Ella Petersen has studied with Mrs. Gasse since she was 3 years old. She is a Forest Parker and now that she is 8, she attends Betsy Ross School and will start next academic year at Field Stevenson. Born in a bi-cultural and bi-racial family, (Indonesian and American parents) she is a perfect example of Continue Reading »
Ella Petersen has studied with Mrs. Gasse since she was 3 years old. She is a Forest Parker and now that she is 8, she attends Betsy Ross School and will start next academic year at Field Stevenson. Born in a bi-cultural and bi-racial family, (Indonesian and American parents) she is a perfect example of Continue Reading »
On Saturday, June 21, 2014, Hana Russell said goodbye to GSM in the best way a student can: by playing live at one of our outreach performances. Thank you very much Hanna, you have done this so many times for us and for the organizations we serve. This time it was for Make Music Chicago Continue Reading »
The AEE Piano Trio (unfortunately we didn’t get a better, more official name for them yet) is GSM’s oldest early childhood Chamber Music group. Ernesto and Alexander started playing cello and piano duets when they were 6 and were neighbors (Alex used to live half a block from GSM), were classmates in first grade and Continue Reading »
GSM is proud to honor these three really young students who approach chamber music with a depth and confidence many times not found in high school students. Jasper Park (5), pianist, Zhu Zhu Cai (8), violinist, and Antonio Gasse (6), cellist, constitute the youngest chamber music group at GSM. The group started working together in Continue Reading »
A GSM students string quartet constituted by Sharadram Sundaresan, 1st Violin, Hana Russell, 2nd Violin, Robin Wang, Viola and Janek Schaller, Cello, performed a full string quartet recital on Dec. 7th in Scoville Square, Oak Park. They played 60 minutes of uninterrupted beautiful music including baroque, classical and holiday music. The GSM is proud of Continue Reading »
Says the childrens’ father: “We have never, okay, almost never. had one of our children say they want to quit playing. We credit the teaching style of the Gasses for keeping the children learning and motivated.”