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Harry Yu wins top award in the Great Composers Competition
Harry Yu was born in West Long Branch, New Jersey in 2005. He began studying piano performance at four and half years old. He currently studies under Professor Svetlana Belsky. Since he started to learn piano, Harry has won many awards in different piano competitions. As the first prize with special honor plus winner of The Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Piano Competition in 2018, he played at Carnegie Hall in the September of 2018.
Sheridan Music Studio is proud to announce that Harry Yu, piano student of Dr. Svetlana Belsky, has just won First Prize in the Level D of the Roberta Savler Piano Competition of CAMTA.
Sheridan Music Studio is also proud to announce that Dr. Svetlana Belsky and Violinist Marta Szlubowska were awarded Third Prize in The American Prize for Chamber Music, Professional Division!
This is exciting news and just two more reasons any serious, aspiring musicians should sign up for private music lessons at Sheridan Music Studio-Chicago! Our students are successful, and our teachers are internationally recognized and acclaimed artists!
The Music with a View Concert Series for 2020-2021 Calendar and Brochure is almost ready for publication and distribution! Yes, the SHOWS MUST GO ON! We can't wait to share with you our great line-up of world-class musicians for our series, starting up in September. Stay tuned for a SPECIAL By-Invitation-only event this Summer to introduce all the we have to offer!

SHERIDAN MUSIC STUDIO ONLINE MUSIC LESSONS!
"Music hath Charms that Calm the Savage Beast!
No worries about keeping up your skills on piano, violin, viola, voice, chamber music and more! Are you bored and going stir-crazy from being quarantined?
We are currently offering ONLINE LESSONS to ALL CURRENT AND NEW STUDENTS!
Sign up, schedule your appointment, and we will see you virtually utilizing Facetime, WhatsApp or Zoom.
All you need is an iPhone, iPad, or computer with camera and microphone, with one of these Apps installed.
Contact us for more information! Everyone is LOVING their online lessons and staying connected during this worldwide COVID-19 Pandemic.
Don't worry, be Happy! We've got you covered, and we are here for you! Best regards, Susan and Svetlana
P.S. Sarah and Stefanie Greene are also now offering lessons on violin, viola, and voice ONLINE!
MARCH 12, 2020: The March 22 "Music with a View" Concert by the EStrella Duo has officially been canceled due to the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) Pandemic.
Please stay tuned for future notifications about re-scheduling or cancellation of this and all "Music with a View" Concerts for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season.
Additionally, all Private piano lessons offered by Susan Merdinger and Dr. Svetlana Belsky will be provided via online video conferencing- Skype, Facetime, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, until the Pandemic subsides.

American Melting Pot CD Wins Two Major International Awards
Gold Medal in the Global Music Awards for Album and Instrumentalist and Best Classical Album in the Clouzine International Music Awards
The American Melting Pot CD is an All-American Contemporary Classical Piano CD featuring works by five distinguished composers: Morton Gould, Fernando Vazquez, Aaron Alter, Elbio Barilari and Ilya Levinson. It's concept and purpose is to highlight the myriad international cultural influences that immigrants bring to the USA through their music. It will become available in CD format in January 2020, and will be released digitally on all major download and streaming music platforms.