Teacher Bios
The Lockport Conservatory of Music seeks to provide high quality, classical based, music lessons for its students. We believe classical technique is applicable to all styles of music and we strive to educate people on the benefits of such. Inviting the community to share in performance events and learning opportunities are just some of the ways in which we hope to enrich Lockport and it’s surrounding towns. The other facet of our business supplies superior instrument repair with a faster turnaround than most other providers. Our technician has a degree in music as well as over ten years experience building and fixing guitars, as well as years of experience as an apprentice luthier. Whether it is for repairs or music education, we hope you will make the Lockport Conservatory your musical home!
Paul has a B.A. in Guitar Performance from Columbia College Chicago and a Master's of Music in Guitar Performance from Roosevelt University. Paul has performed in Master classes with Lorenzo Micheli, Pepe Romero in Cordoba, Spain at the 2005 "Festival de Cordoba", Grammy Award winner David Russell in Cordoba, Spain at the 2007 and 2008 “Festival de Cordoba". Paul has also attended and participated in Master classes by Costas Cotsiolis, Pavel Steidl and Leo Brouwer. Paul is also an adjudicator for guitar juries at Columbia College of Chicago.
Vera Bowser is a young, American, soprano with a degree in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Though originally from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, she has spent the last eight years in Chicago pursuing her education and working professionally as a musician and educator. Vera has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus since 2010, and has sung with them for Berlioz’s Lelio, the Cherubini Requiem, Verdi’s Othello, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, the annual Welcome Yule concert, as well as their tour to New York’s Carnegie Hall in April of 2011. Most recently Vera sang the role of Geraldine in Samuel Barber’s “A Hand of Bridge”, performed in a master class by Sheri Greenewald, and sang the soprano solo in Bruckner’s “Psalm 150”. In past years she covered Mimi in “La Bohème”, sang Belinda in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”, and Anna in “The King and I”.
