Gosia Bagley

Executive Director
312.738.2646 x122
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Gosia received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from DePaul University School of Music, where she studied under the guidance of Mary Sauer, the principal keyboardist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has always been passionate about instilling the love of music in students from a young age and using music to help them express their voice, connect with others, and develop valuable habits and skills for life. To hone her leadership skills, Gosia completed the Community Arts Education Leadership Institute (CAELI) with the National Guild for Community Arts Education in 2015 and has engaged with numerous leadership institutes, retreats, and online offerings over the past 10 years, including those organized by the Guild and the Nonprofit Leadership Lab. She has also developed her literary story-telling skills through her 19 years as the editor for the Instrumentalist Magazine and Piano Explorer Magazine. 

At ChiME since 1999, Gosia taught piano lessons, group classes, early childhood classes, and K-8 classroom music in ChiME’s partner schools. She started her journey with the administrative side in 2012, and held positions of the Family Program Chair, Program Director, and the Director of Classroom and Instrumental Music before being named Interim Executive Director in June 2023. She helped ChiME launch its Music Therapy program, and has been responsible for oversight of the school’s programs, including maintaining and developing the program content and continuum, providing support and guidance to enrolled families, managing performances and events, and overseeing faculty professional development. Her work in both the pedagogical and administrative aspects of ChiME has helped the school achieve its goals of clarifying our unique recipe, strengthening the curriculum, and developing a meaningful professional development model for teaching artists. She became the permanent ED of ChiME in December 2023. In her role, she is responsible for strategic vision, leadership, oversight of the day-to-day operations of the school, and oversight and execution of the school’s fundraising efforts.