Learn basic note reading, technique, theory, and chords. Class time will be a mix of group work and individual instruction. Students will need access to a piano/keyboard at home for practice during the week. A $30 fee is to be paid to the instructor for comprehensive textbook which includes songs, exercises, and music theory. Instructor joani mitchell has been playing and teaching piano in the midcoast area for nearly fifty years. You may have heard her play for Our Lady of Good Hope Church, many of the musicals at Camden Hills Regional High School, in local community theaters, and for The Penobscot Bay Singers, among others. She created and implemented the music program at The Riley School. She has a music degree in piano performance from the University of Maine and has studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.