Kelvin Kaspar
Guitar
Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie (1888)
Kelvin began playing music professionally when he was sixteen. He formed a band with high school friends and played all over Wisconsin performing a variety of popular music. His love for music then led him to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he graduated with a Jazz Performance degree on guitar. Since graduation in 2008, Kelvin has a wide variety of sideman performance credits including Wayne Newton and Saturday Night Live cast members. Kelvin has also performed alongside a variety of touring musicians such as vocalists Typhanie Monique, Raquel Rodriguez, Janet Planet, B3 organist Ben Paterson and trombonist Natalie Cressman. Music has brought Kelvin all around the United States, but locally he can be seen performing with The Pocket Kings, Tae and the Neighborly, Stephen Cooper and Nobody Famous, Stuck on Blue, The Celebration Church Worship Team and many other small ensembles.
Stacey Berk
Stacey Berk- Oboe, David Berk- Keyboard
Sinfonia (Arioso) from “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”, BWV 156, J. S. Bach
Stacey Berk is Professor of Oboe and Music Theory/Composition at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She performs as principal oboist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra and has also performed as a member of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Knox-Galesberg Symphony, and the
U. S. Air Force band of the west.
Stacey has performed as a soloist with many ensembles in central Wisconsin. As a composer, she has had works performed throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
She recently started studying the baroque oboe and is happy to share this instrument with the Waupaca Bach Festival.
Dahlaihuu Anderson
Piano
Allegro from Sonata Op. 1 No. 2 in F minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Hello my name is Dahlaihuu Anderson. I am a senior at Amherst High School with plans to become an engineer in Colorado. I have been playing piano since I was 3 1/2. I like all outdoor activities. Some sports I participate in are mountain biking, skiing, and golfing. I am the youngest out of the 4 of us. I have 2 older brothers and a sister. I am a dog lover, who currently has a 13 pound Cavalier King Charles spaniel.
Shelley Olinger
Piano
Op. 118 No. 2 Intermezzo, Brahms
I grew up in Waupaca, taking piano lessons from Marie Osborn, then studied with Beverly Hassel at UW-Oshkosh, graduating with a degree in Music.
After many years living, raising a family and working in IT in the Twin Cities, I'm retired back in Waupaca enjoying this wonderful community.
Martha Duerr
Martha Duerr- Violin, Clara Dunne- Piano
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major Op. 78 First Movement, Brahms
Martha Duerr is an early childhood educator, artist, teaching artist and occasional violinist in St. Paul, Minnesota. She grew up in Waupaca and studied violin through the American Suzuki Institute with Jennifer Burton and Kyoko Fuller. As a teenager, she was a member of the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. She continued playing violin in college, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in violin performance at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities studying for 2 and a half years with Young Nam Kim and playing in many ensembles there before choosing to instead pursue a career in arts and education. As the parent of 2 young adult daughters, music has remained an important part of her life both in her work as an educator and as she supported her daughters in pursuing their own musical journeys. She enjoys biking, cross country skiing, swimming, painting, gardening, performing chamber music with her daughter Clara and even practicing.
Clara Dunne
Piano
Italian Concerto, J. S. Bach
Clara Dunne is a junior in high school in St. Paul MN. She has been playing the piano for 12 years with teacher Rebekah Richards, and has played in the Bach Festival twice before. This summer Clara participated in a piano academy at Bethel University in St. Paul and took lessons and studio classes with Dr. Herb Johnson. Outside of piano, Clara is the assistant stage manager for her school theater department and has been on the tech crew for three years. She also enjoys reading, playing video games, hanging out with friends, and listening to and playing music with her mom!
Erin Krebs
Flute
Fantasia No. 5 in C Major by Georg Philipp Telemann
Erin Krebs is a dynamic Jazz and Blues vocalist renowned for her soulful voice and captivating stage presence. In addition to singing, she is also an award-winning flutist with a profound appreciation for the instrument across genres, from jazz and classical to contemporary and of course, Baroque. Erin attributes her success on the flute to the invaluable guidance of her teacher and mentor, Dr. James Grine while a student at UW-Oshkosh.
Michelle Winter
Piano
Sonata K 332 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Michelle’s favorite musical places are right in the middle of all the unique harmonies among family and friends. She has had the honor of playing piano and pipe organ for church services, weddings, and ensembles for over 40 years including recent performances with the Waupaca Community Arts Board’s Bach Fest and Chick Night.
She is the keyboardist in Common Bond, the worship band for the First United Methodist Church in Waupaca.
In mindful gratitude, Michelle savors musical moments from prep to performance and is ever looking forward to the next music adventures.
Kathy Hammond
Vocalist
"Ah! non giunge" from La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini
Kathy Hammond is a performer and teacher of piano and voice who resides in Waupaca with her husband, John. She studied classical voice from Elizabeth Barnabe while a student at Millikin University, where she also sang in choral and vocal jazz ensembles and has been a performer and teacher in all three vocal styles in the years since.
Kathy is currently a teacher of voice and piano for the Waupaca Arts Hub and teaches general music for the Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School. Her 33 years as a music educator have included middle and high school choral music, as well as general music. She is a local church musician and a member of various jazz and pop/rock bands and ensembles in central and eastern Wisconsin.
Kim Anderson
Flute
Minuetto I / Minuetto II from Sonata No. 4 in C major for flute and continuo, Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 1033
I am a graduate of Waupaca High School and University Wisconsin Stevens Point. Midwest Airlines was where I spent my career as a flight attendant. Camp Cleghorn on Columbia Lake is home and even more special is that I grew up here. As a young girl, I could hear an upper classmate playing flute from across the lake. I was instantly in love and started playing in the 5th grade. Georgia Calvo taught me the classical style of J. S. Bach and last summer we attended a Baroque workshop in Madison together. In preparation for the workshop and this upcoming Bach festival, I have been receiving professional flute lessons for the first time in my life.
Performing this ensemble with me is Shelley Olinger.
Syl Fries
Clarinet
Sonatina 27 by Miklós Rózsa
Syl is 16 years old and has been playing classical music since 4th grade. They started out on violin and moved on to the clarinet three years ago. Syl enjoys playing in the WHS wind ensemble as well as jazz band. They also play in the Central Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra and have been apart of the WSMA high school state honors band for the past two years. When they’re not playing the clarinet, Syl enjoys listening to music, running on the WHS cross country team.
Waupaca High School Choir
Dona Nobis Pacem from Bach's Mass in B minor.
The Madrigal/Vocal Jazz Ensemble is an auditioned vocal group at Waupaca High School. This group can often be seen around Waupaca during the holiday season singing their Madrigal music. They are celebrating the 30th Annual Madrigal Dinner this December. Many of these students are also in the musical, Camelot, next month.
This ensemble is under the direction of Anna Lussier.
Iola Area Combined Church Choir
Wake, Awake for Night is Flying written by Philpp Nicolai
This group was formed several years ago and still today performs a Christmas Cantata during the holiday season. Choir members of churches from the Iola, Scandinavia, Waupaca and Amherst area make up this multi denominational group of singers.