A Change of Seasons is the first EP by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, first released on September 19, 1995, through East West Records.

[3] Although the song includes audio samples from the 1989 film Dead Poets Society (as well as quotes from the 1648 Robert Herrick poem, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time),[4] the lyrics, written by drummer Mike Portnoy, were not inspired by the film.

Basically, I took a lot of personal incidents, like losing my mother and a couple of things that happened in my life, and I wrote them into the lyrics.

A Change of Seasons was also the first Dream Theater release featuring Derek Sherinian on keyboards.

Excerpts from the title track were used by NBC in a segment on downhill skiing during the 2002 Winter Olympics.