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Music & Theatre Arts Alumni in the News

Michael Andrew
 Michael Andrew (BA 1987) achieves his dream of working as an entertainer and collaborates with Jerry Lewis on plans for a Broadway musical.
Jamie Andrews
 Jamie Andrews (BME 1998) receives Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award, which acknowledges special achievements and great promise of alumni who are within 15 years of their graduation from UW-Eau Claire.
Rebecca Carson
 Rebecca Carson (BA 1996) is the managing director of the Pepperdine Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
Laurie Farnan, singing during music therapy session
 Laurie Farnan (BMT 1975) is coordinator of the music therapy program at the Central Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
Greg Fedderly performs with the Met
 Greg Fedderly (BM 1985) performs as a tenor with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Matt Franko
 Matt Franko (BA 1999) has a successful music career as a Los Angeles area composer, arranger, copyist and performer.
Bob Knuth
 Bob Knuth (BA 1990), a UW-Eau Claire theater and art graduate, is the marketing art director at The Second City Theatre in Chicago, as well as producing director and resident scenic director at Circle Theatre, also in Chicago. Full story.
Larry Lelli
 All that Jazz leads to Broadway for Larry Lelli (BME 1990). See related story in The View.
Tom Luer
 Tom Luer (BM 1997) is on tour with Queen Latifah, promoting her new CD "Travelin' Light."
Peter Madsen
 Jazz musician Peter Madsen (BME 1978) releases his latest solo piano CD, "Prevue of Tomorrow."
Andy Neesley
 Andrew Neesley (BM 2003) receives the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.
Five by Design
 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.
Root Peterson Johnson
 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
 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
 Gene Power (BME 2002) is the new conductor of the Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony.
Amy and Todd Schendel
 Todd Schendel (BM 1998) and Amy (Minor) (BM 1998) Schendel receive prestigious Fulbright scholarships
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