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Learn to play the piano with us!

With more than 50 piano faculty members and 600 private piano students, MIC has one of the nation's largest community music school piano departments.  Learn to play the piano with private piano lessons or expand your knowledge with piano group classes. Our piano instructors are both nurturing and challenging, teaching beginning through advanced repertoire for students of all levels and abilities. Traditional and Suzuki instruction are offered, as are improvisation classes. Pianists are also encouraged to participate in MIC’s chamber music program.

Adult piano lessons, youth piano lessons, group piano classes, and private piano lessons are all available at MIC.

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

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Faculty

Dr. Jeong Min Lee

Piano Faculty (Suzuki)

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 Piano Duo 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