Our Staff

Denise Marguerite Trautmann is a classically trained pianist, flutist, soprano, and composer. In 1998, she attended the College of DuPage, where she continued her studies of flute and piano. She was first introduced as

Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Japanese (familiar), Spanish (familiar) Alexander Sun is a resident of the Western Suburbs. He has a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Languages and Cultures from

Preston Treece is a contemporary songwriter/instrumentalist who surrounds himself with music at all times. He is equipped with 10+ years of Drum experience, 9 years of Guitar/Bass experience, 5 years of Music

Jim Holman grew up as the son of a musician. From an early age Jim knew that music was going to be his life-long pursuit. He started taking private piano lessons in

Steven Vonderohe is a musician, educator, and composer in the southwest suburbs of Chicago who is devoted to sharing and advancing the art of percussion and music. Since receiving his Bachelor’s degree

Catalin Lari was born in Romania, and started to study music at the age of 6 playing accordion in his town of birth, Nasaud. When he was 10 years old Catalin moved

Dante Salamante is a world-class performer, accomplished pianist, and an experienced piano, guitar, bass, drums, ukulele, harmonica, and voice teacher. He hails from the Philippines where he began playing lead guitar for

Christian Yi is a performing musician, arranger, composer, pianist and keyboardist, educator, producer, and music director. Starting around the age of 5 he began taking classical piano lessons. After a few years

Educated at the Merit Music Conservatory, Sherwood Music Conservatory and Boise State University-Music Education, Chicago-based Trumpeter Augustine “Tino” Melecio began his extensive career in the Gallery 37 Latin Big Band in 1993

Bobby Calebaugh Clark is a University of Illinois graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Music Education and a minor in Language Arts. Bobby, a Fox Valley native, attended West Aurora

Bridget has a Bachelor of Vocal Performance from the University of Illinois and her Master’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She has taught private voice lessons in

​Catherine Sulla graduated from Millikin University in 2016 as a high talent scholarship holder. She is a dramatic soprano who trained classically in her undergraduate work, but has branched out into pop,

Christopher Mendez has been playing the cello since the age of nine. He began lessons with Wendy Cotton as a freshman in high school and later studied with Timothy Archbold during his

​An exceptional musician, Erik won a major Chicago-area bass solo contest early in his career. He was awarded the grand prize, a $2,000 Modulus bass guitar. He went on to participate in

Fluent in: English, Spanish & Italian Gabriela Sevilla was born in Mexico City. She has a Bachelor’s degree with honors as a classical singer from the National University of Mexico. In her

Teaching and learning music is one of the most satisfying pursuits one can do. I have been involved in both now for over 15 years. My goal is to make music as

Arman is a Graduate Assistant at Northern Illinois University, in Dekalb, Illinois. His fields of  study are in jazz saxophone, composition, and education.  While at NIU he assists in coaching several jazz

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams” from Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy The piano came with the house. That’s how it all started. There was an old

Soprano Megan Radowick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master’s degree in Voice Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts

Michael Lockler received his Bachelor’s in Jazz Studies at North Central College. There he studied flute with Marie Bennett and guitar with John McLean. He received his Master’s in Performance, while studying

Nicholas Sanders first began taking piano lessons at the age of five and has had a lifelong passion for music ever since. Nic’s youth saw him explore many different forms of music,

Ron received both his BA and Masters degrees in Percussion Performance from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Since moving to the Chicago area in 1989, he has performed professionally throughout the Midwest.

​Sam is a graduate of Batavia High School and studied music education at Elmhurst College. He spent 6 years as a member of the world class WGI ensemble Cavaliers Indoor Percussion (formerly

Sean Rhead is a 2018 graduate of Saint Xavier University, from which he holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. He is a bass singer with Classical and Musical Theatre training.

Sue Good comes from a very musical family. Sue’s father plays a variety of instruments ranging from the accordion to the piano and at one point during the 1940’s he performed in

​Svitlana Kmit Antons was born in Ukraine and has been playing the violin since she was seven. She received her education from the Lviv Musical College and one of the most prestigious

​Tad Janik started his career in the music industry at the age of 16 when he got his first professional engagement as a piano player. A few years later he obtained a

Tom Navarro is Guitarist from Chicago, IL. Tom started playing guitar at age 15 and was heavily influenced by 80 rock guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Neil Schon of Journey among others.

Yee Seer began playing at age five, and started teaching at the Yamaha School of Music in Malaysia at 18. After several years, she traveled to London to teach and receive a