Author name: Erin Darge

Each spring, the Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory concerts offer a chance to measure how much Merit School of Music’s young musicians have grown throughout the course of the academic year.

Walk into a rehearsal with Guitarnivore—Merit’s competitive classical guitar quartet—and you’ll find an ensemble that takes remarkable ownership of its music. Guided by coach Bob Sherman, the students have built

Summer at Merit School of Music is always bursting with creativity, curiosity, and the joy of young musicians discovering what they can do. In addition to our usual beginner-level group

“Listening is the most beautiful thing music can teach us.” The audience listened attentively to every soft-spoken word shared by Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä at