Meet the Team

It is all about inspiration…

Our teacher’s desire, is to inspire! Just as they were inspired at one point in their life, which lead them on a lifelong love affair with music, it is a very rewarding privilege to help facilitate that love in another person. And so, every day is a good day at Lake Cook Music Studio, knowing, that through our efforts, we are “passing on the torch” of music to our students, so that it may light their path and guide them their whole life. 


William Gerdes – Owner and Director

William Gerdes, the founder and owner of Lake Cook Music Studio, has been teaching music for nearly three decades. Music has always been a source of great joy and fulfillment in William’s life and so William’s mission has always been to help music become a powerful, positive force in people’s lives and a source of enjoyment and inspiration. Read more…


Meet Our Lead Instructors