Most of our students are world ranked, including three top three musicians over the past two years. If someone wants to play for fun we do that too. most important, we have fun playing music and there are opportunities to perform and travel the world -- even for our youngest students. Executive Director Kell Chole has a masters degree in education and is also a world champion musician. How do we roll? We teach on Saturdays and operate under these basic rules: Be kind, have fun, and learn a lot. We accept kids starting at 3 thru college age and also have an adult program. Everyone gets a private lesson because everyone learns at their own pa...

At the JESM, we offer a top-tier music education, allowing you to play the music you love while learning proper fundamentals. All of our teachers are highly qualified with their degrees in music. At the JESM, we enjoy impacting students' lives and impacting our community. We enjoy helping our students reach their potential and become the best musicians they can be. In addition, we were listed as a 2018 Best of Wheaton Nominee!

I have 14 years of experience playing on the Viola. I just recently received my Masters degree from Michigan State University in Viola performance under Professor Yuri Gandelsman. I received my undergrad degree from Eastern Michigan University under Scott Woolweaver and Dan Foster. I have many years of orchestral experience and would love to help people prepare for auditions if needed. Depending on needs I can also help prepare solo works as long as technical etudes to help reach your goals when performing. You’ll become a better musician and will be able to apply topics learned to anything else that you play in the future. To me, it's not wo...