Brian Baxter cofounded the Chicago Composers Orchestra in 2010 with Randall West. The orchestra dedicates itself to the performance and advocacy of orchestral music by today’s composers. On October 12 the orchestra featured a composition by David Vayo, Fern Rosetta Sherff Professor of Composition and Theory at Illinois Wesleyan University.
For further information about the Chicago Composers Orchestra, or to purchase tickets, visit www.chicagocomposersorchestra.org
Taylar (Kuzniar) Klouda joins the trend of Found Object Costuming, creating green-friendly designs from common household items. Taylar teaches painting and design at College of Lake County in Waukegan, IL.
Kate Tombaugh’s, “It Just Takes One,” a one-woman musical comedy she wrote and stars in, was performed Oct. 18-19-20 at the Prairie Fire Theatre at First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 401 W. Jefferson St., Bloomington, IL.
With support from Kickstarter, Warwick Johnson ’07 has released a comic book, The Empty Grave: Daddy’s Little Girl.
Carol Rose stars as Millie in the Fox Valley Repertory production of Why Do Fools Fall in Love? through July 28
Kathryn Totz and her husband Nathan had a baby on March 2nd, 2013! Her name is Evelyn Sperry Totz, and she was born at11:29 pm, 6 lb. 4 oz.
Kate Tombaugh recently won the 2013 Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition (BAIVC), receiving a solo performance at Carnegie Hall as First Prize. She made her debut vocal performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 27, 2013.
