Ron Korbitz holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from VanderCook College of Music. He has been playing the guitar since the age of seven and is known for his ability to play in any style from classical to heavy metal and any stringed instrument that you can play with a pick. He performed for several years in the role of the Strolling Minstrel at The Royal Castle Dinner Theater and later as One-Eyed Ron at Captain Dick’s Voyage Dinner Show where he also served as the musical director. Ron also played with the Frank Pellico Orchestra, Maiden Voyage, and The Sound Connection. He was a regular in the pit orchestra for musical productions at The Sabre Room and lead guitarist for the hard rock band Fury. Ron performs regularly with his wife, soprano Angela Presutti. They have appeared together on numerous concert series throughout the Midwest and on Dame Myra Hess, CSO Radiothon, and Live from Studio One broadcasts on Classical 98.7 WFMT. He is also currently the lead guitarist for the rock band Schtillrokken. Ron also directs the choral music program at Hill Middle School. He is the Artistic Director of the Palatine Children’s Chorus and Assistant Director of the Metea Valley High School Madrigal Ensemble.

Luis Galvez described as "...the golden tenor " by Hedy Weiss of the Suntimes, is Director of Music at Mary, Mother of Divine Grace Parish. He is a native of Lima, Peru, and Founder and Executive Director of North Shore Opera Hour, a 501(c) (3) Non-profit. Luis has received numerous awards and accolades including from the Association of Peruvian Institutions in the United States of America and Canada (AIPEUC) and the Peruvian Tumi Award in recognition of his work promoting Peruvian culture. He is a graduate of The Chicago Musical College and completed the Chicago Series in Liturgical Music at St. Joseph’s College in Rensellear, Indiana. He most recently completed certified training in the Neuro-Vocal Method for Contemporary Commercial Singing.

Carolyn Stopka has worked as a professional cantor, soloist, chorister and section leader in Chicagoland churches, choirs and opera companies such as daCorneto Opera, The Savoyaires, Downers Grove Choral Society, Vox Caelestis,Tower Chorale, Salt Creek Sinfonietta, Elgin Opera and Sinfonietta Bel Canto for over twenty-five years, performing in operas, oratorios, and pops concerts as soloist and ensemble member.   Singing roles in over twenty operas ranging from Verdi to Gilbert and Sullivan, Carolyn has performed under the baton of Robert Holst, Kostis Protopapas, Robert Ashens, Frank Miller, Dan Pasquale D’Andrea, Victoria Bond, and Josephine Lee who described her as a “powerhouse”contralto.

Carolyn has also served as a board member 2014-2018 and vocal competition judge for Sinfonietta Bel Canto from 2010 to the present.  Her successful organization of, performances in, and production of the Mayslake Summer Concerts from 2014-2018 led to her goal of establishing The Four Seasons Chamber Music Society.

Carolyn has also maintained a successful career as high school English and history teacher, as well as coach for Speech, Debate, Monologue Performance, and musicals. Her students have won recognition in such contests as August Wilson New Voices, Chicago History Fair, Shakespeare Competition, and The Pegasus Playwriting Competition.  Carolyn holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola and a Master’s in English from Ohio University. She has studied music and voice with coaches from Chicagoland since high school. Among her favorite roles are The Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Roland in Les Bavards, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow.

Colleen Ortega is the director of music and liturgy at St. Luke and St. Bernardine Parish in River Forest-Forest Park, IL. Professionally, Ms. Ortega has performed as a pianist, organist, clarinetist and vocalist (contralto) in her native Canada, Europe, and here in the Chicago area. She has worked with Main Street Opera (Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci), Da Corneto Opera (Faust, Noli Me Tangere, Nabucco) Sinfonietta Bel Canto (Il Tabarro,Suor Angelica, La Chanson de Fortunio), New Philharmonic (Merry Widow, West Side Story, South Pacific) and is so pleased to be a part of the wonderful collaboration of Four Seasons Chamber Music Society.

Lauren Culver has been studying the violin since she was four. She is an alumnus of the Merit School of Music as well as the Western Springs School of Talent Education. Throughout high school, Lauren traveled around the world to locations like Cuba and Iceland with the Chicago Consort violin ensemble. Lauren graduated from the Chicago College of Performing Arts with a double major in violin performance and music education in 2023. She studied with world-renowned pedagogue Almita Vamos and held the position of principal second violin in the CCPA chamber and symphony orchestras. Lauren has a passion for teaching and has maintained a private violin studio since she was in high school. She spends her summers working and volunteering at music camps for orchestra students. Outside of performing and teaching, Lauren is also an avid composer and arranger.”

Emma Bruno graduated from the Chicago College of Performing Arts with a Major in Classical Violin Performance and a Minor in Psychology in the Spring of 2024, and will be continuing her Master’s Degree in Violin Performance in the Fall of 2024. A native of New Lenox, IL, Emma began studying the piano at age 8, under Joan Rieter, for several years. She soon picked up the violin in her middle-school orchestra at age 10, which is now her primary instrument. In high school, she studied privately with Carl Johnston, former concertmaster/member of Mozart Sinfonia, Illinois Philharmonic, and a current member of the Chicago Sinfonietta. In undergrad at CCPA, Emma studied with Jasmine Lin, graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and prizewinner in the International Paganini Competition. During her Master’s Degree, she is studying with MingHuan Xu, graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and current member of Duo Diorama with her husband, pianist Winston Choi. Emma is a current member of CCPA’s Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Pit Orchestra, and String Chamber Music Program. She is a recurring Teaching Assistant for Naperville’s OPUS Chamber Music Camp and is CCPA’s Teaching Assistant for their Music Theory Program. She has played in Pit Orchestras for The Little Mermaid, Chicago, Shrek, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, and Puccini’s “Suor Angelica”. Emma has participated in masterclasses taught by world-renowned musicians Almita Vamos, Liba Schacht, and MingHuan Xu, and has performed with Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Clarinetist, John Bruce Yeh.

Nicolette Cheauré is the current Associate Principal Violist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and a section member of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, while also holding substitute positions with the Carmel, Albany, Danville, and Akron Symphonies and the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Nicolette earned her Master of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she majored in Viola Performance in addition to an outside concentration in Violin/Viola Pedagogy under the direction of Li-Kuo Chang, as well as a B.M. degree and a music history minor from Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Dr. Kirsten Docter. She has worked closely with Roland Vamos, Almita Vamos, Lynne Ramsey, Stephen Wyrczynski, Mark Holloway, and Dimitri Murrath, along with other members of the Chicago Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, and the Verona Quartet. She has had the privilege of working under the batons of renowned conductors Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, David Alan Miller, Cliff Colnot, James Ross, Arthur Fagen, and Thomas Wilkins in a Principal rotation. Previous appearances include sitting as Principal Viola in the Jacobs School of Music Conductor’s Orchestra, the Oberlin Orchestra, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, and as an Assistant Principal in the Chicago Youth Symphony Chamber Orchestra.

Summer studies include two fellowships to the National Orchestral Institute (NOI), where she was part of their inaugural cohort with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to perform chamber music on the museum’s 1695 Stradivarius “Axelrod” viola. She has also attended the ENCORE Chamber Music Institute, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival, as well as the Jacobs School of Music Academy precollege program for three years.

Competition accolades include first-place wins at the Illinois Philharmonic’s Rising Stars, the New Philharmonic Young People’s, the Downers Grove Music Club, Darien Woman’s Club, and the Jacobs School Summer Music Clinic Concerto Competitions, among others.

Outside of performing, Nicolette is a private viola/violin teacher, as well as a Teaching Instructor for the OPUS Chamber Music Camp (Naperville, IL), the Indiana University String Academy program, and Through the Staff – which aims to provide lessons to students nationwide that could otherwise not afford their musical education. She is also a music critic and researcher, whose work can frequently be found on the performing arts blog Cleveland Classical. Her most recent project, “The Rise of the Viola, Made Possible by Nineteenth-Century Programmaticism” is expected to be published in the Journal of the American Viola Society later this year. 

Christin Kiyeon Kim is a Korean American cellist and music educator. She is currently a member of the Lakeshore Symphony Orchestra, serves as Assistant Music Teacher at the Latin School of Chicago, and teaches both cello and piano at Chicago Music Lessons (CML). She has performed at prestigious venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Zipper Hall, Ebell Theater, the Chicago Symphony Center, and various convention centers throughout California. Her orchestral experience includes performances with the Antelope Valley Symphony, Tehachapi Symphony, USC Concert Orchestra, Globus Epic Live, Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic, and the Korean American Youth Symphony. Kim has participated in master classes with renowned artists such as Lynn Harrell, Phoebe Carrai, Dr. Sarah Kim, Nick Photinos, Dariusz Skoraczewski, Ben Hong, Noa Chorin, Christian Brunnert, Michael Flaksman, and Conradin Brotbek. She received early training at the Colburn School of Performing Arts under Stan Sharp. She holds a Bachelor of Music and Artist Certificate in Cello Performance from Azusa Pacific University, where she studied with Dr. Marek Szpakiewicz, and a Master of Music degree from Roosevelt University under Richard Hirschl of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Angela Presutti Korbitz holds degrees in voice performance and vocal pedagogy from The University of Illinois and Roosevelt University. She has also studied at the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari Italy and The Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, England.  With a voice that has been described as “Absolutely Exquisite” by former Chicago Symphony President Henry Fogel, Angela has appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago, Bel Canto of Milwaukee, The Fox Valley Orchestra, The Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, Salt Creek Sinfonietta, Sinfonietta Bel Canto, The Elmhurst Choral Union, and The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. Her recital work includes performances on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Fairmont Chamber Society, Musicians Club of Women, and multiple appearances on “Live from WFMT.” 

Ms. Presutti began collaborating with guitarist and husband, Ron Korbitz in 2000. Their work has been featured on numerous concert series including The Chicago Classical Guitar Society, Summer Suburban Symphony, Mayslake Summer Concerts, Lake Geneva Lyric Opera Guild, and several colleges and universities throughout the Chicagoland area. The Star Newspaper described them as “a rare chamber duo” and WFMT radio host Kerry Frumkin declared, “our audience loved them.” Angela is currently the voice area coordinator and assistant professor of music at North Central College and associate professor of music at VanderCook College of Music. She is also a professional member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Grant Park Chorus.