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
Karina Canellakis-Dufour, 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
James Giles, Piano Chamber Music Coach
Ben Gray, Associate Director, Voices Rising
Victor Goines, Jazz Program Artistic Advisor
Jarrard Harris, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Director
Joy Yu Hoffman, Harp Ensemble Coach
Jessica Jordan, Miniature Young Artists Teacher
Fred Koch, Director of Mighty Maestro Singers and Little Maestro Singers
Gordon Krauspe, Chorale Director
Peter Kupfer, Director of Theory
Chris Madsen, Big Band and Jazz Orchestra Director
Stefan Milenkovich, String Chamber Music 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
James Ripley, Director of Wind Symphony Programs
Kathy Ripley, Flute Quartet Coach
Desiree Ruhstrat, String Chamber Music Coach
John Shaffer, String Chamber Music Coach
Rami Solomonow, String Chamber Music Coach
Tatyana Stepanova, Sonata Class & Piano Chamber Music Coach
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
Jerry Fuller
Joan Garner
Keith Gray
John Gremer
Mee Kim
Carol Mavrakis
Jim Milligan
Daryl Nelms
Allison Neumeister
Pam Owens
Charles Pikler
Cathy Popp
Dale Rudy
Alex Weiss
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, Administrative Assistant, Concert Program Book, Concert Programs, Recording Archives (x 302)
Jessica Jordan, Early Childhood Education Coordinator
Donna Schardt, Assistant Bookkeeper (x 309)
Stephanie Sferra, Development Intern
Rebecca Watts, Assistant to the Choral Program Directors; Marketing Assistance (x 306)
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