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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Musical Advent Calendar, Day 16: Christmas Wrapping

DateThursday, December 16, 2010 at 5:54AM

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

Day 16: "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses. (Recorded in 1981 by this new wave band from Akron, Ohio. They also recorded an 80s hit "I Know What Boys Like." Very catchy, and the bassist is pretty funky - in a good way!)

If you can't get enough of this song (and some days I can't) check out the covers by the Spice Girls and Miranda Cosgrove.

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

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If anything, it was a good year!

December 17, 2010 | Unregistered Commentermom

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