Bio

Andrei Strizek is a first-year EdD student in Music Education at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign. He holds an assistantship at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, in the Events office, and in the School of Music Student Teaching office.

Andrei is an active performer, and is in demand as a music director and keyboardist for many musical theatre productions.

He earned his Bachelor's of Music Education from UW-Eau Claire in 2005, after studying with Dr Jerry Young, Dr Mark Heidel, Dr Randal Dickerson, and Dr Donald Patterson, and his Master's of Music Education from the University of Illinois in 2011.

He holds a wide range of interests, from musical theatre to jazz and popular music history to aesthetics, from the use of technology in education to audience development.

Please contact Andrei if you have any questions, comments or suggestions!

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Monday
Dec132010

Musical Advent Calendar Bonus!

DateMonday, December 13, 2010 at 12:54AM

AlterNet blows up my Google Reader every day, and I typically end up skimming the headlines without reading the articles ... But this one caught my eye:

10 Best Christmas Songs for Athiests

The list is (from 10-1):

  • White Christmas
  • Jingle Bells
  • Sleigh Ride
  • Silver Bells
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
  • Santa Baby
  • Carol of the Bells
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Deck the Halls

So far none of these have appeared on my list (and none of the free songs Amazon is giving away have either), but it's been hard to not post Sleigh Ride! And I disagree with their list, only because I think there are much better Christmas songs that aren't heard as much ... hence my Musical Advent Calendar.

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)

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