Ensemble Faculty

Luis Galvez - Community Chorus. B.M. (Music Education), Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Solo, opera and choral performances with the Intimate Opera, The Opera Factory, Ensemble Espanol, Opera for the Young, Opera Birmingham, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Symphony Choruses, and others; tenor soloist with Temple Sholom, Chicago, and Christ Church, Winnetka. Choral instructor, language and general music teacher at public, private and parochial schools throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.

Lisa Goethe-McGinn - Adult Chamber Ensemble coach. Flute. M.M., University of Illinois, B.M., Millikin University; Masters studies, University of North Texas; SAA-trained in Suzuki method. Member of the Ensemble NoAmnesia, MAVercik Ensemble, and Basement Junta. *

Peter Kostov - Music Director, Sherwood Symphony. D.M.A. (orchestral conducting), Northwestern University, M.M. (magna cum laude) and B.M., National Academy of Music (Bulgaria). Conductor, North Shore Chamber Orchestra, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University Philharmonia.

Gerald Rizzer - Coordinator, Chamber Music Ensembles. M.M., Yale University; B.M., University of Chicago; additional studies at the Juilliard School of Music. Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago Ensemble; founder of the Sherwood Summer Chamber Music Workshop.

* Suzuki Faculty