Fall 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

Classical Music: Classical Music Virtuosos (CA333)

CA – Performing Arts Appreciation

The modern instruments of European and North American orchestras comprise five groups: strings, winds, brass, keyboard and percussion. Each week we present examples of contemporary instruments, their antecedents and some equivalents from other regions (Asia, Middle East, South America and Africa). This class explores the virtuosic possibilities of many instruments.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Jerry Goldman, Ted Wilks

GOLDMAN, JERRY — B.A., accounting, George Mason University. Retired from the mutual fund industry. Has spent a lifetime playing the trumpet in concert bands. Currently playing in both the Wilmington Community Orchestra and the Newark Symphony Orchestra. (CA333, CP201, CP275)

WILKS, TED — B.S., University of London; Ph.D., University of Manchester. Retired from DuPont after 33 years (12 in organic chemistry, 21 in information science). Program annotator, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra since 2000. Previous annotator, Delaware Symphony Orchestra (32 years). (CA252, CA332, CA333, CA334)

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