Community Music Program
The Community Music Program offers superior music education in a nurturing environment of excellence and creativity. We offer a wide spectrum of individual lessons and group enrichment opportunities for children and adults alike.
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS
(for children and adults)
Enjoy personalized learning environment tailored for each individual student. We offer 30-minute individual lessons to children and adults alike in piano, guitar, voice, all orchestral instruments, and jazz techniques at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Tuition for 8 lessons of 30 minutes each:
- $200 - regular instructors.
- $320 - college faculty instructors.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND JAZZ
Find excellence, achievement, motivation, performance, and recognition. We are proud to support students in achieving certification through several nationally recognized assessment programs. Piano students also have the option to participate in the evaluation programs offered by ISMTA (Illinois State Music Teachers Association) and CAMTA (Chicago Area Music Teachers Association). For further information on how you can participate in this, please contact your private instructor or Stephanie Lopez at 312-225-6288 or slopez@vandercook.edu.
A limited number of scholarships are available for all types of lesson.
PERFORMANCE/ENSEMBLE OPPORTUNITIES
Discover the joy of making music and the excitement of performance. The Community Music Program offers ensemble performance opportunities through the Chicago Community Classical Guitar Ensemble and the VanderCook College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra.
Chicago Community Classical Guitar EnsembleThe Chicago Community Classical Guitar Ensemble is looking for new members. Founded in 1997 by Dr. Julie Goldberg, the ensemble consists of guitarists from all walks of life. Most have professions outside of music; some are full-time guitar students, and a few are professional guitarists and teachers. All share a love of the instrument and enjoy the challenges and rewards of working and performing together in this ensemble.
In addition to presenting concerts at VanderCook, the Chicago Community Classical Guitar Ensemble has performed at the 1999 and 2001 Mid-American Guitar Ensembles Festival, the St. Mary of the Woods Concert Series, Tinley Park Landmark Church Concert Series, Elmhurst Art Museum, and St. Xavier and North Park Universities.
Tuition: $125 for a full session, or $10 per week for a partial session. Please contact Stephanie Lopez to schedule an audition.
VanderCook Philharmonic Orchestra
The VanderCook Philharmonic Orchestra is a large ensemble dedicated to the performance of orchestral literature of varying levels of difficulty. Through this ensemble, students are acquainted with the styles, forms, and harmonic structures used by various composers.
The VanderCook Philharmonic performs several times throughout the year. Members of the orchestra come from VanderCook College, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois College of Optometry, and the surrounding community. The VanderCook Philharmonic has openings in the violin, viola, cello, and bass sections. Please call 312-225-6288, to schedule an audition.
REGISTRATION
To register for Community Music Program courses and ensembles,
you can either download a registration form and send it by mail or call (312) 225-6288.