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Lon Ellenberger

Chicago, IL
410 South Michigan #634
Chicago, IL 60605
Website: www.lonellenberger.com Phone: 773-914-3593
Email: lonellenberger@mindspring.com

Expertise/Specialty:	Changing voices, singing technique, baroque styling
Musical Styles Taught:	Classical, Musical Theatre, Pop, Rock
Education:	Doctor of Music - Voice and Opera - Northwestern University, Master of Arts - Northeastern Illinois University

I teach students to become the best expert in their own voice. I present technique and encourage changes to allow the student to discover how their voice works, and which techniques are most effective. Appoggio breathing, blended registration through passaggi, effective aggiustamento, appropriate copertura!

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Elizabeth Quaintance

Downers Grove, IL Phone: 630-963-3813
Email: elizabethquaintance@yahoo.com

Expertise/Specialty:	Healthy Vocalism/ Vocal Repair
Musical Styles Taught:	Classical, Musical Theatre, Other
Education:	Master of Music, Northeastern Illinois University
Memberships/Affiliations:	National Association of Teachers of Singing

The healthiest way to sing is also the most natural, and that is "talking on a tune" -- tone produced through a free jaw with a firm hook-up to the source of air pressure, the way a healthy speaking voice is produced.

I teach classical and musical theatre repertoire, and sacred as well as Christian contemporary.

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Jina Varis

Glenview, IL Phone: 847-998-8263
Email: jvaris@sbcglobal.net

Expertise/Specialty:	Voice Teacher, Bel Canto
Musical Styles Taught:	Classical, Musical Theatre
Education:	Juilliard, Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, B.A. Music (Voice)Psychology - Northeastern Illinois University, M.M. Northwestern University, D.M. Northwestern University (5 years completed).
Memberships/Affiliations:	National Association of Teachers of Singing, Music Teachers National Association, Listed in Marquis "Who's Who of American Women," Richard Miller Seminar (Oberlin College).

I have over 25 years of teaching experience and am a well-known voice teacher on the North Shore of Chicago whose students can be found at Juilliard, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, as well as singing professionally in Paris and London. I have worked as Assistant Professor of Music at Goshen College, taught voice at DePaul University's Theater Department, Northwestern University, as well as various high schools. Additionally, I have performed extensively on the concert stage. I have directed numerous chamber operas such as Menotti's "The Telephone," Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti," and scenes from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel."

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Stephen Cannon

Woodridge, IL
Website: sdctenor.tripod.com Phone: 630-427-1041
Email: sdctenor@netzero.com

Expertise/Specialty:	Basic bel canto technique
Musical Styles Taught:	Classical, Musical Theatre, Other
Education:	Ohio State University
Memberships/Affiliations:	AGMA

I am a tenor currently performing across the greater Chicago area, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Grant Park Chorus, and others. I have been broadcast on WGN TV and WFMT 98.7. My teaching is built around healthy technique and growing a voice.

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