Fall 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

Using Computers To Help Learn To Play Music (CP283)

CP – Performing Arts Participation

This course covers how to find written and audio music online and how to use music notation software to edit music, practice and read music directly (no more paper!). Students also learn how to manage and share a music library. Software includes forScore and MuseScore; websites include Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, MakeMusic Cloud (aka SmartMusic) and YouTube. We also discuss playing live music online with others.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Darlene Slaughter, Ellen Sherin, Pam Wilson

SLAUGHTER, DARLENE — B.A., biology and chemistry, University of Delaware. Retired after 36 years as information chemist at IFI Patent Intelligence. Currently enjoying a return to playing musical instruments with others in ensembles, and learning new instruments. (CP283)

SHERIN, ELLEN — B.S. biochemistry, University of Massachusetts; M.S. chemistry, New Mexico State University. Retired from DuPont and GenomeQuest. Worked in IT and how it applies to molecular biology for much of career and has transferred that focus to music. Student classical violinist. (CP283)

WILSON, PAM — B.S., M.S., metallurgy engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; M.B.A., Wilmington University. Retired from DuPont. Pittsburgh native and fan. Always a lifelong learner, so enjoying OLLI and playing the violin again. (CP237, CP283)

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