Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | Studio News

We hope you all had a wonderful summer!  We are currently scheduling lessons for the fall 2017 semester.  If your child is interested in taking private lessons on clarinet, trumpet, or in jazz improvisation, please contact us as soon as possible.  You can email us or use our contact form on this page.  Lesson times may fill up quickly, so please contact us sooner rather than later and we would love to have you join our studio!

Regular lessons will most likely begin the week of August 28th, although some lessons may begin sooner at Viking and later at ZBTHS (contact us for more details).

It is our hope that you will find this website useful for managing schedules and payments, and that you and your children will find resources that will help them in their musical education.  We are excited to offer online payment options again this year.  You will need to log in to this website to set up the online payment.  Please let us know if you need your login information re-sent.  

 As always, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns!  Have a great 2017-2018 school year. Happy practicing!

-Mr. & Mrs. Eikenberry

Thursday, May 25, 2017 | Studio News

Dear Students & Parents,

Summer is almost here and we are excited to offer a "summer semester" of lessons!  

For ZBTHS students only, Mrs. Eikenberry is offering a discounted semester of four 45-minute lessons for $85 total.  If you are interested, you can sign up for your four lessons right here on the calendar portion of the website.  Just click on what time you would like to meet for each week and click Register.  You must sign up for four lessons and pay in advance.  Payments can be made online or in person on the first lesson.  If you want to take lessons this summer but aren't available at the times on the calendar, please just contact Mrs. Eikenberry directly about setting up a different time.  I will make sure to find a time that works for you!  It's important to keep playing throughout the summer so we'll make it work somehow with your busy schedules!

For non-ZBTHS students, you should contact Mr. or Mrs. Eikenberry via email about setting up lesson times for this summer.  

Other summer band opportunities include:  Viking Middle School Summer Lessons, Beach Park Middle School Summer Band, Waukegan Band (H.S. only)

There are also plenty of music summer camps that we highly recommend (ISYM, Interlochen, Blue Lake, Wisconsin Whitewater), but registration is most likely closed for this summer.  Next year maybe!

Thanks! Looking forward to an awesome summer of music!

-Mr. & Mrs. Eikenberry

Monday, January 2, 2017 | Studio News

Dear Students & Parents,

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a fantastic holiday and a restful break.  As we begin the second semester of this school year, we want to give a few updates regarding lessons.

1. Any outstanding balances need to be paid within the next week in order to continue lessons.  Please contact us if you need another invoice sent.
2. If you need to cancel a lesson, please do so at least 24 hours in advance or you may be billed for that lesson time.
3. If you have any questions regarding instrument equipment (mouthpieces, ligatures, brands/models of horns), we would be happy to spend a lesson or two going through equipment options and/or testing mouthpieces (etc.) to help you find the one that sounds and plays best. Just let us know if you are interested and we can help you try out some new equipment.
4. Mrs. Eikenberry is available to accompany students who need a piano accompanist for Solo & Ensemble contest.  Please contact as soon as possible if you need her to accompany a solo or duet!

Congratulations to those students who auditioned for All-Illinois Junior Band this year!  We are proud of you for your efforts and the way you improved.  A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Skyeleigh (Viking MS) for making first chair in the trumpet section of the All-Illinois Jr. Band (AIJB) and to Jeth (Viking MS) for making fourth chair in the trumpet section.  Both trumpet students will be performing in Champaign with the AIJB on January 14! Way to go!!

Monday, September 5, 2016 | Studio News

Dear Students & Parents,

Welcome to the new school year and to our new website! We are excited to offer online payment options this year.  You will need to log in to this website to set up the online payment.  Please let us know if you need your login information re-sent; there is a portal for both students and parents.

It is our hope that you will find this website useful for managing schedules and payments, and that you and your children will find resources that will help them in their musical education.

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.  Since we don't want to post our emails directly on this site, you can use this comment box to contact us, or use our emails that were provided on the informational sheets.

Have a great 2016-2017 school year. Happy practicing!

-Mr. & Mrs. Eikenberry