Free Online Music and Art Courses

Indulge your creative side with music and art courses that cover various forms of artistic expression, from painting to musical composition. A music and art course can enrich your life while enhancing your skills.

85 Music and Art Courses

Science and Technology in the Silla Cultural Heritage

Pohang University of Science and Technology

Science and Technology in the Silla Heritage The course explores the scientific and technological aspects of the cultural heritage of Silla, an ancient dynasty in...

Sexing the Canvas: Art and Gender

The University of Melbourne

What do paintings tell us about sex? How is art gendered? In this course we will study some of the world’s most beloved pictures guided by expert curators and...

Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop

California Institute of the Arts

Why just write poems when you can write better ones? This course is built on the notion that the most exciting writing begins after the first draft. It is specifically...

Singing Popular Music

Berklee

You've been studying the greats, working on improving your vocal skills, and building vocal technique. Now it's time to take the next step in your singing career...

So You Think You Know Tango?

Emory University

How well do you think you know tango? This two-week mini-course is designed for music lovers, musicians, and dancers who are interested in learning more about the...

Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music

Berklee

This specialization will provide aspiring and established songwriters with the strategies and practices to develop hit songs. The award-winning Berklee Songwriting...

Sonidos digitales: síntesis y procesamiento en el computador

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

En este curso se abordarán los principales tópicos relacionados con la generación (síntesis) y el procesamiento de sonidos en el computador. Durante el transcurso...

Tecnología musical con software libre

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Este programa tiene como objetivo abordar diferentes perspectivas de tecnología musical. De manera específica, los primeros dos cursos abordan el tema de la producción...

The Art of Vocal Production

Berklee

This course addresses recorded vocal performances and the technologies used to highlight and support them in modern record production and mixes. Most of us know...

The Beauty of Kunqu Opera

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

This course will focus on the historical and cultural background, literary aesthetics, music, and performance of Kunqu, China’s classical opera. After viewing...

The Blues: Understanding and Performing an American Art Form

University of Rochester

The blues is an American art form and the most important musical form in jazz. Although there are other formal paradigms of the blues, such as 8-bar or 16-bar, this...

The Business of Music Production

Berklee

In the current music industry, it is crucial that artists and producers are armed with a clear understanding of how the business works. To be successful in this...

The DIY Musician

Berklee

With social media platforms and powerful recording technology at your fingertips, it’s easier now than ever before to create music and share it with your fans....

The Importance and Power of Music in our Society

Universiteit Leiden

Music plays an important role in our daily lives and is woven into the fabric of society. We listen to music while alone or in company, in a dance club or at home,...

The Piano Sonata: Beethoven and the Romantics

University of Michigan

In this course, learners will review sonata form and learn how the piano sonata was taken to new heights by Ludwig van Beethoven. We’ll discover together how the...

The Piano Sonata: Origins to Mozart

University of Michigan

In this course, you’ll be introduced to sonata form; how it works, where it came from, and how sonatas are put together as multi-movement compositions. We will...

The Piano Sonata: Russian and 20th-21st Century Composers

University of Michigan

In this course, you’ll review sonata form and learn how the piano sonata was revitalized in the 20th century, with a particular attention to composers from Russia,...

The Singer Songwriter

Berklee

Do you have a song in your heart that you want to share it with others? In the Singer/Songwriter specialization, you will learn all the skills you need to write,...