Meet Our Accomplished Alumni
We are so proud of our Alumni that we have heard from who majored in music and now have careers in music.
Monica Allen - independent music teacher, at my home studio, MKA Music Studio, teaching piano to children and adults in Eagan, MN.
Amelia Armstrong - vocal director Platteville High School
Kevin Bartig - completing doctoral studies in music and faculty member at University of North Carolina Hill
Mara Beckman - piano and composition faculty at Wausau Conservatory of Music
Brad Burill - choral director Wisconsin Dells High School
Peter Colclasure - performing artist with the "Kissers"
Robert Felbinger - professional opera artist
Kristen Strejc Gast - international opera performer
Ryan Goessl - professional singer
Vicki Johnson - Professor and Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy USL, Louisiana
Mary Louise Knutson - jazz pianist artist
Kristin Lensch - organist and teacher
Steven Merrill - professional singer and composer
Karl Olsen - Instructor of string bass at University of Kentucky, and plays full-time in the Louisville Orchestra, plus the spots at Indiana University-Southeast and at "Orchestra Kentucky", where he is Principal Bass for that professional chamber orchestra.
WCM alumnus Karl Olsen worked with Steven Nichlaus. Olsen was in Wausau to solo with the Wausau Symphony.
Trevor Orthmann - President Haddonfield Symphony outside of Philadelphia
Brian von Rueden - singer, actor, stage director and costume designer.
Daniel Wallach - Lecturer in music at Edgewood College in Madison
David Wallach - professional singer
Desiree Wattelet - professional opera singer
If we missed someone you know who is an alumni and has a career in music please email information to pclark@wausauconservatory.org