LINDA M. CERABONA B. MUS, 1978; M.A., 1992 De Paul University, Chicago Director of Music/OrganistUniversity of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, IL. 2005-present Began playing the piano at age 7 and the pipe organ at age 11....
I am a lifelong Chicagoan, and proud of it! My musical journey began when I was six years old. Music was very important to my parents, and I will always be grateful to them for the organ lessons I started as a young child. I can still recall practicing on the Hammond...
Martin is originally from Denver, Colorado, and holds degrees from Arizona State University, UCLA, and Capella University, and did postgraduate study at Loyola University Maryland. He studied organ with Robert Finster and Austin Lovelace (undoubtedly familiar...
Christopher Urban As Associate Director of Music and Organist at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, I lead weekly worship services from the organ and serve as accompanist for the Chancel Choir and Men’s Chorus. I am also a featured recitalist in the...
E. Byron (aka Ron) Anderson Although I often stood near the organist to watch (as well as listen to) the postlude on Sunday mornings when I was a child, I only began studying organ in junior high school. By that point I had begun accompanying Sunday School...
Introduction for the Northshore Chapter of the AGO My name is Chuck Mize, and I’m thrilled to be a new member of the AGO! I’m an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and served six congregations in five calls for nearly 42 years, concluding as Senior...
Born in 1998 and based out of the Chicagoland area, Nick Renkosik is a nationally acclaimed young organist that has performed at such venues as Sanfilippo’s Place De La Musique in Barrington Hills, IL; the Oriental and Riverside Theatres in Milwaukee, WI; the Coronado...
Just like my auntie Edith Ho, I was born in China, into a Seventh-day Adventist family. My parents moved to Hong Kong when I was 5 years old, they were teachers at the Adventist church school systems. I began taking piano lessons from my mother when I was 9 years old,...
Music has been my life's passion ever since I was old enough to play the piano, which was my first instrument. I was fortunate to have parents who were devout Christians, generously supporting and praying for my passion for music. I earned a Doctor of Musical Arts...
Since 2018, Kirstie has served as organist at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (Deerfield), where she accompanies the weekly liturgy, as well as the professional quartet and adult choir. Prior to this, she held several Lutheran church music positions in the Chicago...
Christopher Powell is the Director of Sacred Music and Organist at the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe at Marytown in Libertyville, IL. He and his wife, Demi moved to the area from Alabama in 2022. From 2014 to 2021, Christopher served as Music Director and...
Dr. Mary Beth Molenaar Now that I am retiring as director of the Music Academy at Northwestern, I have time to return to more creative pursuits - including playing the organ and making art! I started playing organ for my church as a young teenager -...
I grew up in Midwest City, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City that was developed in the 40’s around Tinker Air Force Base. My parents were very musical but did not have the opportunity for training. I began piano lessons in 2nd grade and remember that I advanced to...
Paul Cochran serves organist and orchestra director at St. John United Church of Christ in Arlington Heights. He received piano and organ training from Jack Ruhl in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and holds a Master’s degree in Piano from the University of Redlands and a Doctor of...
I received my B.Mus in Organ from Wheaton College. I also took a number of computer science courses. I met my wife, Colleen, a voice major, there. We think our teachers played matchmaker over coffee one day. Colleen and I then moved to Texas for graduate studies. She...
Annika is an organist, violist, and pianist, born and raised in the Chicago area. She is currently the Director of Worship and Music at Lutheran Church of the Atonement, where she began as an assistant in 2019 (25 years after her father completed his internship at...
Westley Art Hodges is a native of New Orleans and resides in Chicago, IL, as of 2018. Westley serves as the Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL. Before being at St. Mark's, they served as Director of Music for The Annunciation...
Sheran Fiedler is a long time resident of Evanston, IL. Although she was born and raised in Washington State and did her undergraduate work in music in Bellingham, WA, she left WA after three years of teaching band and came to Evanston to complete a Masters in Music...
"Diana Schmück…one of the finest chamber pianists on the scene...playing with her ears as much as her gifted hands."Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times Pianist Diana Schmück, a doctoral graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, has master and bachelor...
Richard Clemmitt My wife, Elizabeth, and I moved to the North Shore in 1992. Since then, I have been the Organist & Choirmaster of Christ Church in Winnetka. I served on our North Shore AGO board for five years from 2017-22, including four years as Sub-Dean....
8851 Vaccaro Ct.Naples, FL 34119 36857 N. Old Woods TrailGurnee, IL 60031 Mobile 847-337-9658Landline 847-855-9658 Private Piano Study - 9 yrs.Private Organ Study - 5 yrs. Studied/practiced organ while at my hometown church (First Congregational, UCC; Menomonie,...
Bea Carmelle Cuasey Hello! My name is Bea Cuasay (pronounced Bay-ya Qua-sai). I grew up in Gurnee, and recently returned to Gurnee, after a brief stint teaching sixth grade at a classical school in Colorado Springs following the completion of my undergraduate...
Originally from Oak Park, IL, Madeleine Woodworth currently serves as the Director of Music at Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music studying with Nathan J. Laube. During her time...
The Importance of Music Ever since I was young, I was obsessed with ‘making’, whether making food or making my siblings upset. Some people make money, something at which I am less fortunate, but I knew that was never my calling. Instead, I love to make music. When I...