Sasha Gerritson is a full time instructor in the Department of Music, teaching Opera, Music Theory and Sight-Singing.
Additionally, she is the Music Minister at the Park Ridge Community Church, where she conducts five choirs and oversees the Music & Drama Ministry. Sasha was the Co-Founder & Executive Director of L’Opera Piccola for over ten years and the Executive Director of a not-for-profit children’s group called The Happiness Club. For a number of years she worked at the MERIT School of Music and the Chicago Children’s Choir as a choral conductor. She holds degrees in Vocal Performance, French and Vocal Pedagogy from Northeastern Illinois University (BA, MA) and DePaul University (PC) and has studied choral conducting at Westminster College in New Jersey. In 1998, while attending DePaul University, Sasha was recruited to be the assistant to Maestro Daniel Barenboim at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Staatsoper in Berlin. She held this position for two years.
In addition to her teaching career, Sasha enjoys an extensive solo performing career both as a Soprano and Choral Conductor. Sasha is the recipient of many awards including the Harold Berlinger award, the Joan Sachs Memorial Award and talent scholarship. She has been featured on Channel 2 as “Someone You Should Know” and was honored in 2005 as the Distinguished Alumna of the Year of DePaul University.
Office: FA-134
Phone: 773.442.5906
E-mail:Sasha Gerritson
