Drum Circle is a fun, educational, and accessible musical experience that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and expression! Participants of drum circle will learn about various percussion instruments from all over the world and the proper technique for playing each instrument. The goal is for everyone who participates to discover and share their sense of rhythm which each other, even if just by clapping along! Dancing encouraged!

Each class will be devoted to a different theme, providing historical context and featuring recorded examples. 

The classes will feature the leading voices of Country Music.

Students enrolled in Explore Your Voice will learn breathing, articulation, and phonation

techniques. During the course, students will work on songs they have chosen. Each week, the instructor will work with them on their songs, and by the end of the course they will have learned one to two songs and have improved their speaking and singing voices. Most of all, they will have had fun! The final class will be a recital that is open to the public.

Join international operatic tenor, Pavarotti competition winner, and ND professor (retired) Mark Beudert for a free-wheeling discussion of All Things Operatic, with a concentration on upcoming local live and broadcast performances.

Age or musical experience should not keep you from exploring your passion for music. We will work together to learn at least one song each week with sheet music and chords. This class is for the beginner student or anyone wanting to learn to play with chords. Please purchase Hal Leonard's "Best Songs Ever/Super Easy Piano Songbook for Beginners and Adults" (available on Amazon for $18.99) and bring it to the first session. Blue Skies and Can't Help Falling In Love will be one of our first songs from the book. You will NOT need to bring a piano or keyboard to class but should have one for practicing.

Have you been yearning to have a reason to pick up your flute again? Join us for flute choir and ensembles; previous playing experience is required. We will have time set aside for those who wish extra help. You will need a flute in playing condition, a music stand, a tuner, and a metronome. $5.00 copying fee. Contact instructor for reliable flute repair technicians.

Silvertones is a glee club for seniors – no auditions! We welcome anyone who wants to sing. Our focus is on performance of music that is both fun and entertaining, as well as serious;we sing both religious and non-religious music. Silvertones gives a public concert each semester and performs for senior groups, retirement centers, service clubs, and private parties as invited. Except for the public event, most performances are in the afternoon or for a luncheon. Great camaraderie adds to the fun. Music for the fall semester focuses on the holidays. Additional rehearsals may be scheduled between Thanksgiving and the concert, which is usually the second weekend in December.

Join international operatic tenor and retired ND Professor Mark Beudert (live) and the legendary Leonard Bernstein (on video) as we make the workings of classical music understandable. You will be AMAZED at how much you learn!