NMS Happenings
Genoa Sinno (12)
Carnegie Hall Debut 2025, Weill Hall
House of Mozart (Level II)
Student of Jeffrey Panko
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Parent & Student Meeting
An introductory meeting with parents and families outlining program goals, expectations, schedule, and student responsibilities.
IN Curriculum — String Performance Class
All NMS String Students are invited to join us for String Performance Class on Saturday April 11th from 3:00-5:00PM, taught by violin faculty member Emily Fischer.
String Performance Class is a great opportunity for String Students to perform a piece with accompanist in a “practice setting.” A different faculty member will lead each class, giving all students the chance to receive feedback from a variety of faculty perspectives.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Workshop with Conductor
Concerto Workshop with Roosevelt University Conductor Ben Firer
A preparatory session covering the concerto’s history and context, performance practices (including bowing and stage presence), and guidance on working with a conductor and orchestra.
IN Curriculum — Pre-Jury Day/Performance Class
NMS will hold a Pre-Jury Day on Sunday April 12th, 2026 from 4:00-5:00PM. This opportunity is for students who have scheduling conflicts with the Standard Jury Days of April 25th and 26th. Please reach out to juries@newmusicschool.com with a request for your child to participate in this event.
If all jury students are accommodated and we still have space, we will open Performance Class spots for students to take a performance practice opportunity. Please reach out to our admin team at join@newmusicschool.com if you’d like to be kept on a waitlist for this option.
IN Residency — Rachel Barton Pine, violinist
Rachel Barton Pine joins New Music School students IN Residency with a Masterclass and Private Lessons.
“Pine displays a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon.” The Washington Post
The acclaimed American concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine thrills international audiences with her dazzling technique and lustrous tone. With an infectious joy in music-making and a passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine transforms audiences’ experiences of classical music. She is a leading interpreter of the great classical masterworks and of important contemporary music
IN Recital — Daniel Razminia
Daniel Razminia (15) will perform his House of Beethoven recital on Sunday April 19th at 3:00pm.
Daniel is a 15-year-old pianist currently in tenth grade, where he attends Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Illinois. He aspires to be a concert pianist.
Daniel started his formal training in classical music in 2022 with Jeffrey Panko at the New Music School in Chicago. He is currently a student of Panko and Mary Sauer, principal keyboardist emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also taken master lessons from internationally-renowned pianists and teachers Steven Osbourne and Alan Chow.
IN Residency — Antonio Pompa Baldi, pianist
Antonio Pompa Baldi joins New Music School students IN Residency with Private Lessons.
Antonio Pompa-Baldi’s talents were forged by great artists like Aldo Ciccolini and Annamaria Pennella. He passes on those artistic traditions as a beloved Professor of Piano at the Cleveland institute of Music. His students have been prizewinners in important competitions such as Marguerite Long, Hilton Head, Isang Yun, and Gina Bachauer. He is regularly invited to teach masterclasses in countless Universities, Music Schools, and Festivals in the US and all over the world.
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IN Curriculum — Juries - Voice & String
NMS Students in our Woodwind and Piano Departments will participate in the Spring Juries on Sunday April 26th 2026. The jury performances allow our NMS faculty to measure student progress in relation to curricular benchmarks to ensure that students are being instructed at the highest standard.
Woodwind: 10:00-11:00am
Piano: 11:00am-8:00pm
Your student’s warm-up and jury times will be emailed to you directly. Any jury inquires should be emailed to juries@newmusicschool.com
IN Curriculum — Juries - Woodwind & Piano
NMS Students in our Woodwind and Piano Departments will participate in the Spring Juries on Sunday April 26th 2026. The jury performances allow our NMS faculty to measure student progress in relation to curricular benchmarks to ensure that students are being instructed at the highest standard.
Woodwind: 10:00-11:00am
Piano: 11:00am-8:00pm
Your student’s warm-up and jury times will be emailed to you directly. Any jury inquires should be emailed to juries@newmusicschool.com
Adult Student Performance Class
NMS Faculty Member Dana Brown will lead an Adult Student Performance Class on Friday May 1st, 2026 from6:00-7:00PM. Adult Students of all instrument types are welcome to attend, and you can sign up on your MyMusicStaff Calendar under “Find & Book.”
Performance Class is a great way to continue to progress by practicing how to perform your piece in front of an audience of other NMS Students! Led by an NMS Faculty Member, you will receive feedback on your repertoire and work on musicality, storytelling, performance protocols, practice strategies, how to battle nerves, and more. Performing in front of others is a critical skill to learn and master. It can help prepare you for our Champagne Showcase Recital opportunity.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Strings with Minghuan Xu
Violinist MingHuan Xu is a dedicated performer and educator whose wide-ranging career spans solo, chamber, and contemporary music. In addition to her teaching at New Music School, she serves as the Program Director of Strings and Assistant Teaching Professor of Violin at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, where she has been instrumental in developing a vibrant and competitive string program, drawing exceptional students from around the globe.
IN Curriculum — Performance Class
NMS Faculty Member Jeffrey Panko will lead Performance Class on Sunday May 3rd from 4:00-5:00PM. Students of all instrument types are welcome to attend, and you can sign up on your MyMusicStaff Calendar under “Find & Book.”
Performance Class is a great way to continue to progress by practicing how to perform your piece in front of an audience of other NMS Students! Led by an NMS Faculty Member, you will receive feedback on your repertoire and work on musicality, storytelling, performance protocols, practice strategies, how to battle nerves, and more. Performing in front of others is a critical skill to learn and master. It can help prepare you for recital opportunities, as well as your end of semester jury.
IN Recital — Showcase
On Sunday May 3rd, New Music School will be hosting our Spring Showcase Recital. This event will feature stand-out students from our recent Juries, as well as students invited to perform based on competition success throughout the semester.
This event is free and open to the public. We ask out of respect to our performers that all audience members stay for the duration of the recital.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Piano with Winston Choi
Canadian pianist Winston Choi is Associate Professor of Piano and the Head of the Piano Program at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. His professional career was launched when he was named Laureate of the 2003 Honens Piano Competition and winner of France’s Concours International de Piano 20e siècle d’Orléans in 2002. An inquisitive performer, his fresh approach to standard repertory, and masterful understanding, performance and commitment to works by living composers, make him one of today’s most dynamic young concert artists.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Strings/Winds Recording Session
String students will record their complete concerto movement in one take.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Piano Recording Session
Piano students will record their complete concerto movement in one take.
IN Recital — Joseph and Kenneth Gallwas
NMS pianists Joseph and Kenneth Gallwas (17) will be performing their combined House of Ravel recital on Saturday May 23rd at 4:00pm.
This recital will be a celebration of their studies at New Music School as they graduate and pursue what’s next on their musical journeys.
IN Curriculum — String Performance Class
All NMS String Students are invited to join us for String Performance Class on Saturday May 30th from 12:00-2:00PM, taught by violin faculty member MingHuan Xu.
String Performance Class is a great opportunity for String Students to perform a piece with accompanist in a “practice setting.” A different faculty member will lead each class, giving all students the chance to receive feedback from a variety of faculty perspectives.
IN Curriculum — Jury Make-up Day/Performance Class
NMS will hold a Jury Make-up Day on Sunday May 31st, 2026 from 4:00-5:00PM. This opportunity is for students who have scheduling conflicts with the Standard Jury Days of April 25th and 26th. Please reach out to juries@newmusicschool.com with a request for your child to participate in this event.
If all jury students are accommodated and we still have space, we will open Performance Class spots for students to take a performance practice opportunity. Please reach out to our admin team at join@newmusicschool.com if you’d like to be kept on a waitlist for this option.
IN Curriculum — Concerto Class — Rehearsals with SEEN Chamber Orchestra
Rehearsals will take place at the Fine Arts Building on June 5, 2026. Each student will be assigned an individual time slot in advance to ensure a smooth and organized schedule. Please arrive a few minutes early and be prepared for your rehearsal time.
IN Recital — Champagne Showcase
Join our Adult Students on Friday June 5th 2026 at 7:00 for Champagne Showcase!
This recital features many of our Adult Students performing a variety of musical works to showcase what they’ve been studying during the Spring Semester. Bites and bubbly will be served, so you must be 21+ to attend.
IN Recital — Concerto Class Performance with SEEN Chamber Orchestra
Performance Day with SEEN Chamber Orchestra will take place at Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University on June 6, 2026. The performance order will be determined by the conductor.
IN Recital — StringStravaganza! 2026
NMS String Students will perform in an All Department Recital, StringStravaganza! on Saturday June 6th, 2026 from 4:00-6:00pm.
Please join us for an afternoon of string music featuring beginner, intermediate, and advanced students from the House of Bach, House of Mozart, and House of Beethoven. The recital will take place in Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University, and we hope all string students, families, and friends can attend.
IN Curriculum — Performance Class
NMS Faculty Member Jeffrey Panko will lead Performance Class on Sunday June 7th, 2026 from 4:00-5:00PM. Students of all instrument types are welcome to attend, and you can sign up on your MyMusicStaff Calendar under “Find & Book.”
Performance Class is a great way to continue to progress by practicing how to perform your piece in front of an audience of other NMS Students! Led by an NMS Faculty Member, you will receive feedback on your repertoire and work on musicality, storytelling, performance protocols, practice strategies, how to battle nerves, and more. Performing in front of others is a critical skill to learn and master. It can help prepare you for recital opportunities, as well as your end of semester jury.storytelling, performance protocols, practice strategies, how to battle nerves, and more. Performing in front of others is a critical skill to learn and master. It can help prepare you for recital opportunities, as well as your end of semester jury.
IN Recital — Elena Bai
NMS young violinist Elena Bai (5) will perform her Suzuki Book 1 Recital on Sunday March 22nd from 11:00-11:30am.
This recital is a culmination of her progress through the first book of the Suzuki Method as she graduates into Book 2. She will be performing most of the Book 1 repertoire from memory - a huge accomplishment!
IN Curriculum — String Performance Class
All NMS String Students are invited to join us for String Performance Class on Saturday March 21st from 10:45-11:45AM, taught by violin faculty member Yuriy Geyer.
String Performance Class is a great opportunity for String Students to perform a piece with accompanist in a “practice setting.” A different faculty member will lead each class, giving all students the chance to receive feedback from a variety of faculty perspectives.
IN Recital — Departmental Recitals
NMS DEPARTMENTAL RECITALS
New Music School Concert Hall
Free - Open to the Public
On Sunday March 15th, New Music School will be hosting our semesterly Departmental Recitals. Recitals featuring students from our Piano, String, Voice, and Woodwind studios will be taking place every hour on the hour from 11:00 to 5:00pm.
This event is free and open to the public. We ask out of respect to our performers that all audience members stay for the duration of the recital they’re attending. Our departmental recitals are a chance to observe the progress of our study body in a formal recital setting.
IN Residency + Recital — Spencer Myer, pianist
Spencer Myer will perform a program including Ravel’s complete Miroirs M. 43 and more.
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Spencer Myer's career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. He is also a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni international piano competitions.
IN Recital — Mary Flaherty, flute
Mary Flaherty,student of Steven Yepez, will perform a program featuring flute works by Claude Debussy, Paul Hindemith, Yuko Uebayashi, and Pierre Sancan.
This event is free and open to the public.
Mary began playing the flute at the age of ten and has pursued her passion for music ever since. She studied with Louis Margaglione at Quincy University until relocating to Chicago in 2003. In 2015, she began studying with Steve Yepez at the New Music School, where she continues to refine her technique and musical expression.
The pieces featured in her recital program were chosen because of their ability to demonstrate all of the colors and textures that make the flute such an incredibly dynamic instrument.
IN Recital — Clarissa Bevilacqua, violinist
Clarissa Bevilacqua will perform a program featuring music by Bach, Sollima, Ysaÿe and Hindemith from her new album Mozartiana.
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NMS Alumna violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua is known to enchant audiences with her deeply inspiring musicality, and her playing has been described as “luminously elevated” (Gramophone) and “elegant and nimble” (The Strad).
Clarissa's debut solo album, Mozartiana, will be released in Spring 2026 by Berlin Classics, in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk.
IN Recital — Steven Osborne, pianist
Steven Osborne will perform Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, considered “the greatest set of variations written ever” and Schubert’s Allegretto D. 346 in my own completion.
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Steven Osborne OBE is one of Britain’s most treasured musicians with an immense depth of musicality and exceptional refinement of expression across diverse repertoire be it in Beethoven or Messiaen, Schubert or Ravel, Prokofiev or jazz improvisations. His numerous awards include The Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year, two BBC Music Magazine Awards and two Gramophone Awards.
IN Recital NMS Adult Student Valentine’s Event
On Friday February 13th, 2026 at 6:00PM New Music School will be hosting an Adult Student Valentine’s performance at the Astor Hall Study in the 900 Shops. Please join us to support our adult music makers in performance! The theme will be Songs of Love and Romance, and refreshments will be available for purchase at the Bar.
This event is free and open to the public. NMS Adult Students will be performing Valentine’s themed selections.
IN Recital — Panko, Xu, & Cunliffe
NMS Faculty Members Jeffrey Panko, piano, MingHuan Xu, violin, and David Cunliffe, cello, will perform IN Recital on Friday February 6th, 2026 at 7:00PM.
Their program includes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108 and Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65.
IN Recital - Pamela Spann, mezzo-soprano
NMS Adult Student Pamela Spann, mezzo-soprano performs IN Recital on Sunday November 9th, 2025 at 1:00PM.
Her program will include works by Giacomo Puccini, Alma Mahler, Edgar Elgar, and NMS student and composer Brad Robin.
IN Recital — NMS Adult Student Halloween Event
New Music School will be hosting an Adult Student Halloween performance at the Astor Hall Study in the 900 Shops. Please join us to support our adult music makers in performance! The theme will be spooky, and refreshments will be available for purchase at the Bar.
This event is free and open to the public. NMS Adult Students will be performing Halloween themed selections.
IN Residency — Clarissa Bevilacqua
Join NMS former student, Clarissa Bevilacqua, IN Masterclass as she works with our current string students who are preparing for the Sejong Music Competition.
IN Recital — Zarin Mehta, piano
NMS Student Zarin Mehta will perform his House of Ravel recital on Sunday June 21st, 2025 at 11:00AM.
This recital will be a celebration of Zarin’s studies at New Music School as he graduates and pursues what’s next on his musical journey.
The Program includes:
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 18 in Eb Major
Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne worte, Op. 19
Tchaikovsky, arr. Pletnev - Selections from the Sleeping Beauty Suite
IN Recital — Heng-lo Nathan Li, piano
NMS Student Heng-lo Nathan Li will perform his House of Beethoven recital on Sunday June 8th, 2025 at 2:00pm.
This recital will be a celebration of his studies at New Music School as he graduates and pursues what’s next on his musical journey.
His program will include:
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue No. 18 BWV 863
Liszt - Concert Étude “Waldesrauschen”
Ravel - Jeux d’eau, M. 30
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
IN Residency — Alan Chow, piano
Pianist and Educator Alan Chow will be IN Residency June 5th - 9th 2025 at NMS. He’ll be working with students in Private Lessons.
IN Recital — Constantine Wang & Victoria Zhang, piano
NMS pianists Constantine Wang and Victoria Zhang will perform their House of Mozart Recitals on Sunday May 18th, 2025 at 4:00PM.
Their program will include works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, and Jian-Zhong.
IN Recital + NEXT Chamber Artists
Join NMS Faculty Members Steve Yepez, Flute, Jeffrey Panko, piano, and David Cunliffe, cello, along with special guest vocalist Dr. Kelly Hill, mezzo-soprano, IN Recital on Friday May 16th 2025, at 7:00PM.
The program includes works by Weber, Piazolla, Kapustin, Ravel, and NMS Composition Faculty member, Gonzalo Garrido-Lecca.
IN Recital — Wenting Shi, piano
NMS Faculty member Wenting Shi performs a piano recital on Friday April 25th 2025 at 7:00pm.
This All Liszt Program includes transcriptions of works by August Conradi, Johann Herbeck - Tanzmomente SW 492, Joachim Raff - Tanz Caprice Op. 54, Bedřich Smetana - Polka de salon Op. 7 and Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor SW 178.
IN Recital — Tong-Bai Deng, piano
NMS pianist Tong-Bai Deng (16) performs his House of Ravel recital on Sunday April 13th, 2025 at 3:30pm.
His program will include:
Liszt, Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254. R. 90
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 26 in E Flat Major, Op 81a - Les Adieux (The Farewell)
Liebermann, Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso
IN Residency — Jennifer Gunn, flute
CChicago Symphony Orchestra Flute & Piccolo player Jennifer Gunn will be IN Residency with a Masterclass, Private Lessons, and Recital for NMS Students.
Her residency will run from April 6th - April 12th, with a recital April 6th from 5:00-6:00pm and a Masterclass immediately following. The recital will feature works by Chaminade, Clarke, Blavet, Uebayashi, and Martinů.
IN Residency + Recital — Steven Osborne, piano
Concert Pianist Steven Osborne will be IN Residency at NMS from March 26th -27th, 2025. He’ll be performing IN Recital Wednesday March 26th, 2025 at 7:00PM.
His program will include works by J.S. Bach, Macmillan, Prokofiev, Poulenc, Grieg, Liadov, Kreisler arr. Rachmaninoff, and Schubert.
IN Recital — Andrei Liquer, piano
NMS Faculty Member Andrei Liquer will perform IN Recital on Friday February 28th, 2025 at 7:00PM.
Join us for works by Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, and Schumann. This is event is free and open to the public.
IN Residency — Clarissa Bevilacqua, violin
Violinist and NMS alumna Clarissa Bevilacqua joins us IN Residency January 17 - 19, 2025. She’ll be giving Private Lessons, leading a Masterclass, and performing IN Recital.
Join us for her recital on Sunday January 19th, 2025 at 5:00PM. Her program includes the following works:
Amy Marcy Beach - Romance, Op. 23
Augusta Read Thomas - Sun Plaits - Bridges and Links (USA Premiere)
Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonata No. I in G Major, Op. 78
Franz Waxman, arr. - Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25