Fall 2026 OLLI Digital Catalog

BAND: BEGINNING PLAYERS LEVEL 2 (CP201)

CP – Performing Arts Participation

Prerequisite: Ability to read music is helpful. Must have your own instrument and past playing experience (any instrument). 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. If you have no musical experience or just want to start from scratch, you should take BAND: BEGINNING PLAYERS LEVEL 1.

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

INSTRUCTORS: Jerry Goldman, Thom Remington, Steven Zimmerman

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.

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.

ZIMMERMAN, STEVE — B.M., music education, University of Delaware (1979). Taught instrumental music before changing careers to IT. Able to teach all wind instruments and percussion. Also conducts OLLI Orchestra and String Ensemble.

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