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BAND: BEGINNING PLAYERS (CP201)

CP – Performing Arts Participation

Prerequisite: Ability to read music is helpful. Required text: Standard of Excellence, by Bruce Pearson, books 1 and 2, for your instrument; and music stand. For fun and real health benefits, start or restart learning a band instrument. Learn good habits and technique early. Gain eye-hand coordination, lung function improvement and brain stimulation, and have a joyful experience with music and friends.

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

INSTRUCTORS: Thom Remington, Steven Zimmerman, Jerry Goldman

REMINGTON, THOM — A.B., sociology, Earlham College; M.S., clinical psychology, Oklahoma State University. Has been a musician for decades; played in bands, orchestras, brass quintets, jazz groups. (CP201)

ZIMMERMAN, STEVEN — former music educator turned computer programmer/analyst who stays busy in retirement playing woodwinds, singing, acting in community theater, and teaching music at OLLI. He is honored to be taking up the mantle of his late father, Joe Zimmerman, who taught at OLLI for decades. (CP201, CP207, CP229, CP234)

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. (CP201)

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