4 pm, W.A. Murphy Centre, UPEI. (Bruce Garrity, 894-2867 or
bgarrity@upei.ca). Montague—Sept 9, 1:30–3 pm, Montague Town Hall (Sheila Mallory, 838-2532 or
smmallory@pei.sympatico.ca). Summerside—Sept 10, 10 am–noon Summerside Superstore (Nonie Fraser , 436-6743 or
nefraser@eastlink.ca). Alberton—Sept 10, 1:30-2:30 pm Alberton Town Hall (Donna Crocker, 853-2692 or
donnacrocker@xplornet.com).
