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Phil C.
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Chicago, IL
Starting at $115
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- Teaches students 16 to 90
- Teaching since 1993
- Presidential Scholarship from Columbia College Chicago
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Margo L.
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Chicago, IL
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Ryan B.
96 Reviews
Chicago, IL
Starting at $20
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- Teaches students 5 and up
- BA in Ethnomusicology from University of Illinois
- Teaching since 2013
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Sean H.
12 Reviews
Chicago, IL
Starting at $40
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- Teaches Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- Teaches students 12 and up
- Teaching since 2004
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Ayme F.
17 Reviews
Chicago, IL
Starting at $25
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- Speaks Japanese, Spanish
- Teaching since 2006
- Teaches students 5 and up
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Carrie A.
11 Reviews
Frankfort, IL
Starting at $30
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- Teaches students 6 and up
- Teaching since 2002
- Bachelor of Arts in Business and Music from University of Toledo
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