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Get in tune with Oakton music classes
Taking a music class at Oakton can provide many benefits including increasing self-confidence and increasing coordination.
Music education offers many benefits to students, including developing language and reasoning skills, mastering memorization, teaching discipline, increasing coordination and building self-confidence. Starting Jan. 21, students of all skill levels can take courses in music at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
Classes are offered in the following areas:
• Brass. Contact Mark Olen, music instructor, at markolen@oakton.edu.
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• Cello and Music Theory. Contact Alexa Muhly, music instructor, at (847) 376-7162 or amuhly@oakton.edu.
• Choir and Voice. Contact Sara Torbeck, music instructor, at (847) 635-1907 or storbeck@oakton.edu.
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• Guitar, Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Guitar. Contact Tom Clippert, music instructor, at (847) 376-7004 or clippert@oakton.edu.
• Jazz Band. Contact Mark Olen, music instructor, at markolen@oakton.edu.
• Percussion. Contact Bret Sher, music instructor, at (847) 635-1905 or bsher@oakton.edu.
• Piano and Six Piano Ensemble. Contact Glenna Sprague, coordinator and professor of music, at (847) 635-1905 or gsprague@oakton.edu.
• Violin, Viola and String Ensemble. Contact Daniel Golden, music instructor at (847) 376-7108 or dgolden@oakton.edu.
• Woodwinds. Contact Tim McNamara, music instructor, at tmcnamara@oakton.edu.
Spring semester class listings may be found online: www.oakton.edu/academics/all_credit_courses/spring.php?area=Music#listings.