Christine Lee Fatt
Christine Lee Fatt is a violinist and educator in the Chicagoland area. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, she came to the US at 16 years old and completed her bachelor’s degree in music at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. While in college, she had the opportunity to tour with the St. Olaf College Orchestra all over the States and got to…
Jonathan Stoner
Jonathan Stoner teaches guitar, piano and voice in the Chicagoland area. He studied classical guitar under Professor Steven Suvada at Elmhurst University. During his time in college, Jonathan pursued a degree in Music Business participating in the Classical Guitar Ensemble and the Elmhurst Choirs. While classically trained, Jonathan is also an avid songwriter with an appreciation for popular music and…
Alexandra Burch
Alexandra Burch is a Chicago-based singer who teaches both voice and piano. She graduated from Viterbo University in 2021 with a degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education. She is now working toward her Master of Music degree in Voice and Opera at DePaul University. She is excited to work with students of all ages and teach all different genres…
Pat Walsh
Pat Walsh was born and raised in the southwest suburb of Burr Ridge and started his musical journey on guitar at the age of 13. Pat has been playing guitar for over 20 years and his band has been playing throughout the nation since 2016, performing hundreds of shows and entertaining thousands of people throughout the years. Pat has been…
Nate Topolewski
Nate Topolewski is a saxophonist and pianist who has established himself as a well-known member of the Detroit music community. He has spent the past few years organizing educational jam sessions in Detroit’s Eastern Market and Cass Corridor, welcoming special guests like Martha Reeves and James Carter. James even gave him the nickname “Mr. True-Tone.” Recently, Nate released his debut album with Detroit…
Daniela Pepe
Daniela Pepe is a first year graduate student at DePaul University majoring in Voice Performance studying with Dr. Viktoria Vizin. She received her bachelor’s degree in Music Performance this past Spring from Florida Gulf Coast University where she studied with Dr. Jeanie Darnell. In Fall 2021, Daniela founded and became the president of the Coalition for Collegiate Musicians of Color.…
Severin DuSell
Severin DuSell is a performer and teacher native to Chicago. He earned his Master’s degree in flute performance from Indiana University in 2020, and has since been teaching lessons in the Greater Chicago area. He is also a piano instructor and enjoys connecting positively with students to encourage their musical growth with enthusiasm. Aside from classical music, he also enjoys…
Riley Nicholas
Riley Nicholas is a versatile musician from the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. He studied guitar performance under the instruction of Alex Frank at the University of Kansas. While at the University of Kansas, Riley performed in the DownBeat award winning jazz ensemble under the direction of Dan Gailey. Riley started playing guitar at age 13 and taught himself the basics…
Jeffrey DeLaRosa
Jeff DeLaRosa is a multi-instrumentalist and holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Illinois. Jeff plays and teaches trumpet, trombone, euphonium, clarinet and piano. He has studied with jazz trumpet professors Tito Carrillo, Pat Harbison and trumpet professor Dr. Amy Gilreath. During his time at the Univerisity of Illinois, he has participated in the Wind Orchestra,…
Kyle Mesa
Kyle Mesa is a dynamic educator in the northwest suburbs of Chicago; teaching trumpet, trombone and piano. He recently finished his BM in music education with an Instrumental concentration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As an educator/performer in Chicago, Kyle works as the Jazz Band Director at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein, Illinois. He also plays with the Shout…
Luke Polipnick
Luke Polipnick is a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator based in Chicago. He has released over a dozen recordings ranging from modern jazz, to minimalistic electronica, to free improvisation and extreme metal. He is a virtuoso guitarist, and teaches piano, drum set, voice, and theory/composition at a high level. He holds a BM in composition from university of Nebraska…
Margaret Meierhenry
Emerging soprano Margaret Meierhenry is a Chicago-based performer and educator from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She has performed many leading roles such as the title roles in Handel’s Alcina, Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Eliza in Dark Sisters, and Blanche in Dialogue of the Carmelites. Recognized for her singing, Meierhenry is an American Prize finalist and Latin Grammy Nominee. She is currently…
Adam Kastler
Adam Kastler is a performer and educator from Vernon Hills, Illinois. He is currently studying jazz piano at Depaul University under the instruction of Jim Trompeter after spending his freshman year studying jazz trumpet at Eastman School of Music. Adam started playing piano at age 7, studying classical piano with Sophie Pak-Cheang and eventually working as a music theory instructor…
Liam Marchant
Liam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who plays piano, saxophone, guitar, and electric bass. He has been teaching for over 9 years and works to help students reach their creative potential by focusing on material that they want to learn. From Bach to Katy Perry, or Oscar Peterson to Charlie Puth; Liam wants to integrate what you love about music…
Ben Jossi
Ben Jossi is an up and coming composer, performer, and educator based on Chicago’s North Side. Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ben moved to the city in 2019 to pursue a Bachelors of Music in Composition and Production at Columbia College Chicago where he recently graduated this past spring. As a composer, Ben is active in media projects nationally and…
Martyna Gogolkiewicz
Martyna started taking private piano lessons at the age of 5 and then continued her musical education all the way through High School. Her entire childhood was filled with piano competitions and concerts, as well as exams and practicing; constantly developing and expanding her skills. Martyna is currently a music student at Oakland University and is studying music education/piano performance.…
Camiel King
Camiel King graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education with a focus in Instrumental/General Music and a minor for Bassoon Performance. She has been teaching private lessons on the bassoon in the St. Clair County Area since 2011 and she is very excited to expand her lessons into the Macomb County Area. She started her…
Soojeong Lee
Soojeong Lee is a pianist, composer, and music educator from Seoul, South Korea. She began studying classical piano at the age of five and embarked on the study of pop/jazz piano in high school. Soojeong earned an AA degree in Music Composition in Korea(2012). Later that year she moved to Los Angeles where she continued her studies at the Musicians…
Park Dendy
Park Dendy is an instrumentalist, composer, and teacher currently studying jazz guitar at DePaul University with Bob Palmieri and Scott Hesse. Park’s love for music started in elementary school, singing and playing such classics as The Eagles and Pink Floyd. He played rock shows in early high school, and was eventually introduced to jazz through his school band. From there,…
Sadie Cheslak
Sadie Cheslak is a dramatic mezzo soprano with a voice that’s been described as “velvet warmth” and “rich like chocolate”. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from Concordia College, and a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance and Literature from the U of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is currently pursuing her Post Masters Certificate in Performance…
Octavio Serrano
Octavio taught himself to sing and play guitar, bass, and drums when he was 12 years old. These private studies inspired him to take music courses and join college ensembles when he graduated high school. He soon after received his bachelor’s and graduate’s degree in Music Composition at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he learned…
Carlysta Tran
Carlysta Tran is an Oklahoma City native and has been involved in music since she was three years old, where she first started taking piano lessons. At the age of 8, she started learning the violin and by the end of that same year, she debuted her first recorded solo violin performance with the Oklahoma City University Symphony. Since then,…
Noe Mina
Noé Mina received his BM from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Jazz Trumpet Performance on a Presidential Scholarship Award. He grew up studying classical piano under the tutelage of Patryce King and singing in his church choir for five years until discovering his true passion for trumpet in the sixth grade. He derived inspiration for jazz music from his high…
Joey Chimes
Joey Chimes is a composer, pianist, improviser, and music educator who has lived in Chicago since 2019. He began studying classical piano at the age of seven, and started composing and improvising shortly thereafter. He graduated cum laude with a BA in Music from Kenyon College in 2019, where he was awarded the Gabriel A. Ben-Meir Senior Award in Music…
Joseph Powers
Joe Powers is a pianist, improviser, producer, and songwriter from Chicago. Since being mesmerized at a young age by Muddy Waters’ searing live performance of “Mannish Boy” in “The Last Waltz”, music has been central to Joe’s life. He is active on Chicago’s music scene and performs at local venues including Lincoln Hall, Thalia Hall, Schubas, Martyrs, and J Pritzker…
Jesse Calcat
Detroit native Jesse Calcat is a versatile multi-instrumentalist with over 20 years of professional teaching and performance experience across diverse musical settings. Having begun piano lessons at age 4 and strings in high school, Jesse began his college music studies focusing on both piano and viola performance. During his undergraduate studies, he studied viola with Glenn Mellow and Elizabeth Rowin,…
Andrew Michor
Raquel Navarro
Raquel Navarro has been playing violin since the age of eight and has always loved teaching others to play. She has performed with ensembles such as the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra, where she currently plays as concertmaster, and the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, Raquel performed in the Fox Valley Music Festival as concertmaster and was a recipient of…
Ben Sullivan
Ben is a Guitarist, Pianist, Composer, and Arranger from Chicago. Ben has received his Bachelor’s degree in Classical Guitar Performance from DePaul University, and is currently in pursuit of his master’s degree at Northwestern. He has studied under Chicago’s leading pedagogues and performers such as Mark Maxwell, Steve Vazquez, Anne Waller, Peter Aglinskas, Denis Azabagic, and Oscar Ghiglia; he has…
Greg Jacks
Greg Jacks is a pianist and singer/songwriter already establishing himself on the local scene. While in D.C., Greg taught a full piano studio and played weekly at the Georgetown Piano Bar. He was also part of a local rock band called American Electric. Before this, he studied jazz piano at Syracuse University under Rick Montalbano. At SU, he played in…
Kevin Kozol
Kevin Kozol is a pianist, composer and educator based in Chicago, IL. He is one the founding members of the jazz fusion trio, Spare Parts, who are currently signed to Ropeadope Records. The trio’s last album, “Warehaus West Sessions, Vol.1,” which received 5/5 stars in UK Vibe, features Fareed Haque, Bill Dickens and Rajiv Halim. Spare Parts has performed major…
Jeff Poindexter
Jeffrey Poindexter is an active music director and pianist in the Chicagoland area, having worked with numerous theatres including FWD Theatre Project, BoHo Theatre, Griffin Theatre, the Performer’s School and Fox Valley Repertory. Jeffrey is an adjunct faculty accompanist at Roosevelt University and frequent collaborator at Columbia College Chicago and College of DuPage. Along with his various theatre work, Jeffrey…
Collin Clauson
Collin Clauson is from Minneapolis, MN and has now become a transplant to the Chicago area. He started playing piano at an early age and later learned how to play the clarinet, saxophone, and guitar. Collin previously studied at Northern Illinois University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in 2012 in Music Performance. Collin is an in-demand piano player who regularly works…