Welcome Mr. Zmuda to our CMS music team! 🎶 🎷 🎻 @ Charles J Caruso Middle School instagram.com/p/CiSvfuBOUOa/…

It’s Friday & new instrument upgrades for some Caruso students! 🎻💕 instagram.com/p/CjbXXRHJRPi/…

Eat ice cream and support Wheeling tennis. Win, win!!!! 🏆 🥇 This Saturday!!!!

Hello There 🌟 & Happy Halloween 🎃 Such a great day creating spooky, scary, & advanced techniques 👻 instagram.com/p/CkavcTyueHX/…

What a great day at our ILMEA Honors Junior Orchestra District 7 💕 👏🏼 to all our wonderful 109 Band, Orchestra, & Choir students on their clinics, rehearsals, and final performance 🎻🎶🎷 @ Grayslake Central High School instagram.com/p/CkmIThOpB1R/…

👏🏼 on a wonderful winter band concert Caruso students! Last 📸- Past and Present West side Band Directors! instagram.com/p/Cl8-PSduiUj/…

That’s a wrap with Midwest 2022! 9 years performing with the Chicagoland Educators Orchestra for their New Orchestra reading session. Learned, listened, & can’t wait to share back to the team after winter break! ❄️💕🎻 instagram.com/p/CmcaWjfpCgV/…

These are the moments we live for as educators 💕✨🎶 Our combined festival 👏🏼 One of my favorite days of the year #engage109 #dps109 #cmstrings109 instagram.com/reel/CoyFDgJgD…

Inspiration fires you up, motivation keeps you burning 🎶❤️ #engage109 #dps109 #cmstrings109 #caruso109 #festival #sidebyside #brianbalmages #feeltheburn instagram.com/reel/CoyI6QuAV…

Next week is our annual 109 Potbelly's Fundraiser! Join us on 3.1 & 3.2 to hear beautiful music while enjoying a delicious snack! 🎻🎶🎷 We can't wait to see you there! #engage109 #bandorch109 Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School @109Shepard South Park School Kipling Elementary Walden Elem School #wilmot109 #dps109

A great evening & opportunity for our Caruso Middle School 7th/8th Band & Orchestra students to perform! 🎶🎺🎻Extremely proud! Memories to last a lifetime! ✨ Deerfield Dist. 109 #carusoway #109way #cmstrings109

We start to honor our 8th grade students on the day of our final spring concert! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, and appreciated! Good luck at DHS! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School #cmstrings109

Our next 8th grader has been a calming presence and leader! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, and appreciated! Good luck at DHS! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School #cmstrings109

As we have had our CMS daytime assemblies, it's time to honor our next 8th grader! #cmstrings109 You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, and appreciated! Good luck at DHS! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School

Up next, we honor our next 8th grader! Thank you for all the kind words & love! #cmstrings109 You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, and appreciated! Good luck at DHS! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School

Happy Friday! We honor our next 8th grader! #cmstrings109 You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, and appreciated! Good luck at DHS! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School

Happy Monday! This 8th grader has left such a mark on our students & program I couldn’t be more proud! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, & appreciated! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School #cmstrings109

Our next 8th grader surprised us all by learning bass as a violinist this year! Love the interest & passion! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, & appreciated! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School

Our next 8th grader came into our program in 7th & has lead with confidence along with humor! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, & appreciated! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School #cmstrings109

TGIF! Our next 8th grader has left a legacy! You will be missed from our CMS orchestra family, but will do AMAZING in life! Oh the places you will go! You are valued, loved, & appreciated! Can't wait to hear what your future holds! Deerfield Dist. 109 Caruso Middle School #cmstrings109