Community Music Division
804 West Belden Avenue, Room 328
Chicago, Illinois 60614-3296
PHN: 773.325.7262
FAX: 773.325.4935
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-3:00pm
Director, Community Music Division: Susanne Baker
The mission of the Community Music Division is to provide the highest quality music instruction to all interested individuals regardless of age, ability, cultural or national origin, or financial circumstance. Established in 1988, the Community Music Division (CMD) serves more than 650 students in the Chicago area with an outstanding professional faculty of over 60 artist-educators.
Offerings include private lessons, musicianship and instrumental classes,
Kindermusik, performance ensembles, workshops and student recitals. Several collaborative programs are offered in partnership with The Chicago Children's Choir and The Youth Campus Pathways to Development Program. Participation in the DePaul Community Chorus is open to all. The CMD is certified with the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.
Click here to download our current course catalogue
DePaul Concerto Festival For Young Performers
About the Festival
The DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Musicians was started in 2003 to provide an opportunity for intermediate level pianists in the Community Music Division to perform with an orchestra. Repertoire was selected from sonatina movements and short piano pieces for which string accompaniments were available. Auditions were held and eight winners were selected to perform with the DePaul Youth String Orchestra .
In 2004, the Festival was expanded to include violin students and a wider choice of repertoire was offered to pianists. In 2006, cello and flute were added to the roster of instruments. In addition, the difficulty of repertoire was increased and thirteen winners had the privilege of performing with the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mina Zikri.
This year, we are pleased to
announce that a portion of the Festival is open to students outside of the
Community Music program. We invite you to read the
information below and encourage your young musicians to audition for an
opportunity to participate in our Concerto Festival.
