Lucille Yockey is a 2023 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BME in Instrumental Music Education. A multiple woodwind artist, musical theatre conductor, and music educator, Lucy is passionate about instilling a love of music in her students by teaching the art of woodwind instruments. She regularly performs in the musical theatre, concert band, jazz band, and orchestral genres on members of the flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone families in the Springfield, IL and greater Central Illinois areas. 

All services, including individual lessons, group lessons, and reedmaking consultations are detailed on the Services page, as found on the drop-down menu or navigation bar above. A full resume and performance history may be found on the Performance History page, and information about reed sales and other financial exchange is available on the Shop page.

Lucy may be reached through the following media:

Email: Lucyyockey@doublers-hut.com

Header photograph by Cass Wulf, Cass Wulf Photo Co. Pictured: Lucy Yockey

Lucy was brought up in Kindermusik classes, the Carl Orff method, the Suzuki piano method, and the Kodály method for voice. In addition to her woodwind playing, Lucy dabbles in brass (particularly horn), percussion, bowed strings, harp, accordion and keyboard instruments, including the carillon. Her experiences in the vocal field include assisting with children's choirs and youth theatre productions. She has also completed training in the marching arts through the Smith-Walbridge Drum Major and Color Guard Clinics.

A multi-generational Springfield, IL native, she attributes much of her holistic understanding of the arts to her musical theatre and dance background, having performed with The Muni, HCFTA, STC, PAVE, the Hoogland Education program, TIP, SBC, and SYPG. She has done collegiate training in ballet and general dance through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in addition to studying at Dance Arts Studio and Springfield Dance. Lucy enthusiastically recommends participation in additional performing arts media to endow students with a well-rounded perspective as musicians and as learners in general.

In addition to her performing and music teaching, Lucy is committed to supporting the arts in the Springfield community in many forms.  She is a student of Carlo Van Ulft of the North American Carillon School, having formerly served on the Education Committee of the Carillon Belles, the women's auxiliary group to the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon. She is also active in Springfield area public school music and drama programs in various modalities.