FolkLib Index - Wisconsin Non-Performers

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      This page lists links for current or former Wisconsin resident composers (of mostly classical music), songwriters, orchestra and band conductors, choir directors, and actors/actresses who, to my knowledge, never appeared on any recording as a singer or instrumentalist.

      All "Full Composer" members of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers [WAC] are listed, even if they are also a recording artist (see their "Discog" link).

    A  
  1. .Alexander, S. Elizabeth [WAC] (Composer, piano) ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Chester, SC / Madison / St. Paul, MN]
  2. .Alvarez, Javier (Composer, clarinet) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Mexico City, Mexico / grad. UW-Milwaukee 1982. / London, U.K. 1981]
  3. .Arentsen, Harold W. (Conductor) ( Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 1941-1967
  4. .Austin, Greg (Conductor) Philharmonia Strings) [Appleton]
    B  
  5. .Backus, Mary (Choir Director, soprano) - (Director: Oshkosh Choraliers 1992-) - (Music Faculty: Webster Stanley Middle School 198?-19??, Carl Traeger Middle School 19??-) [Oshkosh]
  6. .Balatka, Hans (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index), Founder ( Milwaukee Musical Society) [Olomouc, Czech Republic / Milwaukee / Chicago, IL]
  7. .Basten, Jon (Director) [Associate Director: Oshkosh Area Community Band] [Richfield / Oshkosh]
  8. .Benner, Albert [WAC] (Composer) ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [formerly at St. Norbert College, De Pere / Greenleaf]
  9. .Berendsen, Herbert (Director) - Page ( Oshkosh Area School District) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Director: Oshkosh West High School Choirs Fall 1998-19??, MacDowell Male Chorus 2010-] [Co-Director: Oshkosh West High School Choirs 19??-] [Oshkosh]
  10. .Berndt, R. David (Choir Director) [Oshkosh] - (former Director: Oshkosh Choraliers 1980-1984)
  11. .Black, Daniel [WAC] (Composer) ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison]
  12. .Blahnik, Joel [WAC] (Composer) ( WAC) [Fish Creek]
  13. Boersma, Susan Bentall (composer) - Page ( Beckenhorst Press) [city?, MI / city?, WI / Holland, MI]
  14. .Bohn, David (Composer, organ) - "Organists"
  15. .Bohn, James G. (Composer) ( College of Visual and Performing Arts, U. Mass.-Dartmouth [Archive]) ( Author ?), Order ( CD Baby), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) - (former member: Disposible Art Ensemble) [Manitowoc / Madison / Urbana, IL / Normal, IL / ?, MA]
          "Living is more important than composing. Being a person is more important than being an artist."
  16. .Bond, Carrie Jacobs (Songwriter) ( International Guitar Research Archive) ( UW-Madison Libraries), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) - "Guitar" [Janesville]
  17. .Brickman, Scott (Composer) ( U. Maine-Fort Kent), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Oak Park IL / Madison / Fort Kent, ME]
  18. .Bruno, Karen L. (Director, piano) ( Lawrence University 1998-) [Director: Oshkosh West High School Choirs 19?? - Spring 1998, Lawrence Academy Girl Choir 19??-. Bel Canto Choir], Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Danbury, CT / grad. Lawrence U. year? degree? / Senegal, Africa / Oshkosh / Appleton]
  19. .Bryant, Felice (Songwriter) (vocals) ( CMT Television), Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Wikipedia), Obit ( BMI), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) - (see also: Boudleaux and Felice Bryant) [Milwaukee / Nashville, TN / Hendersonville, TN / Gatlinburg, TN 1978-2003]
  20. .Burns, Jeffrey Phillips (Composer) ( WAC), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison]
    C  
  21. .Carpenter, Dan (Director) [former Director: Oshkosh North High School Choirs 19??-19??] [Oshkosh]
  22. .Chapman, Carl E. (Director) - Page ( UW Oshkosh 1981-) ( Director, Oshkosh Chamber Singers) [ degrees / Oshkosh]
  23. .Chaudoir, James (Composer) - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( UW Oshkosh 1984-), Orders ( Capstone Records), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / Oshkosh]
  24. .Chenevert, James (Composer) - Page ( WAC) [Madison / Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN / Milwaukee]
  25. .Christiansen, F. Melius (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) (father of Paul J. Christiansen) [Eidsvold, Akershus County, Norway / Washburn / Leipzig, Germany / Northfield, MN]
  26. .Croft, James (Director/Conductor) - (former Oshkosh High School Director of Bands 1954-1972, Oshkosh High School Director of Orchestras 1966-1972 [city?, IA / Oshkosh / city?, FL]
  27. .Cunningham, Michael G. (composer) - Page ( WAC) ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Warren, MI / Eau Claire]
  28. .Curtis, Alvin J. (Director, clarinet) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / Oshkosh]
    D  
  29. .Davidson, Randall (author, station manager WRST 2008-) - Page ( WRST), Author ( "9XM Talking: WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea") [Neenah / attended UW Oshkosh / grad. UW-Madison year? B.A., year? M.A. / Madison ( WPR 1990-2007)]
  30. .DeMain, John (Director) - Biog ( Madison Opera [Archive]), Review ( Madison Music Review #1 / #2) [Artistic Director of the Madison Opera, and Director of the Madison Symphony Orchestra since 1994]
  31. .Doebler, Larry (Director) - Page ( First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, NY) [city? 19??-1971 / Madison 1971-1978 / Ithaca, NY 1979-]
    E  
  32. .Endres, Olive Philomene (Composer) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Johnsberg / Madison / Dane]
    F  
  33. .Foss, Lukas (piano, composer, conductor) - Page ( New Albion Records) ( University of Buffalo, NY) ( Boston University [Archive]) ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) (joined ASCAP 1945) [Berlin, Germany / Milwaukee 1981-1986 / Manhattan, NY]
          (Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (NY), 1963-1971; Musical Adviser: Jerusalem Symphony, 1972; Music Director, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 1981-1986; Conductor-Laureate, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 1986-)
  34. .Foss, Scott (Conductor) - Page ( Lorenz Corp.) - (Chancel Choir, Chamber Choir & Bell Choir: First United Methodist Church, Madison) - (Director: Wisconsin Singers 19??-19?? [Madison / grad. UW-Madison year? B.M.E. / Verona]
  35. .Fournier, Karen (Author, Music Faculty) - Page ( UW Oshkosh (2002?-2004) [Archive]) [ degrees / Oshkosh]
  36. .Frye, Christopher (Composer, piano) - "Jazz" [La Crosse]
    G  
  37. .Geisheker, William J. - (former Conductor: Marquette University Bands 1924-1983) [Milwaukee]
  38. .George, Dona Lyn (composer, author) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) (joined ASCAP 1974) [city?]
  39. .Gibbens, John Jeffrey (Composer) ( WAC) ( University of Akron, OH), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison]
  40. .Gleeson, John (Lecturer at Irish Fest) - Page ( UW-Milwaukee) [Milwaukee]
  41. .Glockzin, Albert A. (Conductor) - (Conductor: MacDowell Male Chorus 1934-19??) [Appleton]
  42. .Grine, Geri (Geraldine Otani) (Conductor, clarinet) - Page ( Zoom) ( Oshkosh Youth Symphony Orchestra) - (member: Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director and Conductor: Oshkosh Youth Symphony Orchestra 1987-) [Oshkosh]
  43. .Groner, Brian (Conductor) - Page ( Fox Valley Symphony ) ( Author ?) - (Conductor: Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra 1995-) [city?, IL / Elkhart, IN / Nashville, TN 1988-1991 / Appleton 1995-]
  44. .Grzyb, Gerry (UW Oshkosh DJ) - Page ( his annual Christmas Show on WRST-FM (UW Oshkosh) [Oshkosh]
    H  
  45. .Harbach, Barbara - "Organists"
  46. .Harbison, John (Composer) ( G. Schirmer Music) ( Wikipedia) ( Metropolitan Opera [Archive]) ( Boston Musica Viva [Archive]), Review ( Madison Music Review [Archive]), Bibliog/Discog ( Ithaca College Library), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Orange, NJ / Token Creek]
  47. .Harbison, John and Rose Mary - Discog ( FolkLib Index)
          (This is John Harbison, the Wisconsin Composer and Co-Director of Madison's Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, and not John Harbison, solo fingerstyle guitarist.)
  48. .Harder, Erwin Emil (composer, organ, piano) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Beaver Dam, WI / Chicago, IL]
  49. .Harmon, John (Composer) - "Jazz"
  50. .Harper, Larry D. (Lawrence Dale) (Director) - Page ( Carroll College), (Director: Wisconsin Wind Orchestra) [Waukesha]
  51. .Hathaway, Terry H. (Director, french horn, trumpet) - Page ( Oshkosh Area Community Band) [Director: Oshkosh Area Community Band 1987-, Who's Who in Wisconsin 1977] [Muskegon, MI / Oshkosh / grad. Oshkosh High School 1965 / grad. UW Oshkosh B.M. 1969, M.M. (M.S.T.) 1975 / Tomahawk 1969-1972 / Oshkosh 1972-]
  52. .Hayes, Mark (composer, piano) - Page ( Wikipedia) ( Author ?), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Ladysmith, WI / Kansas City, MO]
  53. .Hiles, Mary (Composer) ( 2003 The "Fountain of Life" Musical) [based on the life of nationally acclaimed sculptor Helen Farnsworth Mears (1873-1916), an Oshkosh native] [Oshkosh]
  54. .Hoiby, Lee (composer, piano) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison]
    J  
  55. .Jacobson, Borghild Schoberg (Composer) - Page ( Mark E. Bloedow #1 / #2), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Fargo, ND / Moorhead, MN / Oshkosh]
  56. .Jones, Dr. William LaRue (Conductor) ( Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 2003-4/26/2008)
    K  
  57. .Kaun, Hugo (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Berlin, Germany 1863-1886 / Milwaukee 1886- / Berlin, Germany 19??-1932]
  58. .Klausch, Larry C. (Choir Director) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) - (former Choir Director / Music Dept. Chair Oshkosh West High School 1969-1986, former Director: Oshkosh Choraliers 1973-1979) [Oshkosh / grad. UW Oshkosh 1961 B.S. / Oshkosh]
  59. .Kotkosky, Gordon (Conductor) - (Conductor: MacDowell Male Chorus 19??-1956) [Appleton]
  60. .Kwoun, Soo-Jin (Music Faculty) - Page ( UW Oshkosh (2003?-2005?) [Archive]) [ degrees / Oshkosh / city?, state?]
    L  
  61. Lamb, Linda (composer) - Page ( Beckenhorst Press) [city? / Mequon / grad. Concordia University year? / Lexington Park, MD]
  62. .Leckrone, Michael (director, composer, author, arranger) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) ( ASCAP member since 1975) [North Manchester, IN / Indianapolis, IN / Madison 1969-]
  63. .Leicht, Allan (Conductor) - (Conductor: MacDowell Male Chorus 1984-2010) [Appleton]
  64. .Leist, Fred (Choir Director) - Interview 7-27-2004 ( Oshkosh Public Museum), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) - (former Director: Oshkosh Choraliers 1972-1973, OHS Director of Bands [1942, 1945-1954], OHS/ONHS Choir Director [1945-1975]) [Milwaukee / Algoma / Oshkosh 1942-]
  65. .Lethco, Leigh-Ann (trumpet, lecturer) - Page ( UW Oshkosh (2002-) #1 / #2), Director ( University Handbell Choir) [ degrees / Oshkosh]
  66. .Luening, Eugene (Conductor, piano, vocals) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [son: Otto Luening] [Milwaukee]
  67. .Luening, Otto (Composer, Conductor) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [father: Eugene Luening] [Milwaukee 1900-1912 / Munich, Germany 1912-1917 / city?, Switzerland / Chicago, IL]
  68. .Lunde, Ivar Jr. (Composer) ( WAC) [Milwaukee]
  69. .Lunt, Alfred (Actor) - Page ( Wikipedia) ( Metropolitan Opera database) ( Ten Chimneys Foundation), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Milwaukee / Waukesha / Genesee Depot]
  70. Lutkin, Peter C. (composer) - Page ( NetHymnal) ( Library of Congress), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Thompsonville / Evanston, IL]
  71. .Lyons, Timmothy (Timm) - (Co-Conductor: Philharmonia) [Oshkosh]
    M  
  72. .Macura, Nebojsa S. (Composer) ( WAC), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison]
  73. .Matos, Lucia (Conductor, piano, violoncello, vocals) - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( UW Oshkosh History 2004-2007) ( Author ?) [ degrees / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Iowa City, IA / Oshkosh 2004-2007 / city?, IL 2008-]
  74. .Meyer, Jeffrey (Conductor, piano) - Page ( Ithaca College 19??-2008) [Chicago, IL / Ithaca, NY / Oshkosh 2008-]
    N  
  75. .Naumann, Joel (Composer) ( WAC) [Belleville]
  76. .Nordin, Andrew (Composer) ( WAC), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Madison / Marshfield]
    P  
  77. .Palmer, Nicholas (Conductor) ( Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 2002-2003
  78. .Partch, Harry (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Oakland, CA / Madison 1944-1947 / city? 1947-]
          per: Ronald Wiecki. "Towards a Biography of Harry Partch: The Wisconsin Years, 1944-1947", Masters thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988
  79. .Pensis, Henri B. (Conductor) ( Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 1968-1996, UW Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 1964-1994), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / Oshkosh / city, state?]
  80. .Pietsch, Edna Frida (Composer) ( Maureen Beck, John Beck) ( Wisconsin Music Archives / alternate) (UW-Madison), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Milwaukee]
  81. .Pooler, Frank (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia) ( Onalaska High School Wall of Excellence), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Onalaska, WI / grad. H.S. 1944]
  82. .Porter, Harold B. (Choir Director) - (former Director: Oshkosh Choraliers 1970-1971) [ degrees / Oshkosh / city?, state?]
  83. .Pynn, Norris Alan (Composer) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index)
    R  
  84. .Rhoads, William (Composer) ( WAC), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Coney Island, NY / Madison]
  85. .Rieck, Alan J. (Conductor) - Page ( UW-Eau Claire) [West Allis / Madison / Flagstaff, AZ / Eau Claire]
    S  
  86. .Schutte, Dan (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Neenah / Elm Grove / San Francisco, CA]
  87. .Schwartzhoff, Gary R. (Conductor) - Page ( UW-Eau Claire) [Eau Claire]
  88. .Smith, Richard (Composer) ( WAC) [Madison / West Bend]
    T  
  89. .Thomas, Charles Philip (author, Spanish translator) - Page ( Author ?) ( UW Oshkosh Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures) Author ?) [Oshkosh / Appleton]
          Musical relevance: a musical comedy he translated and adapted in 1998 featured the songs of Northern Light (5 years after they disbanded).
  90. .Townell, Eric (Conductor) - Page ( Festival Choir of Madison) [Conductor since 1993]
  91. .Trimble, Lester (composer) - Page ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Bangor, WI / New York, NY]
    V  
  92. .Vandervelde, Janika (Composer) - Page ( Author ?) [Green Lake / Minneapolis, MN]
  93. .Vukelich, George (author) - Page ( Wisconsin Made [Archive]), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [South Milwaukee]
    W  
  94. .Wang, Jun (Conductor) ( Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra 1997-2002 [ degrees / Oshkosh 1995-2002 / city?, state? 2002-]
  95. .Welk, Mrs. Olwen Morgan (Director, alto, piano, guitar) - Obit ( Ripon College), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Pickett / Ripon]
  96. .Wilding-White, Ray (Composer) ( WAC) ( Ray Wilding-White [Archive]), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [Kewaunee]
  97. .Wise, Bruce (Composer, piano) - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page (no known links, UW Oshkosh Music Faculty 1967-1996), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / Detroit, MI / Oshkosh / city, state?]
  98. .Witwer, William (Choral Director) - Page ( UW-Green Bay Music Dept.)
  99. Wolter, LeRoy A. (Director, alto saxophone, clarinet) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / UW Oshkosh 1969-1971 / Richfield]
  100. .Woolpert, Dan (Conductor/Director) - (Blessed Brass First United Methodist Church, Madison, 1st Brigade Band) [Madison/Watertown]
    Y  
  101. .Yannay, Yehuda (Composer) - Page ( UW-Milwaukee 1970- #1 / #2 [Archive]) ( University of Akron (OH)) ( CDeMUSIC) ( New Grove Dictionary of Music ( Wikipedia), Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [composer and glass harmonica player] [Timisoara, Romania / city?, Israel 1951-1967 / Milwaukee 1968-? / Akron, OH]
  102. Yttrehus, Rolv B. (composer) - Bibliog ( FolkLib Index) [ degrees / UW Oshkosh 1969-1976 / Duluth, MN]
    Z  
  103. .Zentner, Randy (Randall K.) (Director, piano) - Page ( Oshkosh North High School [Archive]) ( Oshkosh Area School District) [former Director: Oshkosh North High School Choirs 1988-2011] [Producer-Director for the Miss Oshkosh Pageant 1975-1983, and for the Miss Wisconsin Pageant 1988-1994] [grad. UW Oshkosh 1978 B.M. / grad. UW-Madison 1990 M.M. / Oshkosh]
  104. .Zordel, Edwin F. (Conductor) - (Conductor: MacDowell Male Chorus 1956-1984) [Appleton]

    Lists of Wisconsin Composers
    (only sites that list composers by location, specifically Wisconsin Composers)

  105. . Wisconsin Alliance for Composers / Wisconsin Arts Board - Members
  106. . Wisconsin Music Archives (UW-Madison)

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