MEET OUR PROFESSORS
Lane Keister
Lane Keister is a conductor, pianist, baritone soloist, and long-time music educator. He has conducted church choirs, oratorio societies, and community choirs for over twenty years. Coming from St. Olaf College, with its magnificent choral music, Lane has a passion for communicating the grand traditions of Western music, and especially sacred choral music, to the youth of today…
Andrew Anderson
Andrew Anderson enjoys a rich and full performing career and teaches over a dozen bass students of all levels, as well as scores of up-and coming orchestra students each week. Andrew is acting assistant principal bass for the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, a member of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, and also performs with Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Philharmonic, and Chicago Camerata…
Benton Wedge
Benton Wedge is a professional viola player and has played with Music of the Baroque, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The Grant Park Symphony. He was formerly a member of the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa and the Fidelio String Quartet, based in Lisbon, Portugal, where he also performed numerous solo recitals…