Spring 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog

String Ensemble (CP229)

CA – Performing Arts Appreciation

Performance of string ensemble music, light classics, show tunes and standards. Work on intonation, technique, phrasing, dynamics and listening to each other. Recommended practice time: three to four hours per week. Prerequisite: Two or more years’ playing experience. Required materials: Instrument and stand.

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

INSTRUCTORS: Richard Wellons, Steven Zimmerman

WELLONS, RICHARD–B.A., biology, Westminster College. Studied violin with Mario Mantini in Boston. Plays in amateur symphonies and musical productions. Art interests include drawing, watercolor, acrylic painting and working with metal and wood.

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. Honored to be taking up the mantle of his late father, Joe Zimmerman, who taught at OLLI for decades.

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