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With more than 50 piano faculty members and 600 piano students, MIC has one of the largest community school piano departments in the nation.  Both nurturing and challenging, our instructors teach beginning through advanced repertoire for students of all levels and abilities. Tradition and Suzuki instruction are offered as well as improvisation classes. Pianists are also encouraged to participate in MIC’s chamber music program.

Other opportunities include the Chicago Duo Piano Festival, a vibrant duo piano program with winter and summer offerings and an adult piano camp and youth piano intensive.

Faculty

Dr. Soo Young Lee

Piano & Chamber Music Faculty

Katherine Lee

Piano Faculty

Dr. Xiaomin Liang

Piano faculty

Dr. Cheryl Lim

Piano Faculty (Suzuki)

Mio Nakamura

Musicianship Faculty

Claire Aebersold Neiweem

Piano Faculty, Aebersold & Neiweem Piano Duo in Residence

Ralph Neiweem

Piano Faculty, Aebersold & Neiweem Duo Piano in Residence

Kate (Kaoru) Nir

Piano Faculty (Suzuki)

Devvora Papatheodorou Schreier

Piano Faculty

Milana Pavchinskaya

Piano Faculty

Dr. Katherine Petersen

Piano and Chamber Music Faculty

Irina Polskaya

Piano Faculty

George Radosavljevic

Piano Faculty (Suzuki)

Olga Rikova Ridgway

Piano Faculty

Tamila Salimdjanova

Piano Faculty

Wenting Shi

Piano Faculty

Fred Simon

Jazz, Piano, and Musicianship Faculty

Arlene Stokman

Piano Faculty (Suzuki)

Eric Sutz

Piano Faculty

Dr. Christina Tio

Suzuki Piano faculty