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Summer Music Lessons with Catriona Ailts - Mondays -teaches beginning piano, guitar and violin, and all levels of clarinet


Arts Programs / Discovery School of Music -
Summer 2025

Summer is a great time to start learning to play an instrument or improve your skills. We offer 30-minute private lessons for a variety of band and orchestra instruments as well as piano. Weekly summer lessons are offer June 9 - August 15. Review each instructor's biography and available schedule. Choose the instructor and lesson day and time that best fits for you. There is a $15 nonrefundable registration fee. Lessons are billed monthly. Lessons are held at the Discovery Center in Maple Plain. No lessons on June 19, July 4 and July 21-25.

Catriona offers lessons in beginning piano, guitar and violin, and all levels of clarinet.  She teaches on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Review her biography for more information.  

Music students need to provide their own instruments for lessons, with exception of piano lessons

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Instructor

Catriona Ailts

Music Instructor


In-Person or Online Lesson Format

Available Monday and Tuesday evenings

Specializes in flute all levels, and also teaches piano, cello and guitar - Beginner through Intermediate Levels.


Catriona graduated from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music focusing on composition and creative studies. She has been teaching flute lessons independently for over 5 years and is continuing her passion for teaching through Orono Community Education. Catriona’s music journey started at a young age with exposure to multiple genres through music listening, singing, and film. She has played flute since the age of 11, performing in concert bands and wind ensembles ever since. At the age of 13, she started her knack for arranging music by ear while listening to the radio and discovered an interest in composing original music. Upon graduating high school, Catriona established herself as a freelance private flute instructor based in the St. Michael area and she continued to perform throughout college in the UMN Symphonic Band. As a composition student, she had the opportunity to study under the guidance of Dr. Alex Lubet and took part in multiple compositional projects including arranging an original piece of her own, Uncertain Circumstance, for a UMN Composer’s YouTube concert during the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently, Catriona is playing flute with the Hopkins Westwind Concert Band and the Silverwinds Flute Choir along with continuing to teach lessons, study a variety of other instruments, and establish herself as an active composer and arranger. Outside of her involvement with music, you’ll catch Catriona reading, practicing ballet, and spending time with family and friends.

Catriona Ailts

Music Instructor


In-Person or Online Lesson Format 

Available Tuesdays and Thursdays 3-7 pm 

Specializes in flute all levels, and also teaches piano, cello and guitar - Beginner through Intermediate Levels.


Catriona graduated from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music focusing on composition and creative studies. She has been teaching flute lessons independently for over 5 years and is continuing her passion for teaching through Orono Community Education. Catriona’s music journey started at a young age with exposure to multiple genres through music listening, singing, and film. She has played flute since the age of 11, performing in concert bands and wind ensembles ever since. At the age of 13, she started her knack for arranging music by ear while listening to the radio and discovered an interest in composing original music. Upon graduating high school, Catriona established herself as a freelance private flute instructor based in the St. Michael area and she continued to perform throughout college in the UMN Symphonic Band. As a composition student, she had the opportunity to study under the guidance of Dr. Alex Lubet and took part in multiple compositional projects including arranging an original piece of her own, Uncertain Circumstance, for a UMN Composer’s YouTube concert during the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently, Catriona is playing flute with the Hopkins Westwind Concert Band and the Silverwinds Flute Choir along with continuing to teach lessons, study a variety of other instruments, and establish herself as an active composer and arranger. Outside of her involvement with music, you’ll catch Catriona reading, practicing ballet, and spending time with family and friends.

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S168-300

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
3:00 - 3:30 PM

  No Class Jul 21


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Min Grade   K

Full - waiting list


$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-330

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
3:30 - 4:00 PM

  No Class Jul 21


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Min Grade   K

$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-400

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
4:00 - 4:30 PM

  No Class Jul 21


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Tu
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Th
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Min Grade   K

$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-430

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
4:30 - 5:00 PM

  No Class Jul 21


Su
M
Tu
W
Th
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Sa

Min Grade   K

Full - waiting list


$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-500

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
5:00 - 5:30 PM

  No Class Jul 21


Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
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Min Grade   K

$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-530

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
5:30 - 6:00 PM

  No Class Jul 21


Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
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Min Grade   K

$ 15.00
Registration Fee
S168-600

  Catriona Ailts


Discovery Center Complex - Discovery Center : Room 206
Mondays, Jun 9 - Aug 11
6:00 - 6:30 PM

  No Class Jul 21


Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
Sa

Min Grade   K

$ 15.00
Registration Fee