Dr. Greta Pope

Executive Director

Entertainer, Author, Podcast Host, Educator


Dr. Greta Pope is an award winning, internationally acclaimed entertainer, founder of The Private Music Studio, producer and host of The Business Savvy Singer Podcast, author of Music, Money & You; Managing the Business, and a consultant to the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools where she has served as musical director, and she is the vocal coach at Fenwick High School for music theater productions. Dr. Pope is also a consultant and contractor to the Chicago Public Schools and is an adjunct faculty member at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts), where she lectures on the topics of Professional Development for Vocalists and Music Theory.

Her performance credentials include singing in several languages. She has shared the stage with such well-known performers as Wynonna Judd, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Clarke, Ramsey Lewis, Rich Little, Penn & Teller, Boy George and many others.

Greta’s voice is featured on commercials and voice-overs, including those for McDonald’s, Whirlpool, Allstate, Lexus, Este Lauder and others.

​Greta Pope holds a Bachelor of Music Degree, a Master of Music Degree and has studied at Indiana University with the brilliant Metropolitan Opera soprano Eileen Farrell. Greta Pope has a Ph.D. in Business Administration and her book, Music, Money & You has been chosen as the selected text for several school programs.

Greta Pope is a current/past member of several not-for-profit Boards around the Chicago area, including the Ronald McDonald House, WorldChicago, Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society, Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Morgan Park Academy and Advocate Trinity Hospital, where she serves as Chairman of the Governing Council.