Erin Watt "Miss Erin"
Owner, Teacher
erin@themusicplayhouseofchicago.com
After completing her Master of Music degree here in Chicago, Erin ventured  out to New York City where she performed in operas, concerts, short films, cabarets, and a web series. Ms. Erin also taught afterschool music classes and private voice and piano lessons to students of all ages while producing and directing recitals and showcases. She quickly discovered that children are the best audience, and music education was her true calling. After returning to Chicago in 2014, Erin fell in love with the kids and the curriculum at The Music Playhouse and acquired the business in 2015. She now lives in Lakeview with her husband, and 2.5 year old son, Harrison.
Crystal DeMey "Miss Crystal"
Teacher
crystal@themusicplayhouseofchicago.com
Crystal is thrilled to be joining The Music Playhouse team! She grew up in a very musical family, her grandfather was a well known Calypsonian artist from the Caribbean island of Grenada and her father is a singer and has been managing reggae artists since she was born. Crystal has been playing the piano since the age of 5 and has also been in a few NYC Off-Broadway productions such as Songs of the New World and Hair. She ran the music and theater program for her local YMCA summer camps for 3 years. She is so happy she gets to share her passion for music with children again! Crystal has her B.A. in Theater Arts from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. UPDATE: Crystal and her family have moved to South Carolina. She has made incredible contributions to The Music Playhouse and she loves her students dearly; we will miss her immensely! Crystal has promised to make some cameo appearances, so we hope to see her again soon. Please send her and her family love and hugs and high fives!
Katarina Spungen "Miss Kat"
Teacher
katarina@themusicplayhouseofchicago.com
Katarina is ecstatic to join The Music Playhouse as a teacher after falling in love with the program with the kids she nannies! Her mother loves to say that she was singing before she could talk, and consequently grew up studying voice, flute, and piano. She left the suburbs of New York City to study acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and graduated with a BFA. She has been in Chicago ever since. In addition to nannying, Katarina has taught youth acting classes and started a custom dessert business, Pardine Pastries. She is so excited to share her love of music with the new generation of artists!
Cole Burdick "Mr. Cole"
Teacher
cole@themusicplayhouseofchicago.com
Cole is so happy to be joining The Music Playhouse team! He has had a passion for music and for working with kids for as long as he can remember. In his hometown of Decatur, IL, Cole has been performing music since 4th grade, and has been working with kids ever since he could get a job. Cole recently graduated from Millikin University in Decatur with a B.A. in Commercial Music, and has been living in Chicago ever since. Cole can't wait to continue to pursue his passions in the big city with The Music Playhouse!
Jaime Raglow "Miss Jaime"
Teacher

Jaime hails from Akron, Ohio where she has been singing since she learned how to talk! From showchoir to musicals to dance classes, she has always been a performer with music in her heart! Since moving to Chicago, she has graduated with a BA in Theatre and Dance from Loyola University Chicago, and she has performed in many musicals, choreographed for some children's theatre and camps, and worked with kids all over the city! Miss Jaime feels so deeply about The Music Playhouse's mission and goals of bringing music education to kids from a young age so they can carry that with them their whole lives!
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(updated August 2020)