Walworth County Deputy Peter Krueger stopped by the Mukwonago High School Orchestra rehearsal. He played for orchestra members, talked about this personal musical experience and made some useful musical suggestions. Peter studied violin with Pat D'Ercole at the Aber Suzuki Center and graduated in 2004. |
Cellist Peter J. Thomas has been a member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 2008 and has performed around the world as a multi-genre soloist, clinician, educator, and chamber musician with the award winning classical cross-over indie-rock band, I’m Not A Pilot. Peter teaches cello, chamber music and improvisation each summer at the American Suzuki Institute. |
Melissa M. (Mocadlo) Ostrowski is an Attorney at Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. where she is the in-house counsel for the Clinic. Her focus is on procurement, research regulation and contracting, grants, Privacy Law, Regulatory Analysis, Legal Writing, and Healthcare laws. She holds a Health Law Emphasis from Marquette University Law School. Melissa is also a violinist in the Central WI Symphony Orchestra and a Suzuki mom. |
Composer Abbie Betinis writes music called "inventive, richly melodic" (The New York Times) and “superb… whirling, soaring” (Tacoma News Tribune). A 2015 McKnight Artist Fellow, and listed in NPR Music's “100 Composers Under Forty,” she has written over 60 commissioned pieces and has been composer-in-residence with The Schubert Club, The Rose Ensemble and The Singers--Minnesota Choral Artists. She lives in Minnesota, where she is adjunct professor of composition at Concordia University-St Paul. Visit www.abbiebetinis.com |
Rachel Ley is currently a sophomore Business major at UW-Madison. When she was 12 she founded a nonprofit, Literacy for Little Ones which encourages parents to read to their newborns by donating book packages for every baby that is born in participating hospitals. Rachel's and her work is the subject of the UW-Madison Chancellor's annual campaign letter. |
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