Our faculty includes conductor James McDonald, Dr. Gustavo Leone, who recently earned a Ph. D in music from the University of Chicago, and Carol LoVerde, who has sung with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The soft-spoken Russo added that, The mission of the school is based on social justice and decency. The music program is based on the idea of not just development in that area but humanistic concern for the world. We re not offering just traditional methods running the scales up and down but trying to get students to be more intuitive, more in touch with their bodies and souls. Sometimes it s not until years later that a student will call you and say I m sorry I was such a jerk.
Teaching is a moral imperative.
We were put on this earth to help people and share things. Today William Russo and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble are sharing with more and more people through their teaching, tours, concerts, recordings, and their exhilarating performances of classic jazz arrangements. All rights reserved.