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Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
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. The chord method is LOTS of fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture demonstration. Instructor: Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director. He has over 30 years’ experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years. He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Sat., 10/18 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Mon., 10/20 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Mon., 10/27 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Sat., 11/15 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Mon., 11/17 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Zoom.


How To Play Piano by Ear
Learn one of musics deepest mysteries: how to play songs without relying on music. A very practical presentation of music theory that includes predicting chord progressions, learning from recordings, and transposing-all expressed in everyday language. This is an ideal follow-up to the Instant Piano class and is open to anyone who has a basic understanding of chords on any instrument. Expand your musical horizons, and free yourself from sheet-music dependence, and be the life of the party! Prior experience with chords recommended. Fee includes the online book, online follow-up lessons, a recording of the class and an optional monthly question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom. Instructor: Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director. He has over 30 years’ experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years. He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, follow up online lessons)
Sat., 11/22 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Zoom


Guitar - on Zoom


Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People - on Zoom
In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. For ages 13+. Instructor: Craig Coffman is an experienced piano and guitar instructor, professional pianist and music director. He has over 30 years’ experience teaching piano privately. His piano and guitar seminars, offered through Community Colleges and Community Education Programs, have been attended by over 30,000 students throughout Arizona, Minnesota and the United States over the last 27 years. He has a degree in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Illinois (where he also studied piano) and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Sat., 10/18 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Tue., 10/21 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Mon., 10/27 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Sat., 11/15 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Zoom.

1 Session $ 69 (includes materials, online follow up lessons)
Tue., 11/18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Zoom.