Dhilanthi Fernando, Piano and Theory
(773) 895-5164
animrach@gmail.com
Studios: Bolingbrook residence, and Online
Dhilanthi Fernando, a native of Sri Lanka, has lived in Chicago since 1981, except for a 7-year break when she moved to New York and Switzerland. Ms. Fernando taught piano, keyboard skills, and theory at The Chicago High School for the Arts for several years. She is the founder and former director of the Hyde Park-based Le Cantanti di Chicago, and the former music director of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago and Morgan Park Presbyterian Church. Ms. Fernando holds piano performance diplomas from the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity College of Music, a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the American Conservatory of Music, and a master’s degree in musicology from the University of Chicago. She has served as the Chicago representative for the Trinity College of Music, London, and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In a career that spans several decades, Dhilanthi considers herself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach both piano and theory, accompany and direct choirs (both concert and church) – and perform widely as soloist and accompanist in Sri Lanka, India, Chicago, New York, and Switzerland, where she was on the piano faculty of the International School of Geneva. Prior to leaving Chicago in 2003, she was on the faculty and administrative staff of the Merit School of Music, and at St. Therese Chinese Catholic School in Chicago. In New York, she was the pianist for the United Nations choir, and briefly had her own music school, the Taprobane Academy of Music in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
Ms. Fernando accepts students for in-person piano and/or theory lessons in her home in Bolingbrook, as well as online. She presents students for exams of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity College of Music, London.