A teacher instructed the Classical Culture class pertaining to the Core Worlds at the Royal Imperial Academy, which was located on the planet of Coruscant, throughout the Galactic Empire's reign. Sometime between 3 BBY and 1 BBY, the professor questioned the students in the class regarding which opera the composer known as Igern was most famous for. The student Ciena Ree's response of Chalice and Altar pleased the teacher, however, they were let down when she could not recall the opera's themes, which her fellow classmate Thane Kyrell then supplied.
The professor was a character in Lost Stars, a novel authored by Claudia Gray that was published in 2015.