Meet Our Celebrated Faculty & Staff
Merit School of Music’s expert teaching artists and staff create a deep, inspiring, and motivating learning experience for music-lovers from across Chicagoland.
Get to know the faces of Merit who are dedicated to ensuring music students of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are able to reach their full musical and personal potential.
Department Chairs | Brass | Early Childhood | Ensembles | Guitar | Jazz | Percussion | Piano | Strings | Theory & Composition | Voice & Choir | Woodwind
Department Chairs
- Department Chair, Director: Conservatory Choirs, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Faculty: Voice
Brass
Early Childhood & General Music
Ensembles
- Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Faculty: Instrumental Large Ensembles, Faculty: Viola
- Department Chair, Director: Conservatory Choirs, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Faculty: Voice
- Director: Cherub Orchestra, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Private Lessons Instructor: Violin
- Director: Conservatory Symphonic Band, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Director: Merit Philharmonic, Ensembles, Faculty: Clarinet
Guitar
Jazz
Percussion
Piano
Strings
- Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Faculty: Instrumental Large Ensembles, Faculty: Viola
- Director: Cherub Orchestra, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Private Lessons Instructor: Violin
Theory & Composition
Voice & Choir
- Department Chair, Director: Conservatory Choirs, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Ensembles, Faculty: Voice
Woodwind
- Conservatory: Clarinet Technique Class, Director: Clarinet, Ensembles, Faculty: Clarinet
- Director: Conservatory Symphonic Band, Director: Merit Music in Communities, Director: Merit Philharmonic, Ensembles, Faculty: Clarinet
