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Where to buy your piano

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If you are looking for a good piano for your child, we suggest you visit Heavenly Pianos, located at 214 E. Golf Rd. in Arlington Heights, IL.

You are guaranteed to receive the best advice regarding the choice of pianos from one of the owners or salesmen working at the store.

Please mention that you are a member of Lepskaya’s School of Music family, and you will receive additional discount when purchasing a piano.

To learn more about Heavenly Pianos please follow this link.

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Update on the page: Our Musical Ancestry

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Our Musical Ancestry

Ms. Yevgeniya Lepskaya, the owner and the main piano instructor at Lepskaya’s School of Music, has had the privilege of studying with the best of the best throughout her career in the field of classical music.

This was true both in her home city of Kiev, Ukraine, as well as in Chicago in the United States, which became home for Ms. Lepskaya in 1994.
The genealogy of her musical family tree reaches directly back to Beethoven.

To read an article written by Ms. Lepskaya on Musical Ancestry please follow this link.

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Registration is now open

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Registration is now open for the new 2010-2011 School Year.

Please go to page: Courses and click on the sub tab: Registration to download the Application Form for the New School Year. It is recommended that before you register for classes, you schedule an appointment to visit the School of Music and have a preliminary meeting with Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya.
To make an appointment please contact Jane at 773-319-5108.

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Update on the page: Our Facilities

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Lepskaya’s School of Music

Lepskaya’s School of Music is located in the downtown area of Park Ridge, a small suburb of Chicago, IL.

The school is within walking distance of the Park Ridge Public Library and City Hall. We are also strategically placed on the corner of Main Street and Touhy in the midst of the main shopping area in Park Ridge.

While classes are in progress, parents are welcome to wait in one of our two waiting areas, or take a stroll through downtown. Parents may also want to take a short walk to two city parks if the younger siblings prefer to play outside while their older brothers or sisters are taking a lesson.

Ample free parking is available in immediate vicinity of Lepskaya’s School of Music, both on the street as well as around the corner next to the Children’s Book Store, which is located in the same building as the School of Music.

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Lepskaya’s School of Music Open House

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Please join us for an Open House held jointly with our partners, Merry Music Makers, in mid September. During the Open House you can visit our facilities, speak with the instructors regarding your children’s music education, and sign up for a free demo class with the Merry Music Makers (This program is only offered to children age 0 to 6).
To find out more about Merry Music Makers program, please visit:
http://www.merrymusicmakers.com/

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Teacher Recitals

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Please visit our page: Events, Teacher Recitals, to view pictures from Yevgeniya (Jane) Lepskaya’s Solo Recital at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago in November of 2009.

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Dual recital in honor of Father’s Day

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Dual recital

On Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Mather LifeWays, a sophisticated residential nursing care community located in Evanston, Illinois, Yevgeniya Lepskaya and student Alita Carbone (age 15) performed a dual recital in honor of Father’s Day.

The recital lasted approximately an hour and was greatly enjoyed by the crowd. Alita Carbone began the recital with a J.S. Bach Praeludium & Fuga 21 in B Flat Major, followed by all three movements of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata quasi una Fantasia. She finished off with a Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No.1.

Yevgeniya Lepskaya’s repertoire concluded the recital. She began with a Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A- Flat Major, Op. 47.

The beautiful Franz Shubert Impromptu No.3 in G- Flat Major, ).9 was next, and the recital was finished with a Johannes Brahms’ Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major, Op. 118.

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The first annual Roland Festival

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The first annual Roland Festival will be held at Ravinia this year on Sunday, October 31st. (Yes, that’s Halloween!) Piano educators are invited to attend one of 3 workshops here at the Northbrook Steinway of Chicago on July12,13 or 14 to learn more about this exciting performance opportunity for your students! In addition, a significant portion of the festival will be broadcast live on WFMT radio! Read more

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Update in “Testimonials”

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New opinion about school from Paraskevi and Emmanuel Loutrianakis, parents of Georgia and Vasilios Loutrianakis. more detaled

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Annual summer music festival

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A debut performance by the pianist Ian Hobson, is one of the members of the fourth edition of Allerton Music Barn Festival, September 2-6. Read more