Alumni Showcase Concert part of Homecoming activities at BU

Peoria, Illinois -- September 8, 2003 -- The Bradley Music Department will present an Alumni Showcase Concert as part of Bradley Homecoming Week activities on Saturday, October 4, at 3 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Mezzo-soprano Alisa Grundmann, violinist Laraine Kaizer, and a Homecoming Alumni Chorale will be featured in the concert.

Alisa Grundmann, who received her bachelor of music in voice with a minor in German from Bradley, is studying at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. After graduating from Bradley, where she studied with Dr. Kerry Walters, she continued German studies at the University of Vienna. Her most recent roles at Peabody include Bessie in Kurt Weill's Mahagonny Songspiel and La Messagiera in Monteverdi's Orfeo. She is a recent winner in the Maryland Opera Society Vocal Arts Competition. Her newest projects include a sacred music recital and a Kurt Weil Cabaret collaboration with the BaltimoreTheater Project.

Laraine Kaizer is working on her doctorate in violin performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studies with Kurt Sassmannshaus. She received her masterÕs degree at Indiana University in Bloomington studying with Mauricio Fuks and her bachelorÕs degree from Bradley studying with Marcia Henry. She currently teaches a large studio of violin students through the University of Cincinnati and the Starling Kids program of which she is the director.

The Alumni Chorale will include members of the Bradley Chorale who have graduated in the last several decades. They will perform choral favorites. Chorale alumni interested in participating should contact Molly Sloter at 309-677-2604.

Admission is free and open to the public.