Orono Community Education

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano the way professionals do using chords. Since this class is being held online with ZOOM, you will be able to sit at your piano or keyboard at home and take this course with no pressure at all. This course includes an online book and follow up video lessons so you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own. An optional question and answer session and a recording of the class is included as well. The course is part lecture/demonstration and part hands-on instruction. Topics include: how chords work in a song, how to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it, how to form the three main types of chords, how to handle different keys and time signatures, how to avoid “counting” and how to simplify over 12,000 complex chords. Participants ages 13-17 must have an adult guardian present.

Are you ready to tap into your natural creativity this summer? Join us for a 12 week adventure with 6 different meeting times working with the book "Conscious Creativity" by Philippa Stanton. The meetings will take place at The Vintage Storyteller, which will provide opportunities to stretch ourselves creatively through discussion and engagement with our surroundings in new ways. We will pique our curiosity and connect with our creative practice working through different chapters on looking, documenting, texture, color, the senses, atmosphere, light and composition. You will be guided on how to breathe creativity back into your life, stimulating our imagination and reinvigorating our creative lives. Call to register participants ages 16-17 (must attend with an enrolled adult). Registration closes on June 2nd. June 11 - First meeting - Intro to course & book June 25 - Topic: Looking July 16 - Topic: Color July 30 - Topic: Atmosphere August 13 - Topic: Abstract August 27 - Topic: Continuing On