Music Together®, now being taught worldwide, began as an educational project of the Center for Music and Young Children, founded in 1985. All our teachers at Music Together of the Music Institute of Chicago are registered to teach through Music Together's national training process, by the CMYC early childhood music-training program, and receive ongoing training, supervision, and peer support. Our teachers are some of the most experienced in the area!
Jennifer Bartel
Certification Level I, M.M. in Flute, Manhattan School of Music; B.M., DePaul University. Ms. Bartel is the recipient of many awards including: winner of Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Competition; first place winner in the Society of American Musicians Young Artist Competition; winner of the University of Chicago Concerto Competition. She was a guest artist on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center which was broadcast live on WFMT. Jennifer has performed with the Elgin, Rockford, and Kenosha Symphony Orchestras. She is on faculty as the flute instructor at the Music Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest campus.
Heidi Cohen
B.A. in Music from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, M.A.T. from National-Louis in Evanston. She has been teaching piano privately for the last five years on the North Shore. Over the last couple of years she has enjoyed performing in numerous New Music Concerts and Children Shows in the Chicagoland area.
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Lisa Griffith
Director, Certification Level II. Music Together Teacher, M.M., Northwestern University Opera Performance: B.A. in Music, Knox College, Apprentice Artist Glimmer Glass Opera, New York, Apprentice Artist Program for Singers, Santa Fe Opera, member of NATS-National Association of Teachers of Singing, Lisa is the Director for Music Together at Lake Forest and their satellite location, Oak Brook, and Elmhurst. |
Mark Adamczyk
B.A. in Theatre from the University of Illinois. Mark has been actively involved with children and music since he was registered to teach Music Together in 1999. To date, he has enjoyed the company of over 600 children and their families in Music Together classes. Mark is the music instructor at the Montessori School of Lake Forest, and he performs with his guitar at family events for area park districts and the Lake County Forest Preserves. He is currently arranging, performing, and recording a CD for children, "400 Years of Folk Songs." Mark is a composer of stage musicals at the nationally famous Theatre Building Chicago Writers'Workshop and can also be caught gigging around the Chicago area with the classic rock act, the Saturday June Band.
Sue Becker
B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science from University of Illinois at Chicago specializing in Microbiology, first taught Music Together at Bethany Early Childhood Learning Center and has volunteered at Family Network parent-child drop-in center in Highland Park. Sue has a life long love of music making and a background in theatrical production, choral and madrigal singing. She has been a Music Together mom for many years.
Brenna Boncosky
Brenna Boncosky- Originally from the Chicago area, Brenna received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Mississippi and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. Brenna has enjoyed a successful career as a voice teacher, performer, and nanny over the last several years. Having just recently returned to Chicago from Southern California, Brenna is thrilled at the prospect of bringing her love and knowledge of music to children and families through teaching Music Together.
Jana Patterson
MT director and teacher. Six years of teaching and tutoring experience ages 2-18. Private piano instructor 4 years.
MS in Material Engineering from Technical University in Košice, Slovakia.
