CODA

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  Jennifer Bulmahn - Strings

  BM Wisconsin Lutheran College

  Mrs. Bulmahn studied cello under Adrien Zitoun (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) for her degree in string pedagogy, and has since studied with Jean Dexter for her Suzuki cello teacher training.  She has over ten years of teaching experience, the last eight years specifically working with the Neenah after-school Suzuki Talent Education Program and its over one hundred practicing students.  Mrs. Bulmahn enjoys many different genres and varieties of music, and is always looking for something new to try with her students!
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  Alec Burke - Brass

  MM UW-Milwaukee; BS Ball State
  Mr. Burke is pursuing his M.M. in Performance from UW-Milwaukee as the Trumpet Teaching Assistant. An Indiana native, Alec previously served as the Muncie Symphony Orchestra’s Education Coordinator. Alec performed as the 2017 Concerto Soloist with the Music for the Sake of Music Symphony Orchestra, a chamber musician for Classical Music Indy and other music non-profits, and as a lead trumpet player for numerous musicals and shows across Central Indiana. Listen to Alec here.
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  Holly Dykstra - Voice & Piano

  BA Music Education UW-Milwaukee/Carroll University
  I thought I might be a concert pianist by the 8th grade, until I overcame my fears and started to sing. From my first solo & ensemble experience my freshman year of high school, to Kids from Wisconsin at 17 years old, to a spot as a featured soloist in the Broadway Gospel Choir in NYC, my musical experiences have shaped much of who I am today. As much as I enjoy performing, one on one instruction with young vocalists is my heartbeat. Give me the kid who is scared out of their wits to sing, or the overly confident teenage singer that needs improvement, perhaps the slightly insecure kid that has much more than they think. That's when I come alive with excitement, hope and a vision for that student to move through their fears, create an atmosphere to freely make mistakes, give specific, tangible ways to improve, tone, pitch control and adjustment. I also want my students to understand what they are singing through lyric analysis in order to sing with intellectual integrity and expression. I find ways to help every student decrease performance anxiety with tools students can access anytime they practice. I want my students to anticipate coming to their vocal/piano lesson and feel as if it's the lesson "wasn't long enough!" Whether teaching voice or piano, seeing students light up with that "AH-HA!" moment of understanding, smiles and success, that joy is my joy. 
  
  Listen to Holly here.
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  Jamie Johns - Piano

  BM Baldwin-Wallace College, MM University of Cincinnati
  Having just finished six years of conducting the Phantom of the Opera on tour, pianist and conductor Jamie Johns is settling into civilian life in Madison, WI.
  
  Jamie has been the Director of Opera and Musical Theatre at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, the Resident Music Director at the Skylight Opera Theatre and the Education Director at Orlando Opera. Conducting highlights include The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, The Coronation of Poppea, and La Traviata. Favorite shows on which Jamie has served as music director are Avenue Q, No, No, Nanette, The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Archy and Mehitabel, Jacques Brel…, Rent, and The World Goes Round. In addition to shows, Jamie enjoys arranging and playing cabaret performances and recitals. Accompanying Gary Briggle as Noel Coward, Jamie has performed A Talent to Amuse; an evening with Noel Coward, in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sarasota, Sacramento, Iowa City and St. Paul.  Other companies that Jamie has worked for include Milwaukee Rep, Florentine Opera, Madison Rep, Madison Opera, First Stage, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Bel Canto, Present Music, Writers’ Theatre (Chicago) and Milwaukee Opera Theatre.