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Tamara Anderson specializes in Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues and Country. Tamara works directly with numerous major and independent recording labels as well as major motion picture artists. Tamara is a highly sought after voice coach by artists, record producers, management companies. She is not only an excellent voice teacher, but a recording artist. Her musical theater actors have starred is major Broadway productions as Miss Saigon, Lion King, and Disney's Finding Nemo. |
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Elizabeth earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from DePaul University School of Music. She has served on the faculties of the McHenery County Music Center, the Moraine Music Academy, and Great Oaks School, among others. Ms. Brown has been a member of many orchestras including the Ravina Festival Orchestra, the Spoleto and Aspen Festival Orchestras, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She appears frequently as a soloist and chamber musician and is the winner of numerous awards. |
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Susan received her B.M. in flute performance from Drake University and her M.M. in flute pedagogy from J. Gutenberg Unniversita ET Mainz, Germany. She has taught at Drake University and the Frankfurt International School of Music. She has performed with local and international orchestras throughout the US.
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Melissa earned her Bachelor of Music degree in commercial music from Millikin University. She has been a member of the prestigious Millikin University Choir, as well the award winning a capella jazz group One Voice, where she was privelaged to appear at the annual Elmhurst Jazz Festival as well as relase a full length CD entitled "Small Talk". She is experienced in a wide range of musical styles including everything from classical to pop. Melissa also has experience in the studio where she recently produced/engineered/and recorded her first solo album of original songs. Most recently Melissa studied in Europe at the Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy. There she received vocal coaching in the native language and performed throughout the country.
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Pianist Dan Dufford studied music at the University of Miami and engineering at the University of Florida. While in Gainesville, FL, he was house pianist at the Heritage Club and his jazz trio was a mainstay at Maude's Classic Cafe. Dan also worked as a musician for Universal Studios, Carnival Cruise Lines, and the Hippodrome State Theatre. After relocating to Chicago, Dan is now the pianist and children's choir director at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Evanston. He is also a member of the Chicago jazz group Q-Blue and works for the Lyric Opera of Chicago OperaKids! program. |
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Erin received her degree in Music Business from Elmhurst College. She has extensive training in pop and jazz vocal stylings and experience in studio recording sessions. Erin has played the piano since the age of eight and performs as lead vocalist in jazz combos, rock bands, and in musical theater / Classical recitals. A Chicago Native, Erin is also a contracted singer and songwriter. |
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Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene is an Evanston native. He graduated from the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Upon returning to Chicago, he immersed himself in the regional music scene and has since collaborated with some of the nation’s most creative and versatile musicians. A musical “chameleon,” Greene has shared the stage or recorded with Andrew Bird, The Tempations, Common and Steve Cole. He can also be seen with the soul/deep house musical collective Mr. A. L. I., hip-hop band The J Davis Trio and his own project, The Chris Greene Quartet. For further information, please visit http://chrisgreenejazz.com |
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Laura is a well-known jazz pianist is Chicago who has been leading treios and quartets for over 25 years. Ms. Hoffman holds a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University and a B.S. in music therapy from DePaul University.
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Jason received his M.M. from DePaul University in 2003 and is currently working on a Post-Masters Certificate in Performance there with Steve Balderston. He has studied with Hans Jensen and Richard Hirschl as well. Jason has played in various orchestras, most recently in the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria this past summer. |
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Fred received his M.M. degree in guitar performance from De Paul University and his B.M. from Millikin University, where he studied both jazz and classical. Fred is known locally as both a proficient jazz performer and a patient, thorough music instructor. Fred has performed extensively throughout the Chicagoland area with jazz ensembles ranging in size from duo to big band. |
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Erin K. Murphy began her flute studies at the age of nine with
Jeffery Zook of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She received her B.M.
in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan in 2001, and
went on to study at Trevor Wye's flute studio in Kent, England. In
2004 she received her M.M. in Flute Performance from Northwestern
University, studying with Walfrid Kujala. She has appeared in
masterclasses by William Bennett, Paul Edmund-Davies, Emily Beynon,
Linda Chessis, and Ervin Monroe, among others. Erin has over eight
years of teaching experience, and has been featured in many area
chamber music and recital performances. |
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Marc is an experienced jazz performer and plays frequently throughout Chicago with Q-Blue, ESP, Lori McClain and many others. He co-founded and co-directs the Summer Lab On Stage program at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. He spends his free time going the park with his daughter and riding his bike. His love of jazz and black coffee runs deep, consequently he rarely sleeps. For more info about Marc check out www.marcpiane.com. |
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As Director, Richard established the School of Music in 1998 under the name zZounds School of Music at Pipers Alley in Old Town. Richard is Chicago native and holds a Bachelor of Music in classical guitar performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati and an A.A. from William Harper College. He has performed throughout the Midwest solo and in various ensembles. |
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Dalila
received her Bachelor’s of Music in Piano Performance
from Indiana University, where she was admitted at age
15. She went on to do two years of graduate study at
Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Her teachers include
Alexander Korsantiya, Boris Slutsky, and Sophia Rosoff.
She is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, a method
of movement therapy popular with musicians, since 1991.
She has taught piano for more than ten years, and utilizes
a variety of teaching modalities for a highly individualized
approach to each student. She is currently pursuing
an MFA at Columbia College. |
