Faculty
Please contact mya@mya.org for general information
Allan Dennis, Director
Sarah Barnes, Percussion Group Coach
Robert Bassill, Chamber Music Director & String Chamber Music Coach
Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, Wind Chamber Music Coach
Bruce Daugherty, Brass Chamber Music Coach
Mandy Dennis, String Chamber Music Coach
Paula Fischer, String Chamber Music Coach
Gary Fry, Choral Program Director, Voices Rising Director
Matthew Gemmill, Chorale Accompanist
Ben Gray, Associate Director, Voices Rising
Victor Goines, Jazz Program Artistic Advisor
Jarrard Harris, Jazz Director
Jessica Jordan, Miniature Young Artists Teacher
Fred Koch, Chorus Director
Gordon Krauspe, Chorale Director
Peter Kupfer, Director of Theory
Chris Madsen, Jazz Director
Nic Meyer, Jazz Program Director
Liz Moore, Choristers Director & Theory Teacher
Jeff Nelson, Choral Chamber Coach
Patrick Pearson, Cadet, Prep Orchestra Director & Theory Teacher
Charles Pikler, String Chamber Music Coach
Rhona Reagen, Reading Orchestra & String Chamber Music Coach
Gerardo Ribeiro, String Chamber Music Coach
John Shaffer, String Chamber Music Coach
Rami Solomonow, String Chamber Music Coach
Tatyana Stepanova, Sonata Class & Piano Chamber Music Coach
John Thomson, Wind Symphony Program Director
Shawn Tracy, Wind Chamber Music Coach
David Yonan, String Chamber Music Coach
Board of Directors
Tom Sharp, President
Stephen Fatum, Vice President
Jeff Andreasen, Treasurer
Rhona Reagen, Secretary
Richard Sugar, President Emeritus
Kathy Berghoff
Jon Bogie
Barbara Butler
Maureen Carson
Pedro Cevallos
Tom Chmielinski
Brenda Feis
Perry Fisher
Jerry Fuller
Keith Gray
John Gremer
Niels Heemskerk
Mee Kim
Carol Mavrakis
Jim Milligan
Pam Owens
Charles Pikler
Cathy Popp
Jeff Rothstein
John Bruce Yeh
Staff
Phone: (847) 926-9898
Gena Andreasen, Volunteer Coordinator (x 305)
Will Biby, Assistant to Orchestra & Wind Symphony Directors (x 315)
Peili Chim, Registrar/Bookkeeper (x 311)
Beth Coughlin, Grants & Development
Karen Dennis, Director of Administration (x 304)
Jonathan Felbinger, IT Consultant
Cynthia Funai, Administrative Assistant (x 303)
Derek Handley, Assistant to the Chamber Music Director; Program Ads; Alumni Concert Coordinator (x 302)
Jessica Jordan, Early Childhood Education Coordinator
Kirby Kay, Administrator, Strings & Piano and Early Music Workshops (x 350)
Donna Schardt, Assistant Bookkeeper (x 309)
Rob Shepard, Assistant to the Jazz Program Director; Special Projects (x 314)
Rebecca Watts, Assistant to the Choral Program Directors; Marketing Assistance (x 306)
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