"No, no... I'M LAST!!! HAHA!
Ok, yeah... so this is a little on the late side, but better late than
never, right?? :-) Anyway, my name is Sarah Whitacre and I'm a senior in
Music Ed. (graduating in May.... YAHOO!!!) I'm originally from
Naperville, IL and came to Kansas hoping to never return, except on
holidays and so far it's worked! This is my second semester in Concert
Choir and I'm a member of Collegium this semester as well. Basically, I'm
just trying to hold onto my sanity until graduation... so, if I seem a
little frazzled, which is generally a common state of mind for me these
days, you'll know why. PEACE OUT!!"
Sarah Whitacre,
swsunny@ku.edu
Mar 28 2002, Thursday 1:45 CST
"HAHAHA no I'M LAST
Considering not many of you will read this as the due date is past I'll be
brief. I'm a SUPER senior in piano performance, finishing soon. I also
teach at the Lawrence piano studio. I accompany Women's Chorale as well
as the choir at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church."
Paul Jensen,
jenspaul@aol.com
Feb 5 2002, Tuesday 12:41 CST
"Hi i'm christina form good ol houston texas. I'm an Alto and i picked k.u.
because i didnt want to go to school at texas because kansas is so much
cooler i'm fun be my friend."
Christina Hulett,
christy@yahoo.com
Feb 4 2002, Monday 10:57 CST
"I'm Ian Bradt, a freshman in Electrical Engineering. I'm from Johnston,
Iowa. I play trombone with KU Concert band and KU Men's Basketball band.
I serve as a basketball official for the state of Kansas, and work for
Midwestern Music Camp. I had the opportunity this past summer to
perform the Stavinsky Symphony of Psalms with the Des Moines Choral Society
and the Pymouth Chancel Choir (Des Moines)at Carnegie Hall in NYC. This is
my second semester in Concert Choir and I also sing with Plymouth Church
Chancel Choir in Lawrence.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!
IMB"
Ian Bradt,
bradt@ku.edu
Feb 3 2002, Sunday 10:31 CST
"Hi...I would just like to say that every time I have tried to do this my
computer knocks me off and then when I try to come back to the web site
there is no "Introductions" on the page. Thank you.
My name is Brittany and I am "one of those new girls" as I heard some guy
refer to me the other day. I am a freshman psychology major and I just
transfered here from Pepperdine University in California. People usually
can't understand why, but you don't get snow days like last week in
Malibu. I sang in choir there too, but they don't believe in singing with
instruments so I am looking forward to some stuff that's not a capella.
Well, the weekend is over so unfortunately I will be back in class
tomorrow. Bye."
Brittany Bloodhart,
Etoile914@aol.com
Feb 3 2002, Sunday 9:44 CST
"Howdy concert choir.
My name is allen and I am a music ed major. I really enjoy playing the
piano, violin, guitar, and of course singing bass. I had a fun time
singing in concert choir last semester so I thought what the hey i
need the credit. I was in the orchestra for the past couple years. It
surprised me to see how extroverted choir kids are. I think that's
super cool. I think I might just be used to introverted orchestra
people. Anyways gotta get to one of my numerous classes. later."
Allen Leung,
aleung78@ku.edu
Feb 1 2002, Friday 1:18 CST
"K, well, i think that this is pretty late, but what the hey i think ill
give it a shot anywhoo. My name is kevin, im a tenor, and i am also the
tallest person in choir. Does that make me special??? No, i dont think so
either. Does it bother anyone that i dont capatalise my "i's?" Oh, and i
dont use apostrophies either. When youre really tall you can get away with
stuff like that. Err... Yeah. Right, well choir starts in 2 minutes and
seeing as how ive already skipped english, i had better go to choir.
Kevin's destination time: T-2 minutes and counting."
Kevin Miller,
Flamingokt@aol.com
Feb 1 2002, Friday 11:18 CST
"My name is Amy Hamilton. I am new to Concert Choir this semester. I was
in Women's last semester because I couldn't fit concert into my schedule.
I am a voice major here at KU...I think. It might be music education, I
don't know. Long Story. Anyway, about me...I love to waterski, and have
been doing that competitively since age 12, along with the rest of my
family, which is alot of people (eleven kids!!!) I get to babysit all of
them this weekend, too! Well, not my older brother obviously, but all the
rest. I am very excited! I love long walks on the beach and candlelit
dinners with that special someone. My favorite color is yellow, but I
also like pink and red. I am afraid of dogs, because one sort of attacked
me once, but my favorite animals are elephants and gorillas. "
Amy Hamilton,
hamcat8910@hotmail.com
Feb 1 2002, Friday 10:08 CST
"Hello...my name is Evan and I am a sophomore here at KU. I dont really
know what all to type...I really enjoy singing but I dont think I am very
good so please try and put up with me. My major is japanese...maybe? and I
live in the Jayhawk towers which I like some days more than others. I work
at hastings and listen to a lot of music in my spare time...this works out
because of the discount at work...(not a five fingered one mind you). So I
think I am done now...oh and about these last couple of days without
school, I know we are all really upset that we couldn't attend our classes
but there is nothing we can do about it now...we just have to move on and
pray for no more snow...(sorry my humor can be compared to my singing
abilities...) Thanks for listening and I am sorry this is so late.
Evan Rees"
Evan Rees,
jartsu37@hotmail.com
Feb 1 2002, Friday 8:58 CST
"Teehee...what's up, i really hope that this isn't too late, but at any
rate i'm Rae. uhh...Mallrats and Office Space are two of my most favorite
movies and i'm watching one of them right now. Yay! i'm a frosh from
Lawrence, and i'm just playin' it by ear right now on the major thing.
BTW the best chinese food in lawrence can be found at plum tree or panda
garden...i'm a freak for chinese food. on the flipside kiddies"
Rae Herod,
raebabe@ku.edu
Feb 1 2002, Friday 1:23 CST
"Hiya All
My name is Hsueh-Lien. Pronoucing it is rather tricky, so please just
call me Lien. I come from Singapore and I am a Music Therapy Grad student
now doing my second semester. I'm a piano major, but this semester, I'm
taking private voice lessons for the first time. I'm really excited about
using the voice and learning to produce beautiful sounds with it! Look
forward to making great music together!"
Hsueh-Lien, Chen,
hsuehlien@hotmail.com
Feb 1 2002, Friday 0:48 CST
"Wow! I must be the last person to contribute! Any way, I'm Jennifer and
as this is my first semester in Concert Choir I am pleased to meet you
all.
I think I'm a sophomore and a soprano but every private instructor I
have had seems to have a different opinion on where I stand in the grand
scheme of things. Aside from that however I am very boreing and my break
was boreing except when my purse was lost/stolen. My husband has been
great when it comes to keeping me sane about that whole thing.
I can't wait to get this semester under way look forward to working with
all of you! "
Jennifer Bogner,
jenbog@ku.edu
Jan 31 2002, Thursday 11:42 CST
"Yowza! I hope this can still be turned in....
So anyway, this is Lindsay, and I'm a soprano, and as Miss Katie
Jensen already noted, I've got the long blonde hair.
My favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs are "Interjections" and "Unpack
your Adjectives." I'll sing them for you, if you'd like.
Here's something funny:
You know how stoplights turn yellow before they turn red? Well, in
Germany, they ALSO turn yello before they turn GREEN! What a crazy
country that is. How marvelous.
Is anybody really going to read this anyway? I thought not"
Lindsay Ohse,
LindsayMcCartney@aol.com
Jan 29 2002, Tuesday 11:34 CST
"Hey there ho there I hope i still get credit for this my name is benjamin
and i'm a vocal performance mayor at ku and i'm in the back row and i cant
wait till austraillia ---or some place spelled similar to that"
Benjamin Murbach,
swissmr@ku.edu
Jan 29 2002, Tuesday 7:47 CST
"Hello you fine singing people~
My name is Erin Evangeline Burns and I am a freshman majoring in Theatre
from Kansas City, Missouri. Ummm... I like to sing. I was in showchoir
in high school and stuff. Oh... I just found out that I made the cast
of "South Pacific" so that is very exciting to me. I was in the Theatre
For Young People's production of "Afternoon of the Elves" earlier this
year. I am happy to be at KU and even though I didn't sing in a choir
last semester I am hoping I havn't forgotten how or anything. I hope to
have fun and that's all I guess. Bye
ERIN"
Erin Burns,
angel_burns@yahoo.com
Jan 29 2002, Tuesday 7:38 CST
"Hi! My name Is Kelsy Marr and I'm a freshman majoring in music education
with an emphasis in voice. This is my second semester in Concert Choir and
it's really fun. Some stuff I like to do on the side is snow skiing, and
shopping. I really like shopping."
Kelsy Marr,
Snowgurl0@yahoo.com
Jan 29 2002, Tuesday 7:35 CST
"Well, let's try this introduction thing:
My name is Jeff (as it says at the bottom). I have been in Concert
Choir for 3 semesters. I don't know a lot of people in our Choir, but
that is NOT the way I want it to be, especially if the person I don't know
happens to be a cute/intelligent young lady (alto or soprano --- doesn't
matter to me).
I live in Topeka, and drive here from Topeka every day. I am obsessed
with Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony, and I have been in charge of
our Church's Schola Cantorum for several years --- we sing chant every
Sunday for Mass, and that is why I can sight-sing anything in the Liber.
(but why would you care about that??)
I like to do odd little "artsy" projects in my free time, and you can
see the results of one of them if you go to my webpage: for-torches.4t.com
Anyway, I am looking forward to a great semester and to becoming
acquainted with those I haven't met yet ("acquainted" means I know your
name by heart).
I might add that I have no idea what exactly all these beyond-strange
references are to "mothers" and other things in some of the introductions,
but that seems like something which I wouldn't care about very much . . .
Bye!"
Jeff Ostrowski,
casimir_hofmann@juno.com
Jan 29 2002, Tuesday 2:57 CST
"Hello,everone,my name is miyuki ogata and I'm from
Japan. I am studying Music therapy now.
My English is not good. However, I like singing.
Let's sing together and have fun.
It will be a nice memory."
miyuki ogata,
miyuki@ki.rim.or.jp
Jan 28 2002, Monday 11:20 CST
"Well hey everyone! In case you don't know me, I'm the crazy blonde
soprano who hangs out with the other crazy blonde soprano with really
loooong hair (that'd be Lindsay, and that long was said with the infamous
Minnesota accent-though I still deny I have one!). I'm a freshman
majoring in International Studies, Spanish, and Math, though I once told
my roommates I was changing majors to Fijian Dumpster Service and Repair,
so we'll see what happens with that! Hmmm...there's not much else to
say...oh, yes! If you happen to hear a *really* loud crack on anything
above a G or so, that'd be me too! Just don't say I didn't warn you... :)
Looking forward to singing with all of you and sounding like some sort of
dying animal on all that high stuff...Woo hoo!!"
Katie Jensen,
jensen77@ku.edu
Jan 28 2002, Monday 8:29 CST
"What's up everybody!?!
My name is Lydia, and I'm a sophomore majoring in biology. This is my
first year in KU choirs. Let me tell you that it "ROCKED MY FACE OFF!"
first semester, and I'm looking forward to another great semester, and
getting to know more of you peeps. Besides choir, and all my fun classes
for biology (CHEM 188...my best friend =P), I enjoy playing my cello,
hanging out with my roomie and my friends from Chi Alpha and Lewis, and
attempting to play the guitar. Coolness, can't wait to get to know more of
you. Ciao!
P.S. In joining with a new found tradition on this intro page, "Word to
all ya all's mothers!!!!!!!" hehe =)"
Lydia Kim,
Lids@ukans.edu
Jan 28 2002, Monday 8:21 CST
"Hello, Everyone! My name is Amy and I'm a junior majoring in music
therapy. I've been involved in KU Choirs since I was a Freshman! Besides
music, I enjoy hanging out with my 4 fabulous roommates, running/taebo,
refinishing old furniture, and being involved with Church and Campus
Christians. I also am having a great time planning a wedding for June!
I'm looking forward to learning more about all of you!"
Amy Ratzlaff,
aratz4@ku.edu
Jan 28 2002, Monday 3:42 CST
"Hey Everybody! My name is BreAnn King and I'm a soprano...yes, I know,
groan. :) But just to defend, we honestly have a hard time singing
softly way up in the stratosphere. Nonetheless, I'm glad to be back at KU
for my final semester! I'm going to miss all of you fine people in the
music department and most definitely KU basketball, but let me tell you I
will not regret departing the world of homework! Besides perfecting the
art of screechy high notes I also play the violin, guitar,djembe (an
African hand-drum, if you didn't know), and doodle a bit on the piano
while still retaining full mastery of the kazoo. So what the heck am I
going to do after finishing my B.A. in voice??? good question...but
hopefully get some sort of an internship with a group called 100 Portraits
who reside in Colorado Springs...one of my favorite playgrounds in the
US. I love traveling and have an affinity for photography, poetry and
other great literature, hiking, running, meeting new people, and certainly
not least, God. I'm looking forward to getting to know more of you and
making some pretty sounds together!"
BreAnn King,
starlet@ku.edu
Jan 28 2002, Monday 2:15 CST
"Hello Everybody Old and New!
My name is Alicia Gian, and I am an old member of Concert Choir! I am
a theatre voice major, and I am enjoying it very much. Can't wait to see
you all in class.
Alicia Gian"
Alicia Gian,
aliciagianni@hotmail.com
Jan 28 2002, Monday 10:22 CST
"I'm Teck and I'm finishing my Masters in Chemical Engineering. Pretty
excited!! I am from Malaysia and I came to KU 6 years ago (Gosh, I am
getting old). I've been in the KU choir since my Sophomore year and I
enjoy it. I look forward to another great semester!"
Teck Lee,
dimensionless1@hotmail.com
Jan 28 2002, Monday 10:19 CST
""
,
Jan 28 2002, Monday 9:32 CST
"Hi everyone! Not much has changed about me since last semester but... this
morning (at 7:10) my wonderful 2 year old (Alexandria Renee) decided to use
the big girl potty! Now, i know this isnt a big thing with about 99.9% of
you, but let me tell you, potty training SUCKS in a BIG way. Anyway, i'm
proud of her (big cheesy grin). Well, off to deminish the huge pile of
homework on my sofa before class... Toodles!"
Lysette Van Pelt,
smalln@ku.edu
Jan 28 2002, Monday 8:18 CST
"Hey everyone!
I'm Josh, one of those tenors (yes we do rock Ryan)! I am a sophomore
(junior by credits) vocal music education major from Eudora, Kansas. I
had a great holiday break and I am looking forward to another challenging
semester at KU. If I can find the money, I would LOVE to be one of the
six members who helps make the Austrailia trip possible! The Bernstein is
going to be a trip of its own.
Let's make this a semester to remember, Concert Choir : )
Word to your MOTHER??"
Joshua Abel,
music00@ku.edu
Jan 27 2002, Sunday 11:13 CST
"Hello everyone, my name is Ryan Keller, and I am a sophomore majoring in
Vocal Performance here at good old KU. My Christmas break was great, and
I wish I was still on it, because I am going to be SO busy this semester!
I just had my last performance of "Pirates of Penzance" today, and it was
a lot of fun. I hope some of you came and saw it! I am going to have,
are you ready for this..22 HOURS this semester. I know, I am out of my
mind, but I have to do it. I am a transfer student, so I have to catch
up, if you know what I mean. So, I am probably going to be going crazy
several times this semester. Let the fun begin! Well, I think Concert
Choir is going to be cool this semester, and I CAN'T WAIT until we go to
Australia! We are going to have a BLAST! Oh, one more thing...TENORS
ROCK!!! "
Ryan Keller,
rkeller@ku.edu
Jan 27 2002, Sunday 8:26 CST
"Hi I'm Matt and I would just like to announce to the world that I am
now a sophomore by credits. Yes thats right for everyone that cared
my A.P credits just transfered the other day and I now have 31 credit
hours. Well having said that if you don't know me already then I am
one of the basses in the front row.
Umm......there's not much to tell about myself. I'm from Andover
Kansas. I play the guitar a lot and I need to be reading a lot more.
And sense I need to be reading psyc I think that I'll conclude with that.
Hope to meet you all"
Matt Leavitt,
Starbuck733@yahoo.com
Jan 27 2002, Sunday 6:23 CST
"My name is Carrie. I play piano, organ, and viola. I am a music
education major, and I'm really excited about being in this choir this
semester."
Carrie Nixon,
violhawk@ku.edu
Jan 25 2002, Friday 4:40 CST
"Hi, I'm Kim , the girl with the purple glasses. I love to sing and I HATE
the internet. I'm majoring in music theory and minoring in organ
performance. That's about it."
Kim Burgstahler,
kimburg@ku.edu
Jan 25 2002, Friday 10:15 CST
"Hello all! It is I, Alexis Jones, fearless senior in music education! Well
not exactly fearless, but I try. Well anyway, I also am graduating this
semester and will be doing my student teaching next fall. Scary, huh? Well
anyway, I did pretty much nothing over break for about two weeks and then I
came back to Lawrence and worked my butt off so that I can afford to go to
Australia, and as Aimee pointed out, WE ONLY NEED 6 MORE PEOPLE! COME ON
NOW! Well anyway, I guess I don't have much else to say except....
*ANOTHER SHAMELESS PLUG*
COME TO KAW VALLEY COMMUNITY CHORUS ON MONDAY NIGHTS AT 7:15 PM! IT'S A LOT
OF FUN! JUST ASK CHRIS! AND IF YOU ARE IN A MONDAY NIGHT LAB THAT GETS OUT
AT 7:30 LIKE ME, I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE AFTERWORDS, IT'S OKAY TO BE LATE FOR
THAT! COME SING THE MOZART REQUIEM!!!!
Alexis Jones"
Alexis Jones,
cellogrl@ku.edu
Jan 25 2002, Friday 9:41 CST
"Hello, friends!
My name is Aimee Bury and I'm a Senior graduating in May. Like lil Jen
Barker, though I love KU, I'm SOOOO ready to FINALLY be done with college!
Look for the two of us SKIPPING down the Hill! :) It's been a project in
the making that's for certain! I'll actually be the first to graduate at
KU with my degree (I'm pioneering you could say) of a BS in Business
Admin, emphasis in marketing and concentration in vocal performance. I've
enjoyed getting to know some of you and looking foward to meeting you
newbies to the class. I am esp. looking forward to going DOWN-UNDER in May
(c'mon, we just need SIX more of you all to join our fun n exciting team!)
Here's to a semester full of fun, great sound and good performances! ~Aimee"
Aimee Bury,
maimers@hotmail.com
Jan 25 2002, Friday 0:55 CST
"No no no, word to YOUR mother!
Hey, I'm Chris Boyle, and this is my 4th semester in Concert Choir. I'm
a sophomore in Music Education, after making stops in Chemical
Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology, Voice Performance, Underwater
Basketweaving, etc. But thankfully I decided not to stop in
Journalism... I'm a second bass, former section leader, former KUCS
representitive (I might still be, I dunno if we do another election), in
3 choirs so far this semester, and I'm gonna learn the trombone this
semester. I can't think of much else to say, so I'll end this here.
Arrivaderci!
***SHAMELESS PLUG***
Join the Kaw Valley Community Chorus! Monday nights, 7:15. Mozart's
Requiem. What more could you want? It's fun, just ask Alexis."
Chris Boyle,
chriskb@ku.edu
Jan 24 2002, Thursday 4:02 CST
"Woo-hoo! Once again, I am so excited to be a part of the fabulosity that is
Concert Choir. Um...about me...I'm a junior and have once again decided to
change majors. But not really. To change majors would be to imply that I
have another major all lined up. I really have no idea what I want to do.
So if any of you out there have suggestions, be sure to let me know! :-)
But I am excited to be involved in music again, and I look forward to
working with all of you. Au revoir"
Beth Allin,
bethiepoo_19@yahoo.com
Jan 24 2002, Thursday 10:11 CST
"Hey everyone! My name is Jen Barker and I'm a senior majoring in music
education, and as much as I love KU, I'm ready to get out of here! My
major instrument is piano and I've taught piano at the Lawrence Piano
Studio for the last 3 years, but I hope to be a high school choral teacher
someday...at least at this point. Other hobbies...I love sports,
especially volleyball and skiing (which I'm doing over Spring Break and I
can't wait!!). That's about it. I look forward to meeting you all and
wish everyone the best of luck this semester!"
Jen Barker,
jbarker1005@hotmail.com
Jan 24 2002, Thursday 9:43 CST
"Hi all. Some of you know me and most of you may know who I am, and some of
you will have no clue as to who I am. My name is Justin Kurtz. I am a
Senior (kind of) in Music education. I have decided that I will end up
with tenure before I actually graduate. I work at O'Reilly auto parts and
usually work on my own car. I hope to meet plenty of new people this
semester in choir. See you Friday.
Justin"
Justin M. Kurtz,
thepitboss@hotmail.com
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 11:46 CST
"hi everyone,
I was in Men's Glee last semester and I miss having a day choir with my
evenings free. I also wanted to try something new and different. What
happened that was exciting over my break? Well, Christmas was great, I
feel guilty for all the goodies I got. On New Years Day, I discovered a
stomach ache that wouldn't go away turned out to be appendicitis, which
was a lot of fun. I'm writing a string quintet piece so if any of you
play or are interested let me know, I would be so grateful! I'm looking
forward to singing with you all"
Britt Burns,
blade@ku.edu
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 10:04 CST
"Hello, all. I'm Rob Sharp, and I was going to be a B.M. in music
composition...unfortunately, I have had a little change of heart...what
it has changed to, I have no stinkin' idea. I just know that I can't
stand the thought of seven more semesters of voice lessons (no offense to
you voice majors...), and I don't want to take the time to do the REC 100
thing. Anyway, I have no clue what I'm going to do for the rest of
college...next semester, I think, will be full of Gen Ed junk, so no
matter what I do, I won't be stuck with extra years to do.
Jennifer...you're in my...uh...German class? I think that was it...cause
I think it was Doris that misunderstood your last name...
Anybody who knows my high school choir teacher (Mrs. Marie Lerner-
Sexton), e-mail me...I need help in figuring out how to tell her I'm not
going to compose...
See ya all!"
Rob Sharp,
sharprs@ku.edu
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 9:56 CST
"WORD TO YOUR MOTHERS!!! I'm so excited to be back in Concert Choir this
semester! Even though I was sick for all of break with the same thing I
had BEFORE break I cried every day because I wasn't in choir and now I'm
filled with this jubilation because I'm back at school, almost recovered,
and ready to sing again. I'm excited to get to know all the people who
just enrolled and to get to know everybody else a lot better!! Do I
overuse exclamation points? Yeah...I guess for Christmas I got an extra
dose of weirdness, I'll try and tone it down for class but don't count on
it. I missed you all, let's get excited about being a great great great
choir this semester!! Love, Paige"
Paige Worthy,
pworthy@ku.edu
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 9:16 CST
"Hey everyone. I'm Jennifer Cardiff. I'm new to the class this
semester. Last semester I took 12 hours of core classes because I didn't
know what I wanted to do with my life. Needless to say, two of those
classes I didn't need because I'm majoring in either music therapy or
vocal music education. I can't decide which. But what ever I do, it
will be in music.
I'm a freshman, and a second soprano but will be singing alto 1 in this
choir because ALTOS RULE!! hehe"
Jennifer Cardiff,
Juniper83@msn.com
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 4:29 CST
"Ooh! Am I the first one?! I don't see any others here. Well, good for
me. I guess. I'm still the same person I was last semester. I did
nothing exciting over the break. My Christmas present was having my
parents pay for my December rent. And I got new contacts!! I mean,
they're the same presription and not tinted or anything, but everyone
should compliment me on my fresh-looking lenses.
I had a really interesting New Years, cuz I wound up being DD for gaggle
of drunken friends. Yes, a gaggle. There's really no other way to
describe them.
Or me.
Introduction over."
Joe Plese,
LovesDada@aol.com
Jan 23 2002, Wednesday 3:16 CST
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