String Teachers

Rhea Basa, Violin and Viola
5425 S. East View Park,
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 288-7432
rheabasa@juno.com

Beth Bistrow, Violin
5421 S. Ridgewood Court
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 667-1808
bbistrow@hotmail.com

Phyllis Calderon, Violin
7204 S. Ridgeland Ave
Chicago IL 60649-2809
(773) 667-2487
atcpmusic@aol.com

Yimei Chen, Violin
1329 E. 55th St.
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 684-0269
ychen3@uchicago.edu

Daniel Golden, Violin and Viola
556 W. Roscoe St. #1
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 755-3966
danielgolden@hotmail.com

Chris Joye Music
Electric bass, theory, composition, film scoring
5020 S. Lake Shore Dr., #2016N
Chicago, IL 60615
610-563-3014
Chris@chrisjoyemusic.com

Megan Lauterbach, Suzuki and Traditional Cello
643 W. 31st St.
Chicago, IL 60616
895-6083
also at Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, Inc.
meggylauterbach@yahoo.com

Charlotte Lehnhoff, Cello
1451 E. 52 Street, #3
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 324-6996
chlehnhoff@sbcglobal.net

Gretel Lowinsky, Violin and Viola
5530 S. Shore Dr., #7B
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 667-2813
gretel20@sbcglobal.net

Lenore Mass, Cello
5627 S. Blackstone Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
(773)752-5209
lemass18@yahoo.com

Dan McDonald, Viola and Violin
5131 S. Woodlawn
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 643-9059

Cheryl Smith, Violin
5415 S. Hyde Park Blvd. #1
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 955-4737
ces@mail2Chicago.com

Clara Takarabe, Violin and Viola
(773) 447-6044
tamaeclara@yahoo.com

John Tredon, Violin
1440 E. 52nd, #12C
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 324-0726

Alex Wing, Guitar/jazz and beginner's classical; Bass Guitar; beginner's Oud (Middle Eastern music); Theory.
5468 S. Harper, #2A
Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 551-7960
albion56@aol.com

MTHP News and local events

One Score, One Chicago: Blackstone Library will host a lecture on Mahler's 8th Symphony, "Symphony of a Thousand" on Monday, July 28th at 7:00 p.m

The Eighth Annual Summer Ensemble Fest July 7 - 17, 2008 is now in progress

News of our members

News of our students

Catherine Zhou, student of Laura Fenster, performed on WFMT's program Introductions on Saturday, June 21. You can listen again to the entire program here or here

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