Fine & Performing Arts
Faculty
Lara Becker: Christine Beverson: a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, a Bachelor of Arts in History, and a Master of Music in Music Education. She studied violin with Gerardo Ribeiro at Northwestern University, and Robert Hanford, concertmaster of the Lyric Opera. A native of New York, Ms. Beverson attended the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division for six years, and studied violin with Grigory Kalinovsky and Patinka Kopec.
Ms. Beverson has studied conducting with Dr. Mallory Thompson and Daniel Farris at Northwestern University. In 2008 she accepted the position of Director of Orchestras at John Hersey High School, where she currently directs four orchestras, and teaches Advanced Placement Music Theory, Harmony and Arranging, and World History. Prior to accepting the position at Hersey, Ms. Beverson worked in Development at Ballet Tech, the New York City Public School for Dance. In this position, she wrote grants and obtained funding for the school from major corporations and private foundations.
Ms. Beverson plays violin professionally in Chicago and the surrounding area, and is an active clinician. Ms. Beverson has performed violin throughout the world, including performances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, and has performed on tour throughout Italy as a violinist in the Oberlin Virtuosi. Ms. Beverson is a member of the Music Educators National Conference and the American String Teacher Association.
Rich Lane:
Kyle Marquette:
Kyle Marquette has taught English and directed theater at Hersey since 1990, and he took on the role of Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator in the Fall of 2009. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in English Education from Illinois State University and his M.A. in Directing from Roosevelt University. John Hersey’s theater program has had numerous productions chosen for the Illinois High School Theater Festival, and Kyle has served as the director of the All-State Production of Les Miserables in 2007.
Matt Michelin:
Matt Michelin is an English teacher at John Hersey High School. He graduated from Illinois State University in 2003 with a degree in theatre education, English and speech and communications. He spent his first year out of college as a teacher in a small Yupik Eskimo village in rural Alaska and has spent the last few summers working with teachers in northern Uganda. He has been teaching at Hersey since August 2005 and works with freshmen, juniors and seniors. He also currently serves as the technical director for the theatre program and will be directing Children’s theatre in the fall of 2009. He is a member of the Illinois Theatre Association and has served on the Illinois High School Theatre Festival Committee as an Associate Director for College Auditions.
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