Piano Faculty
Ivana Bukvich - Head of Piano Department. Artist Diploma, M.M., Indiana University at South Bend; B.M., Music Academy at Belgrade (Yugoslavia); additional studies at DePaul University. Performances with the Dame Myra Hess Series (Chicago), the Edinburgh Festival, White Nights Festival with Valery Gergiev, Rotterdam Phillips Festival; visiting lecturer University of Illinois at Chicago; active chamber musician and accompanist.
Chelsea Burns - B.M. (Piano Performance), University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Curriculum Developer and Training Administrator for Kindermusik International; independent piano teacher for the University of North Carolina Greensboro Community Music School.
Philip Caldwell - M.M., Columbia College; B.M. (Piano Performance), Sherwood Conservatory of Music. Music director and performer with Second City, Annoyance Theater, Davenport's Cabaret, Goodman Theatre, Live Bait Theater, and Bristol Renaissance Faire; adjunct faculty in the Chicago College of Performing Arts.
Bette Coulson - M.M., American Conservatory of Music, B.M., Chicago Conservatory College; Professional Teaching Certificate, Music Teachers National Association; additional studies at Interlochen, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University. Member of the Lakeside Piano Duo and the Piano à la Quartet.
Thalia Davidson - M.M., B.M., American Conservatory of Music; A.A., University of the Pacific (California); additional studies, Aspen Institute with Victor Babin. Duo-piano performances throughout the Midwest and California.
Marjorie Delaplane - O.P. M.M., University of Michigan; B.M., Sienna Heights College; advanced study with Jorge Bolet, Indiana University; Certificate, Mozarteum in Salzburg. Performances with the Bourgeois-Delaplane duo piano team.
Aubrey Faith-Slaker - B.M. University of Illinois; M.M. Southern Methodist University; maintained private studio and performed chamber music in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Suzuki trained as a child at the Music Institute of Chicago; teaching at the Suzuki-Orff school. *
Laura Fenster - M.M., University of Southern California; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Diploma in Advanced Performance Studies, Concordia University. Recital appearances with the Dame Myra Hess Series (Chicago), Allied Arts Piano series, and tours of the Far East.
Christopher Goldston - M.M. (Piano Performance and Pedagogy), Northwestern University; B.M. (piano performance), University of North Carolina. Compositions and piano pedagogical works published by Alfred Publishing Company and FJH Music Company, Inc.
Jennifer Hemken - M.M., Auburn University, B.M., Michigan State University. Pianist and accompanist with Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Hubbart Street Dance Company, Interlochen Arts Academy.
Yvonne Huntley - M.M., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.M., Bennett College, Post-Graduate studies, University of Maryland-College Park. Also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University Community School of the Performing Arts and the Wisconsin Conservatory in Milwaukee.
Thomas Jefferson - M.M., Roosevelt University, B.M.ED., Texas A&M University, D.M.A., Northwestern University. Minister of Music at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica in Chicago; accompanist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Musicians Residency Program; director, Sherwood Gospel Workshop.
Yeeseon Kwon - D.M.A. (Piano Performance and Pedagogy), University of Oklahoma; M.M. (Piano Performance and Pedagogy), Northwestern University; B.M. (Piano Performance), Northwestern University. Formerly Associate Professor of Piano at Greenville College. Also taught at Northwestern University, Harper College, and Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY). International solo and collaborative performances. Published piano pedagogy clinician and music editor, and formerly associate editor of Clavier magazine.
Margaret Nichols - M.M., American Conservatory of Music; B.M., DePauw University; advanced study, Eastman School of Music; master classes with Jeanne-Marie Darré and Adele Marcus; MTNA nationally certified teacher. Performances with the Behrend-Nichols duo piano team.
Gerald Rizzer - 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 Institute.
Erica Tam-Wang – M.M. and Performer’s Diploma, Indiana University; B.M., St. Olaf College; additional studies at the Chautauqua Institution. Piano and music theory instructor at Indiana University; accompanist at Wheaton College and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Musician’s Residency Program at South Shore Cultural Center. Note: on maternity leave until the week of Nov. 26, 2007.
Lisa Van Duyne - B.A., in progress (Piano Performance and Pedagogy) Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Additional studies at the Melba Conservatory, University of Melbourne, Australia. Member, MTNA; additional teaching experience at the Oak Brook Academy of Music and Art and the Music Arts School in Highland Park.
* Suzuki Faculty