Robert Hartwell

Robert Hartwell
La Bohème (Jun 3-Jun 21)

Robert Hartwell is a Professor of Music and Department Chair at Foothill College, where he specializes in welcoming the uninitiated into the world of classical music. He is also a staff lecturer at the Institute for the Study of Western Civilization. Keenly interested in issues of teaching and learning, he serves on the board of directors for the K. Patricia Cross Academy, an online resource for college professors.

Dr. Hartwell has co-authored a three-volume series on the history of Western music, as well as contributing to The Quarterly Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute and the New Pedagogies in Higher Education series. Before coming to academia, he taught piano privately for 20 years. A longtime pre-opera speaker, he holds a doctorate in music education from Columbia University.
Details Pre-Opera Talk coming soon.