North Shore Music Institute

Guitar Percussion
Keyboards
Bass

Guitar Teacher: Myles Kanzer

Guitar Teacher: Michael Poupko

Michael Poupko has been playing guitar for 18 years. He received his bachelor's degree in Jazz Guitar Performance from the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University in 2001 and has been teaching privately ever since. Michael has also been playing professionally for the past 10 years. He has enjoyed success with his original rock band "Punsapaya" (which later became "Dearborn") as well as on his own as a sideman. In 2005 "Dearborn" won a Chicago Music Award for "Best Rock Album" and was nominated for "Best Rock Entertainer" in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Guitar Teacher: Louie Zagoras

Guitar Teacher: Keith Schell

Keith taught private lessons in the suburbs of Chicago for several years before joining the staff of North Shore Music Institute in 2004. He has since helped hundreds of students reach their musical goals.

For more on Louie Zagoras, go to www.myspace.com/louiezagoras

Keith Schell studied music at Columbia College in Chicago and has performed professionally throughout the United States. He brings over 18 years of guitar playing experience to North Shore Music Institute, including live performances, studio work, and television appearances. His students benefit from his extensive knowledge of music theory and his ability to teach a wide variety of musical styles, including rock, pop, folk, funk, jazz, classical, country, punk and metal.

Louie tells a great story with his guitar, his voice, and a great collection of songs". Louie was the first Chicago Rock Artist ever to be signed by the legendary Bill Graham Management (Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Neville Brothers, Joe Satriani etc...). He lets his music speak for itself and by his own choice always adds plenty of guitar. He loves the music of Eric Clapton, The Allman brothers, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Tom Petty, The Jayhawks and other Classic Bands/Artists. He is the founder, lead singer/lead guitarist and the primary songwriter for the band ROLLOVER.
Louie and ROLLOVER toured the States back and fourth in the 90's when ROLLOVER's first record broke big on Chicago's 93.1 WXRT FM radio. With the popularity of ROLLOVER's debut CD growing, Bill Graham put ROLLOVER on the road supporting The Allman Brothers, Joe Satriani, Sheryl Crow, Blues Traveler, The Neville Brothers, John Hiatt, Hot Tuna, Johnny Winter, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Cheap Trick, Foghat, Eddie Money, Gatemouth Brown and many others.

Louie has been teaching in the Chicago area for over 15 years. Many of his students have gone on to play in professional bands. He has his Bachelors in Music from Columbia College. He and his band have released three nationally distributed CD’s. His songs have been used for TV (Nash Bridges) and Movies. Guitarist Joe Satriani has been a big supporter of Louie. Joe recently said of Louie's new solo CD, ”Twenty Fingers", “... is a joy to listen to.

Myles Kanzer has been teaching guitar, bass and drums for over five years to students of all ages. He attended Columbia College in Chicago, graduating with degrees in both Jazz Studies and Composition. He has played with various jazz and pop groups in Chicago, though now focuses his musical energies on teaching. His teaching approach offers not only the basics, but his students are

given a well rounded musical education focusing on proper technique, sight reading, theory and song writing. He is best suited to beginning and intermediate students who are interested in learning rock, pop, blues, jazz or classical styles.

Guitar Teacher: Chris Forte

Chris Forte is a musician and teacher of many talents. He has performed all over Chicago, toured nationally and internationally, appeared on national television and taught guitar for over 12 years. As a member of Sam Cockrell & The Groove, Chris won the prestigious Albert King Award for Best Unsigned Blues Guitarist in the country in 2000 and later recorded with the world famous Memphis Horns. He has performed in theater shows such as Tiny & Tina's Wedding, as well was featured multiple times on The Jenny Jones Show as a roaming singer/song-writer. Chris has performed in 6 different countries and more than 27 states with all kinds of bands, including his own group, FORTE, which is getting ready to record their 2nd CD with music available on iTunes. He has also been featured on Dean Richard's WGN radio show, the WGN morning news several times and his guitar stylings are well-documented on more than a dozen full-length Cd's. As an educator, Chris currently teaches guitar and 3 ensembles at Columbia College, directs the Chicagoland Jewish High School Jazz Band (for the last 5 years), in addition to having taught literally hundreds of students in the north suburban area for the last 10-plus years.

They also picked up a recent nomination for "Best Rock Album of 2007." Dearborn has also toured the country playing countless venues including House Of Blues, World Music Theater, The Metro, CBGB's, Double Door, Park West, etc. The band has also been lucky enough to open shows for countless artists including Tom Petty, The Black Crowes, The Wailers, Soul Asylum, Soul Asylum, Cracker, Fishbone and many others. Over the last couple years Dearborn has also had numerous songs placed on NBC television shows. As a sideman Michael has played with many artists including Frankie Avalon and in many shows including "Tony and Tina's Wedding", "Hair", and "Footloose The Musical." He is also currently producing young artists.