Ludwig van Beethoven takes center stage during the October offering of Keep on Learning at Wartburg College.

Dr. Dmitri Vorobiev, assistant professor of piano at the University of Northern Iowa, will examine Beethoven’s influence on music nearly 200 years after the composer’s death. Recordings and Vorobiev’s live performances will demonstrate why pianists continue to record and perform Beethoven, and why his works resonate with audiences.

“Meeting Beethoven at the Piano” will be Thursday mornings, Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25, in the Heritage and St. Elizabeth rooms of Saemann Student Center. Coffee is served a 9 a.m., followed by the class session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Pre-registration is not required and participants can attend the first class of each session free of charge. A $30 fee is payable at the second session. Parking is available in the lots and on the streets directly east of Saemann Student Center.

More information is available at www.wartburg.edu/kol.