Instructor Bio: Paul Laird is professor emeritus of musicology at the University of Kansas. He teaches courses for the KU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on the Broadway musical and classical music. He taught for 30 years at KU, including courses on musical theater, American music, Baroque music, and other topics, and directed the Instrumental Collegium Musicum. He has been teaching continuing education courses at KU since the 1990s.