WAUKESHA – This year the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha handbell ensemble will join the campus choir in presenting a free holiday concert on Friday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.
Brian McLinden will direct the choir in seasonal music, accompanied on the piano by Ruth Ross and, at times, by the handbell ensemble.
Directed by Nancy Van Brunt, the handbell ensemble separately will perform works by Haydn, Bach, Hopson, Kocher, Tchaikovsky, and Handel. Kent Kromarek, an associate professor of mathematics and a member of the handbell choir, assisted Van Brunt in coaching the group in technique.
Singing with the choir will be:
Brookfield: Ryan Kennedy, tenor
Burlington: Kevin Monteith, bass
Delafield: William John Dickman II, bass
Eagle: Laura Eckart, Jaime Hutchinson, and Barbie Peters, all altos
Elkhorn: Adam Parker
Hartland: Amanda Zdroik, alto
Menomonee Falls: Nikolas Gonzalez and Danika Pulvermacher, tenors
Mukwonago: Kyle Forster and Nicholas Wiedenfeld, bass
Muskego: Ashley Carus, alto
New Berlin: Kate Brandstetter, alto
Oak Creek: Michael Ashby, tenor
Oconomowoc: Rachel Lochner and Cassandra Warren, sopranos; Andrea Wilcox, alto; and Craig Wortman, bass
Waukesha: Jackie Bauer, Jessica Conn, Ashley Ross, and Becky Zuchowski, sopranos; Abby Clark, Amber Mason, and Shalyn Miller, altos; Jacob Deleon, bass; and Stephen Ganschow, and Mike Saldivar, tenors
West Allis: Jeremy Eineichner, bass; Timocracy Hawkins, tenor; and Elizabeth Kluz, soprano
The handbell ensemble members are:
Brookfield: Laura Doyen
Hales Corners: Laura Nuoffer
Johnson Creek: Brandi Pribbenow
Menomonee Falls: Nikolas Gonzalez
Oconomowoc: Allison Furlong
Waukesha: Leann Anderson and Michelle Pfeiffer
Whitefish Bay: Kent Kromarek
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