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Text Box: Look what our Alumni have been doing lately! Text Box: Alumni News & Notes Text Box: ALPHA - College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati Nadja Holmes Altstetter is a retired cellist who played in the Champaign-Urbana Symphony for 34 years and taught cello.  She is currently devoted to chamber music—trios and quartets. ETA - Cincinnati College of Music Edna Tyson Donsback enjoys playing the piano and attending Zeta Gamma meetings when she can.  She writes church skits and dramas and also does the casting and directing. THETA - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Lorraine Woita Neu works as a receptionist during tax season in Sioux City, IA, and enjoys summers with her husband at their log cabin on Lake Minnewashta. MU - Miami University, Miami, OH Debra Biderman performs on violin with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent soloist and recitalist.  She also teaches private violin lessons. Abbey Walker Boudreau married a Phi Mu Alpha alumnus in July 2002.  She teaches Choral Music at Thomas Pullen Arts Magnet School just outside of Washington, D.C. Megan Duffus Garnett is a video producer for the Newseum (museum of news) in Washington, D.C. Virginia Pierce Heller is the state music co-chair for Delta Kappa Gamma and has conducted the state women’s chorus for their Spring Convention.  She also plays cornet with her church choir in Haines City, FL, and is the musical director and conductor of the High Vista Chorus in Davenport, FL. Sarah Lukey is the assistant manager at the Lakeshore Theater (Chicago).  She is also singing in a band called Take 5. Barbara Livergood Patterson, a cellist, formed a trio called “Two B’s and a Dot” with a violinist and pianist.  They give programs that include classical and light music. Mary Williamson Smith is retired but still does music with her grandchildren, one of whom majored in violin performance at St. Olaf College in MN. Janine Louise Tiffe is working on completing her MA in Ethnomusicology at Kent State University. Jan Langdon VanDenburg  plays in a Bell Choir, directs a senior hand chime ensemble, and teaches an English as a Second Language class. RHO - Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY Shirley Shoop Fisher recently celebrated her 82nd birthday and she and her husband celebrated 61 years of marriage! Ruth Cleveland Lakeway has been a member of the Senior All-American Chorus.  She has also taught courses for the Academy of Learning in Retirement in Saratoga Springs, NY, and is a voice therapist who works with patients who have need of vocal rehabilitation. Text Box: SIGMA - Illinois Wesleyan University, IL Betsy Gaines Bone teaches the childrens’ and youth choirs for her church, as well as the beginner and intermediate handbell choirs.  She is also the co-director of the Liturgical Drama Team at her church and a soloist.  Betsy is an Independent Sales Consultant with the Longaberger Company. Marla Stilegebauer Caballero is the director of orchestras at Fremd and Palatine (IL) High Schools, a member of the Kairos Sting Quartet, a member of her church orchestra, and a member of the Trinity International University Orchestra in Deerfield, IL.  She is also a freelance musician, playing violin and viola. Lois Bremer Hall is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in the World.  She directs numerous handbell choirs in Florida and also sings in several community and church choirs, as well as playing bass clarinet in her church orchestra. Lola M. Jefferson, in her nineties, studied music theory at Lincolnland Community College and found it to be a fine experience. Mary Lynn Littlejohn is the director of music and organist for 3 choirs and is a full-time senior systems analyst for Caterpillar, Inc. Fryda Koenig Nicoloff attends Symphony and Opera concerts in San Diego and is involved in a local group, Associated Arts, that raises money to assist outstanding young musicians aged 11-18. UPSILON - Colorado State University, CO Kammi Tveitness Eckhoff is the band director at Mann Middle School in Colorado Springs, CO. CHI - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Dianne Hossler Harding sang the Magnificat by John Rutter and under his direction at Carnegie Hall, NYC.  She also teaches band and orchestra in the Columbus (OH) Public Schools and sings with the Dublin Singers, a community chorus in Dublin, OH. Marilyn Potts Housley is the organist for two Masonic-related organizations, the Order of the Eastern Star and Aramanth. Jean Durand Wilcox plays piano for residents and their visiting friends in nursing homes for birthdays and other special occassions . Kathryn Ann Zetts teaches music for grades K-8 at Assumption Catholic School in Geneva, OH.  Her classes include a bell choir and a show choir.  She also plays oboe in the Northeasterly Winds, a woodwind quintet serving northeast OH and northwest PA. PSI - American Conservatory, Philadelphia, PA Lydia Smutney Sterba teaches 6 days a week, including one day at the college.  She performs for women’s and musical clubs in the Chicago area and serves as a piano judge for numerous piano and solo contests.      

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