Music & Theatre Arts Alumni in the News

	Michael Andrew (BA 1987) achieves his dream of working as an entertainer and collaborates with Jerry Lewis on plans for a Broadway musical.
	Rebecca Carson (BA 1996) is the managing director of the Pepperdine Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
	Laurie Farnan (BMT 1975) is coordinator of the music therapy program at the Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
	Greg Fedderly (BM 1985) performs as a tenor with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
	Matt Franko (BA 1999) has a successful music career as a Los Angeles area composer, arranger, copyist and performer.
	All that Jazz leads to Broadway for Larry Lelli (BME 1990). See related story in The View.
	Tom Luer (BM 1997) is on tour with Queen Latifah, promoting her new CD "Travelin' Light."
	Jazz musician Peter Madsen (BME 1978) releases his latest solo piano CD, "Prevue of Tomorrow."
	Andrew Neesley (BM 2003) receives the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.
	Kurt Niska '89, Lorie Carpenter-Niska '89, Terrence Niska '87 and Michael Swedberg '87, '89 are members of the vocal quintet Five By Design, which performs about 65 shows a season, many of them with symphony orchestras throughout the United States. They booked their first gigs as a UW-Eau Claire jazz group. Full story from The View.
	Music to Their Ears - Connie (Harding) Root (BME 1976), Linda Petersen (BME 1980), Karen (Sands) Johnson (BME 1978) lead State Honors Music Project.
	Scott Pingel (BM 1996) debuted Sept. 8 as the San Francisco Symphony's principal bassist in the group's opening performance of the 2004 season. See related stories from The View and E-View Spring 2005. Scott Pingel receives Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award.
	Gene Power (BME 2002) is the new conductor of the Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony.
	Todd Schendel (BM 1998) and Amy (Minor) (BM 1998) Schendel receive prestigious Fulbright scholarships