Music
Concert Pianist, Artist Piano Teacher
Dr. Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano teacher. Her vast wealth of teaching and performing experience enables her to successfully introduce performers of any level and age to the beautiful world of classical music She is Artistic Director and Founder of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts Inc., located at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. Dr. Yulia Lipmanovich maintains a teaching studio open to all ages and all levels who wish to learn and grow as pianists and musicians.
Balu Musik is a world-renowned boutique shop specializing in high-end equipment and services for brass players, with a primary focus on the French horn
Since 1976, Bein & Fushi has taken its place as the world’s premier dealer and restorer of fine stringed instruments. We have accomplished this by establishing a firm in the tradition of the greatest shops of the past. Bein & Fushi offers the broadest selection of fine antique and modern instruments for students, professionals, and collectors as well as world-class repair and restoration services.
Piano lessons for children and adults.
Five generations of experience and craftsmanship in the making, repair, and restoration of stringed instruments (violins, violas, and cellos).
Carolyn Jean Brady maintains a private voice studio of students and clients who sing in a multitude of styles around the country and world, both online and in the landmark Fine Arts Building at 410 South Michigan in Chicago.
Chicago Piano Gallery is founded by Ilir Sebastian Foto. Specializing in the Art of Piano Rebuilding/Restoration with over 20 years of piano rebuilding experience. Chicago Piano Gallery is your one-stop piano shop for all your piano needs and services. In addition to piano restoration, we also have a small selection of Pre-Owned Steinway Pianos. All of our Pre-owned Steinway pianos are fully restored to as-good-as-new condition and come with a 20-year warranty. Showroom visit by appointment only.
Studio 634
Private Voice Lessons
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ mission is to inspire and cultivate personal excellence through music. After nearly 80 years of music-making, CYSO continues to shape generations of young leaders and musicians. Students collaborate and create in a learning environment like no other, developing fundamental skills including leadership, self-confidence, teamwork, and resilience. We are committed to educating, encouraging, and empowering each young musician so that they may pursue personal excellence both on and off the stage.
Violin/viola lessons
As a native Chicagoan, growing up on the west side of Chicago, Derrick Bounds begin studying the piano, mostly through private study at various schools and more recently the Chicago Conservatory of Music. Derrick’s range of music genres include Jazz, Classical, Ragtime, and Pop, Gospel, Blues…. but not limited to either. Visit derrickboundsmusic.com for more.
We repair professional grade flutes by appointment only
Widely recognized as one of “Chicago’s Top Music Educators,” Frank J. Rumoro’s highly structured method / course is tailored to the individual needs of each student regardless of level, whether beginner, intermediate, or very advanced, in order to create the complete musician prepared to perform in any setting or style of music.
Goldston Music Studio offers piano lessons for all ages and levels, online and in-person at the historic Fine Arts Building in Chicago’s South Loop. In addition to piano instruction, Christopher offers coaching in composition, pedagogy and teacher training.
Dealers in fine violins, violas, cellos & bows as well as restorations, authentications & appraisals.
Music production and recording studio. Open to all creatives, but specializing in Alternative Hip-Hop, R&B, and Soul.
Promoting and nurturing jazz in Chicago since 1969.
Jazz Institute of Chicago’s mission is to nurture and promote jazz in all its forms. JIC seeks to keep jazz music thriving and expanding by celebrating the work of musicians past, shining a light on musicians present, and making the way brighter for musicians of the future. This is realized through community and education programs, 90% of which are free.
Jazz Institute of Chicago’s pillars include • provide jazz education • preserve the legacy of jazz • develop & support Chicago musicians • build Chicago’s jazz community • foster a thriving Chicago jazz scene.
John K. Becker & Company, founded in 1994, is located in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright studio of the Fine Arts Building in Chicago. Becker and his staff offer the highest level of restoration, instrument maintenance, and tonal adjustments.
Piano lessons available for all ages. I have been teaching locally at the Fine Arts Building and in private sessions for over 32 years.
Teacher of private voice and conducting lessons
We aim to provide the finest music instruction in Chicago and beyond by offering a comprehensive, unconstrained and engaging music learning experience delivered by world-class faculty with maximum convenience and affordability.
Maker, dealer, and restorer of fine violins and bows.
Instructor of advanced piano studies .Also specializing in preparation of auditions, recitals, and competitions.
Lessons offered in Piano, Music theory, Music History, and Composition. All levels accepted.
Studio 521
A vibrant music studio specializing in booking customized chamber music for live events and classical string instruction for teens and adults.
Artistic Director at Ossia Musical Forum, violist, Nora Williams “…brings excitement and passion to every work she performs.” A varied performer with a penchant for chamber music, Nora delights in exploring and introduciing her audiences to hidden gems in the chamber music repertoire. During the 2020 pandemic, Nora has presented several small house concerts to audiences starved for live music. Nora is principal viola with the Highland Park Strings from 2004-2020, founder and violist with the contemporary string quartet Red Riding Hood, guest soloist with the South Loop Symphony, and past principal viola and soloist with the Bach and Beyond Chamber Orchestra. Nora spent seven years as a member of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and has made appearances with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, the New Philharmonic, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, da Corneto Opera, L’Opera Piccola and Light Opera Works. Nora has maintained a private teaching studio in Chicago since 1998.
Nora is a past board member of the Musicians Club of Woman and the Steering Committee of the Fine Arts Building Studios Collective where she participates regularly in Chicago Loop Alliance, and Chicago Cultural Mile functions. Since 2012, she has been on the faculty of the Interharmony International Music Festival in Acidosso, Tuscany, Italy.
Nora is a native of the San Francisco Bay area and received a bachelor’s degree in music from Stanford University. Her teachers and mentors include: Bernard Zaslav, Alan deVeritch, Serge Collot, and Burton Kaplan. Nora has enjoyed participating in many summer festivals, Kneisel Hall, Britt, Idyllwild, the Paillard Academie, and Magic Mountain, and considers them a key component to her artistic growth and continued inspiration. Nora was a 2007 Artist-in Residence at the Cliff Dwellers Club, and arts-based club in downtown Chicago that recently celebrated its 100 year anniversary.
Nora loves the variety of the Chicago music scene and enjoys performing popular music with the Don Cagen Orchestra (including at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration), as well as local indie bands and headline acts coming through Chicago on tour. Nora’s hobbies include gardening, triathlons, reading and cooking, and she loved sharing many of these with her late husband, Shawn Quaid, a Chicago area chef.
Nora plays on a viola made by Benoit Fleury, 1749 from Paris.
– Last updated July 2022.
I teach musical theater voice, popular vocal styles, music improv, traditional and contemporary piano, and the situations in which these arts overlap. At Paul W. Thompson Music, the study of music (whether for theatrical purposes or not) is student-focused. In this way, students can achieve the goals they set up for themselves when they begin instruction.
Performers Music is a classical sheet music store located in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue. We are the oldest sheet music purveyor in the city. We cater to professional performers, teachers, and students of all levels. Our selection of sheet music is mostly classical but we also carry jazz, vocal standards, and showtunes, with a wide variety of method books and studies.
Richard Heiberger MM, Classical and Jazz piano.
Our collective is comprised of a highly experienced, world-class pianists, organists, string players, and vocalists for every need of your special event, wedding, or religious service, with expertise in Jewish and Christian liturgies and services.
Have your own musicians but lack the space for rehearsal and performance? Contact us today about how you can rent our space! Fully equipped music studio with a Steinway B, Boston 5’10”, tables and chairs for 45 pp for concerts, lectures, recitals and practice .
A state of the art facility for woodwind instrument repair.
Freelance percussionist in the Chicago and Greater Chicagoland Area. Principal Timpanist with Elmhurst Symphony. Principal Percussionist with Kenosha Symphony.
Event company focused on bringing new Dance Venues and Live Music Events to Downtown Chicago.
William Harris Lee & Company was established in 1978. As makers of fine string instruments, we developed an unmistakable style in sound and design which has revolutionized the industry.