Piano

Cassandra (Cassie) Fox is an experienced Piano Teacher and Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) who has worked as both a therapist and educator in the greater Chicago area for many years with kids of all ages in various settings (music studios, community music schools, therapeutic day schools and social service agencies). She has also taught kids, youth and adult piano classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, as well as taught K-5th grade general music through a non-profit organization in various Chicago Public Schools.  She holds a bachelor's degree in Music & Communications from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music and a Master's Degree (MME) in Music Therapy from The University of Kansas (Go Jayhawks!). She also is experienced in working with adults in community mental health, assisted living, memory care and healthcare settings.  She has played piano since the age of 7 and loves teaching it and watching students grow and learn. She is a trained soprano and has performed in various recitals, weddings and church services, as well as has performed with various choirs throughout her life, including the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Lux Cantorum Chicago and most recently with the Bach Week Festival Chorus.

Hi! I’m Cassie!

Everyone has an  'inner music child' and resonates with some type of music on some level.  When teaching, I try to foster my students' musical experience so that they can achieve their own musical goals. Through this, they will increase their self-esteem, their own creative self-expression and have a general sense of enjoyment. Playing piano is a wonderful foundation for learning music, as it requires one to learn both the treble and bass clefs. I encourage students to sing as much as they would like when playing, as singing and piano compliment one another so well. My overall philosophy is to  encourage and motivate students to learn through the inspiration of the music that they are drawn to. It is through these highly personal musical experiences that they can then use music as their own therapy throughout their lives.