Jeté into the Arts with Tim Josephs!

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Posted on November 11, 2021 by williamt

Bird in the Wings hosts the Artistic Director of Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization, Tim Josephs, and discusses his artistic pursuits in visual and performing arts in and outside of the Green Bay area.

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NEWDO’s “The Nutcracker” will team up with the Weidner Philharmonic for its premiere debut at the Weidner Center. This will be Green Bay’s only The Nutcracker ballet with live orchestra. Join in for a live performance this Thanksgiving weekend. Click here for more information and tickets.

About our Guest: Tim Josephs

Tim Josephs is originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, and did academic work at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. He further pursued his education at North Carolina’s School for the Arts and studied ballet, as well as traveled abroad in Holland to learn and study historic Dutch paintings. Tim has been the director of the Green Bay School of Dance since 1983, and is also the choreographer for their Nutcracker Ballet. More so, Tim has been the Ballet Instructor at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay for over 10 years. This interview goes in depth of Tim’s educational journey as a young artist, and his path leading back to Green Bay.

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Audrey Nowak is Here for the Music

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Posted on June 3, 2021 by williamt

Bird in the Wings welcomes violinist and member of the Weidner Philharmonic to the pod to wrap up this semester. Audrey talks with Kelli about her journey to becoming a professional musician and music educator in NE Wisconsin, plus tells an inspiring story on how she became first chair Violinist.

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The Weidner Philharmonic will perform Walton’s Façade: An Entertainment live in the Billie Kress Amphitheater at the Green Bay Botanical Garden Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM

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Audrey Nowak, Musician, Music Educator, Weidner Philharmonic musician

About Our Guest:

Audrey Nowak is the conductor of the string ensemble at St. Norbert College. She is also the program manager of the St. Norbert College Youth Orchestra Program, as well as conductor of that organization’s string orchestra.

Ms. Nowak has taught in northeast Wisconsin since 1990. In addition to teaching courses at St. Norbert, she is currently the director of orchestras at Bay Port High School in the Howard-Suamico School District. During her tenure there Ms. Nowak has been honored with the prestigious Golden Apple Award for exceptional teaching; received the 2015 Wisconsin State Teacher of the Year award from the American String Teacher Association (ASTA); and in 2016 received a Herb Kohl Fellowship Award.

Passionate about sharing music with everyone, Ms. Nowak is the founding director of the Howard-Suamico School District Harp Choir, a multi-generational learning community utilizing the harp as a catalyst for personal growth and community service. Ms. Nowak also works as a hospital-certified master harp therapist, completing her mastery level certification in 2018 at Bedside Harps in Bensalem, Penn.

Still active as a performer, Ms. Nowak is the concertmaster of the Civic Symphony of Green Bay and has been a member of both the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra since 1990.

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Rissel Peguero & Matt Hillman – 50% of Pegasis

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Posted on March 12, 2021 by williamt

Kelli welcomes 2 of the 4 members of the band Pegasis to the new episode of Bird in the Wings. Rissel Peguero and Matt Hillman are musicians, songwriters and alumni of UW-Green Bay. On this episode, Rissel and Matt explain their origin, inspirations, and even creative processes put into making the amazing music they preform!

Pegasis is a band dabbling in multiple genres, including World, Latin, Ska, and Reggae. Their ability to create tight harmonies, along with skill to create new and interesting composition with engaging lyricism, is what nominated them for the best artists in their respective genres by the WAMI (Wisconsin Artistic Music Industry).

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Pegasis will perform a virtual concert from Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Streaming live Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM on the Weidner Center’s YouTube Channel.

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Luis Fernandez – Virtual Virtuoso

Posted on September 29, 2020 by williamt

Bird in the Wings is back for season 3. Our season premieres with Dr. Luis Fernandez, who is preparing to perform the UW-Green Bay Music’s 6:30 Concert Series first ever live streamed concert live from Fort Howard Hall in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 6:30 PM.

Kelli sits down with Dr. Fernandez to discuss his journey to becoming a concert violinist and UW-Green Bay professor. Happy Listening!

6:30 Concert Series: Luis Fernandez in Recital is free and open to the public, streaming live on YouTube

More information on the 6:30 Concert Series HERE

About Our Guest:

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, LUIA FERNANDEZ earned his MA from the University of Florida and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami. Fernandez has performed across the globe as part of the Nuevo Mundo Quartet. In addition, he Fernandez has also performed with orchestras across the globe including the Florida Grand Opera, Amarillo Symphony, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and many others. As an instructor, Fernandez has been invited to teach in Bolivia, Cuba, Columbia, Mexico and across the United States. He joined the faculty of UW-Green Bay in the Fall of 2019 and serves as the Robert and Joanne Bauer Endowed Professor of Strings and Music Education.

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