Staff
Pastor David Kyllo, Pastor
Bio coming soon!
Leslie Ward, Office Administrative Assistant & Children's Choir Director
Leslie prepares the Sunday worship folder and the monthly Zion Calls Newsletter. Office hours are 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday.
Leslie has been involved in music since her youth. She has a Bachelor of Music with a specialty in elementary education from Roosevelt University. She taught classroom music for grades K through 6 at the school of St. Mary in Lake Forest. She has assisted in composing music for children's liturgies.
Rae-Myra Hilliard, Director of Music, Adult & Junior Choir Director
Originally from Buffalo, NY Rae-Myra Hilliard began her musical studies on piano and violin at the age of four and seven, respectively. After receiving her first Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Physical Education from Oberlin College, she worked in business for eight years. During that time, Rae-Myra sang with the Greater Buffalo Opera Company, Buffalo Opera Unlimited, the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and performed solo recitals in the Buffalo area. In 1991, Rae-Myra returned to school full-time and earned her second Bachelor degree in Performing Arts at the State University College of New York at Buffalo, NY, and earned a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Iowa in 1996. Since then, Rae-Myra has actively performed in the Chicago area as a soloist and professional chorister.
As a professional member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Rae-Myra worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Musician Residency Program at the South Shore Cultural Center since its inception in September 1998 until May 2003. She has held the positions of soprano section leader, group and private voice instructor, assistant conductor and guest conductor. In the spring of 2002, she was guest co-conductor and accompanist for the Niles Concert Chorus. In addition to her singing career as a recitalist and freelance accompanist, Rae-Myra is a private voice instructor at the Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates and Evanston Township High School in Evanston.
