• Advanced Consort Class Spring Term 2022: The next 10 week term will begin Wednesday March 23rd and Saturday March 26th.  Cost: $100.  The 90 minute sessions via Zoom include playing a melange of renaissance, baroque, medieval and modern music with the ORB Trio in real time with performance advice, historical information and lively banter.  For players of upper intermediate and advanced ability. Come join the fun!  To register go to the Join and Donate page and make a $100 donation and write “Advanced Consort Class” in the ‘instructions to seller’, or if that window doesn’t appear write to us at pneumantartold@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to take the class.  Attend on Wednesdays at 7pm PT or Saturdays at 10am PT or both!
• Intermediate Consort Class Winter Term 2022: New for 2022!  The 10 week term will begin Tuesday March 22nd and Saturday March 26th.  Cost: $100.  The 90 minute sessions via Zoom include playing a melange of intermediate level renaissance, baroque, medieval and modern music with the ORB Trio in real time with performance advice, historical information and lively banter.  We will go slowly at first and address technique and interpretation issues of interest to players of intermediate ability.  We will work on slightly fewer pieces and play them more times than the advanced consort class.  Come join the fun!  To register go to the Join and Donate page and make a $100 donation and write “Consort Class” in the ‘instructions to seller’, or if that window doesn’t appear write to us at pneumantartold@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to take the class.  Attend on Tuesdays at 7pm PT or Saturdays at 1pm PT or both!

Below is a description of the classes we normally teach at the Community Music Center – due to the coronavirus, those classes are canceled through Winter Term 2022.

Gayle Neuman, Phil Neuman, and Cindy Markham (members of The Oregon Renaissance Band and The Fireside Social Orchestra) teach a number of early music performance classes at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St. in Portland, Oregon.

Gayle leading the Recorder 3 Class at the Community Music Center. Photo by Full Duck.

During the fall, winter, and spring terms the schedule is:

To see the CMC catalog and cost/registration information, Click here for Community Music Center Classes – scroll to current catalog and look for our classes.

In addition, monthly classes are held for Early Strings in Oregon City.  Private lessons are available for voice and many wind and string instruments.  E-mail the Neumans at pneumantartold@gmail.com for more information.