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!

Read here for a full bio, or download Andrei's CV.

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Wednesday
Feb022011

It's Groundhog Day!

DateWednesday, February 2, 2011 at 1:00AM

via www.flickr.comHappy Groundhog Day!!

Everyone thinks Punxsutawney Phil is the real groundhog, but I have to say that Jimmy the Groundhog is the one true weather prognosticator. (Chalk it up to hometown bias. Besides, Sun Prairie is the Groundhog Capital of the World.)

We like to celebrate with a breakfast, where the mayor talks to Jimmy to find out whether or not we'll have six more weeks of winter. (If Jimmy sees his shadow - six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't - early spring!)

Jimmy has an 80% success rate, and he did not see his shadow this year. We'll be having an early spring!

Stay warm out there! And have a great Groundhog Day!!

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