Stephanie Ettelson has attracted a wide following of music lovers for more than three decades to her courses, seminars and lectures on symphonic and chamber music. As a long-time faculty member of the Music Center of the North Shore (now the Music Institute of Chicago), she has introduced hundreds of adults concert goers to “The Art of Listening". With a generous sprinkling of historical and anecdotal material, the goal of her presentations nonetheless remains to heighten aural awareness for enhanced appreciation of both the live and recorded experience.
For the last several years, she has offered in-depth seminars at the Newberry Library Chicago on a variety of topics in addition to preconcert lectures for the Strings. In the past, she has given classes or individual programs for Oasis, North Shore Senior Center, the Highland Park Library, Chamber Music Society of the North Shore, Chicago Symphony, Northbrook Symphony, Lake Forest Symphony and the College of Lake County, to cite a few.
Also a violinist with the Strings and an active chamber musician, Stephanie is a former music critic for Pioneer Press and the News/Voice and has been a contributing features writer on the arts to numerous publications. She brings to her audiences a unique perspective as performer, professional listener and gifted teacher, giving the term “music appreciation” a new dimension.
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