Lancaster Region

This two-session course will explore the procedures of electing the American president in 2020, including the party nomination process, the general election in November, and the vote of the Electoral College. The course will give special consideration to the Electoral College because of the possibility that the College can, as happened in 2016, select an individual for the presidency who did not receive the most votes in the general election.

The first session will focus on compositions based on hymns and chorales in musical settings by master composers. The program will include such hymns as: Adoro te Devote, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Now Thank We All Our God, and Brother James Air. The second session will include representative pieces having religious titles and imagery with references to art and literature. Included in the program will be compositions by Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Olivier Messiaen, Michael Glinka, and Johann Kuhnau.