Choir & Courses

Instructor: Anna Gnoenskaya

Get ready to embark on a magical journey across the inner and outer world. We'll be drawing the seen and the imagined, looking at the world through the lens of different styles, techniques and limitless artistic flourishes. We will bring our innermost fantasies and dreams to life by putting them on paper. We will extend our hand to all the artists that lived before us and create our own versions of their great masterpieces. We will draw portraits, landscapes, still life and genre scenes.
Children will have a chance to try out their talent using a variety of techniques until they find the one that will offer them the best way to express themselves. They will gain skills based on perspective and figure building, chiaroscuro and color coordination.
In this program, we seek to do more than teach children specific skills. We want to show them how to see the world though a different set of eyes, to notice details, savor the color and form, the interplay of light and shadow, the landscapes and architecture. We want them to appreciate it on a more transcendent, more enlightened level, which will make their lives richer and more beautiful.

Includes $30 cost of supplies for fall semester

Instructor: Tanya Ilina

Art History course for children of 5-8 yrs old

Want to discover who were Donatello, Leonardo and others before they became the Ninja turtles? Come to our class to find the answer and discover the artworks of great European artists!

Learn about ART THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
PAINTINGS THAT TELL STORIES,
PUZZLE and SUPRISE
BIG IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE LOOK and SEE

BE AMAZED BY MICHELANGELO painting on the ceiling and sculpting a giant statue, BRUEGEL daring to paint peasants, ARCHIMBOLDO creating flower portraits, VELASQUEZ working for the king, HALS depicting laughter, RUBENS filling his paint with light and much more!


Teaching methods
Based on a process that emphasizes the importance of thinking and reflection, help students go way beyond simple “like and don’t like.”

Class activity
Includes but not is limited to child-centered discussions, learning to look games, listening music, special hands-on activities (e.g. creating your own art work inspired by great artists).

Class support
Visual material, vocabulary cards, music. Visual presentations are available on-line for homework review.

Tuition includes $20 cost of supplies for fall semester.

Instructor: Tanya Ilina

Art History course for school children ages 11-13 & up

The course offers an introduction to the main features and ideas of the European Renaissance history and art.

The course will explore the following topics:
1. Introduction
Defining the Renaissance. When, where and why did it begin?
2. Proto-Renaissance. Italy of 14 century
• The cities and citizens. The birth of new life
• First Humanists. Who are they.
• Art of 14 century
• Main historical events
3. Italy of 15 century
• Florence – the cradle of Renaissance. Building the cathedral
• Main Florentine artists
4. High Renaissance Art
• The Titans of the Renaissance
• Rome of 16 century
5. Northern European Renaissance, 15 c
6. Science and Inventions of the Renaissance time.

Class activity
Using an inquiry-based approach to learning, the course will include critical reading, student-centered discussions, games, special hands-on activities (e.g. creating time-lines, your own art history scrapbook, exploration of artistic tools).

Class support
Visual material, vocabulary cards, handouts; moreover, each class is equipped with a presentation also made available for independent home review, which is counted as the mandatory homework.
mandatory homework.

Tuition includes $20 cost of supplies for fall semester.

Instructor: Tanya Ilina

Art History course for school children ages 9-10

We will continue our journey through art and learn more about how to perceive, understand and talk about an artwork. However, unlike the previous years, our new program will explore the only one period of history – the Renaissance.

During the course students will discover:
• What is the Renaissance? When, where and why it begin?
• How people lived during the time of Renaissance
• Main historical events and figures
• The main architects, artists, sculptors, their biographies and artworks
• How artists were trained during the Renaiisance time
• Science and Inventions of the Renaissance time.
• How Renaissance art resonates with modern life.

Class activity
Using an inquiry-based approach to learning, the course will include critical reading, student-centered discussions, games, special hands-on activities (e.g. creating time-lines, your own art history scrapbook, exploration of artistic tools).

Class support
Visual material, vocabulary cards, handouts; moreover, each class is equipped with a presentation also made available for independent home review, which is counted as the mandatory homework.

Tuition includes $20 cost of supplies for fall semester.

Instructor: Tanya Ilina


Instructor: Tanya Ilina
Art History course for school children ages 8-11 years old

The entire course covers the main periods of human history, emphasizing the essential role of art in the development of human civilizations. The structure of the course and organization of the learning process is based on the idea that as a result the students will obtain the knowledge of:
• Historical characteristic of a studying period (timeline, main dates, events, names).
• Geography.
• The way people perceive and understand the world (religious believes, mythology).
• Artistic characteristics of a period (main artworks, names, styles).

The course will explore the following topics:

• The Mythology and Religion of Ancient Egypt
• Geography of Ancient Egypt. Life by the Nile
• The pharaoh and society of Ancient Egypt
• Hieroglyphs as a base of Egyptian writing
• Journey to the Pyramids of Giza
• Tradition of mummification
• Canon of Egyptian art. Painting, reliefs and sculpture
• Egyptian temples and tombs. King Tut
• Pharaoh Akhenaten and his revolution of Egyptian life and art.

Class activity
Using an inquiry-based approach to learning, the course will include critical reading, student-centered discussions, games, special hands-on activities (e.g. creating time-lines, your own art history scrapbook, exploration of artistic tools).

Class support
Visual material, vocabulary cards, handouts; moreover, each class is equipped with a presentation also made available for independent home review, which is counted as the mandatory homework.

Tuition includes $20 cost of supplies

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya


This course is specifically designed for 3-4 year old children.
Children are introduced to the basics of music making. Skills gained:
- develop the ability to sing in tune (matching pitch);
- develop articulation, focusing on the major vowels and consonants;
- develop a sense of rhythm by working with percussion instruments;
- learn how to breathe properly when singing;
- develop rhythmic coordination through fun and dynamic activities;
- learn and perform basic children's songs.

2 performances per year; venue: St. Giles Church

Concert attire is additional fee.

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Children continue developing music-making skills gained in Beginners.
The singing lesson is a complex lesson which consisted from such activities:
Singing, playing basic musical instruments, moving with music, musical games,
listening classical music pieces.


Skills gained:
- develop the ability to sing songs in tune individually and with others.
- develop articulation, focusing on the major vowels and consonants;
- develop a sense of rhythm by working with percussion instruments;
- learn how to breathe properly when singing;
- develop rhythmic coordination through fun and dynamic activities;
- learn and perform basic children's songs.
-Beginning to introduce simple music notation, using Kodaly method.

2 performances per year; venue: St. Giles Church

Concert attire is additional fee.

Requires an audition, arranged by appointment

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Children perfect the basic music-making skills gained in Beginners and Prelude I.


Skills gained:

- improve the ability to sing in tune (matching pitch);
- learn to manage breathing when singing;
- enhance articulation, focusing on the major vowels and consonants;
-learn one part and two-part songs, simple canons;
- perfect the sense of rhythm by implementing percussion instruments in rhythmic activities and games;
-continue learning music notation using Kodaly method;
- expand their understanding of music by listening to pieces to famous classical composers

We recommend to that children take Campanella's Theory of Music class to enhance their learning experience in this choir.

3 performances per year; venues: St. Giles Church and Museum of Science and Industry

Full year (2 semesters) commitment is required,$665.00

Sheet music are included in the tuition.

Concert attire is additional fee.

Requires an audition, arranged by appointment

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Children build upon the foundation acquired in the Beginners and Prelude Choirs, developing excellence in musicianship.

Skills gained:

- learn to sing in unison and in two parts;
- enhance articulation, focusing on the major vowels and consonants;
- learn to manage breathing when singing;
- learn to control the evenness of sound;
-continue learning music notation using Kodaly method;
-practice in sight-singing
- acquire basic artistic skills;

We recommend to that children take Campanella's Theory of Music class to enhance their learning experience in this choir.

4 performances per year; venues include the Museum of Science and Industry and Northbrook Public Library; participation in a local competitive music festival

Full year (2 semesters) commitment is required. If paying in full, discount of 5% will apply. Annual tuition with discount $684.00/yr.

Sheet music is included in the tuition.

Concert attire is additional fee.

Requires an audition, arranged by appointment

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

In the Concert Choir, children are trained to perform at a professional level. Choristers achieve excellence in musicianship, develop personal character, and gain leadership skills.

Singers will:

- perfect the ability to produce a musical phrase
- vowel production and blend
- learn to control and nuance tone quality
- perfect the ability to control breathing when singing complex repertoire
- learn masterpieces of the classical repertoire, including four-part pieces
- learn to sight-sing
- perform in front of large audiences and in prestigious venues

We recommend to that children take Campanella's Theory of Music class to enhance their learning experience in this choir.

Approximately 10 performances per year;participation in local and out-of-state competitive music festivals.

Full year (2 semesters) commitment is required. If paying in full, discount of 5% will apply. Annual tuition with discount $960.00./yr

Sheet music and folders are included in the tuition.

Concert attire is additional fee.

Requires an audition, arranged by appointment

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Small group specialty choral instruction.

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Ages: from 6 and up

A special part of our choral program is the class on Music Theory (solfege), which is a technique used in the teaching of sight singing. In this class students
will be introduced to staff geography, intervals, triads, inversions, major and minor scales, as well as different kinds of rhythm.

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

Instructor: Natalya Shor

Designed for a variety of ages and levels, classes in Russian Language cover learning the alphabet, as well as the subsequent study of grammar and orthography. Thus children learn to read and write in Russian and become able to read books in Russian. In the process of discussing works of literature, students develop their oral and written communication skills.
- Alphabet, Reading and Writing
- Grammar and orphography
- Development of oral and written communications
- Introduction to Russian literature
- The analysis of the art text
- Prepare literary composition for the concerts performances

Includes $20 cost of supplies (printing material)

Instructor: Marianna Kosaya

“Power Brain Education and Musical Theater”
July 15- 26,
August 5-16.
For children of ages 5-7 y/o, 8-15 y/o

During 2-weeks program children will participate in a special musical theater production.
The children will receive individual and group singing instruction. They will create the the set and costumes for the performance.

The summer camp will include such classes:

• Music (instructor - Marianna Kosaya)
• Art (instructor -Anna Gnoenskaya)


The program is created for two age groups: children ages 5-7 and 8-14
Internship opportunities are available for high school students.
Please contact Marianna if you or someone you know is interested in an internship.

Summer camp will run from July 15- 26, August 5-16.
The classes will take place during work days, at 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The cost of the summer camp is $600 per two weeks.
With extended time from 3:00-4:00 PM $700 per two weeks
Sibling discount 10%.

The price includes 5% discount available through May 5th.

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