A Guide To The Independent Music Teachers of Hyde Park

Serving Chicago's Hyde Park, Kenwood and South Shore neighborhoods

If you are interested in music lessons, here's why you should choose a teacher from MTHP

  • Personalized instruction
  • Teacher selection based on your preference of teaching philosophy, credentials, price, location and personality.
  • Scheduling flexibility.
  • Most teachers offer a free interview.
  • MTHP members belong to professional organizations that offer competitive opportunities including contests, jazz and composition festivals, theory, musicianship and performance achievement awards.

MTHP offers programs for the whole community at the Blackstone Library.

MTHP News

Our annual Performathon took place on May 31 and June 1 at the Blackstone Public Library and Montgomery Place.

Look into this summer's Eighth Annual Summer Ensemble Fest July 7 - 17, 2008

News of our members

News of our students

Catherine Zhou, student of Laura Fenster, performed on WFMT's program Introductions on Saturday, June 21 from 11:00 AM until noon. You can find her performance of the Scherzo from Prokofiev's Love of Three Oranges on this page

Amy Broadbent, student of Elaine B. Smith, played in the master class for the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association workshop given by Paul Wirth on Friday, June 20, at Roosevelt University.

Interesting articles and links

At the New York Times, an article about new software that can edit out wrong notes in recordings

from the New York Times: The Academy - teaching music in the NY public schools