Undergraduate: B.M (Honors) University of Sydney - Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Violin/Piano). Postgraduate: M.M - Australian Institute of Music (Violin/Piano) PhD Specialist in Music Performance ( Violin) - University of Michigan School of Music (Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors). Post-gr...

Bryan Albert makes a living as a teacher, concert guitarist, performance artist, transcriber, studio artist, and composer/arranger. In addition to his private guitar and piano studio, Bryan is currently on strings faculty at Sherwood at Columbia College. Past collaborators and patrons include Halcyo...

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Bridget Callahan has taught viola and violin for over ten years. After being first introduced to string instruments in her public school music program, Ms. Callahan is a strong advocate for music education for all children. She has studied Suzuki pedagogy with Nancy Lokken, Edward Kreitman and Nan...

Where did you receive your undergraduate education? Lynn University Florida. Where did you receive your postgraduate education? I was under full scholarship at the Juilliard School for master degree.  Artist Diploma at Manhattan School of Music. What is your hometown? Shang...

Preferred Student Age: 8 and up, occasionally teaching younger students. Preferred Student Level: Intermediate to advanced. How long have you been on faculty at Sherwood? Since fall of 1991. Briefly describe your musical pursuits outside Sherwood. Solo and chamber performances; member...

Preferred Student Age: 5 and up. Preferred Student Level: Beginners to Advanced. How long have you been on faculty at Sherwood? Since 2003. Briefly describe your musical pursuits outside Sherwood. I perform contemporary/avant garde and free improvisation and work with composers on new...

Preferred student level:  Any age. When did you join the faculty at Sherwood? 2008. What do you want to impart to your students through your teaching? Passion!  I hope my students learn to love music and be passionate about it.  Whatever else they choose to make a part of their l...

Kevin Korschgen, jazz drummer and music educator, first moved to Chicago in 1980 to join a band called “Rush Hour”. He began teaching jazz in 1983 as band director at Notre Dame High School for Boys, where he led the school’s award-winning jazz ensemble, He later developed a dynami...

Susan Levitin is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Joseph Mariano. Her other teachers include William Kincaid and Ralph Johnson. Ms. Levitin currently performs with the Chicago Ensemble and has played with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Rochester Philharmonic, and th...

Preferred Student Age: 5 and up; prefers teenagers. How long have you been on faculty at Sherwood?24 years. Briefly describe your musical pursuits outside Sherwood.Founder and Artistic Director of The Chicago Ensemble, now in its 25th season. Yearly subscription series of 5 or 6 programs i...