Lakeshore Chorale
Board of Directors

William Born, President
Dick Fellenz, Vice President
Niki Einer, Secretary
Rick Hoffmann, Treasurer
Linda Adams
John Buteyn
Richard Fellenz
Eleanor Jung
Mary Klein
Bernie Markevitch
Wayne Wildman (ex officio)
Casandra Palmer (ex officio)
Heather Hammond (ex officio)
Penny Kindraka (ex officio)

Lakeshore Chorale Music Director/Conductor
Wayne Wildman

Versatile is the word to describe Sheboygan-born maestro Wayne Wildman. His musical collaborators range from Yefim Bronfman and Gary Karr to the Canadian Brass and Dinah Shore. Educated at Lakeland College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wildman is entering his twentieth season as Music Director of the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra.

Wildman has been heard as harpsichord and/or piano soloist with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, the Sheboygan Symphony, the Manitowoc Symphony and the Green Bay Civic Symphony, and most recently the Ocmulgee Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in recitals at Symphony Center and the Art Institute of Chicago, served as accompanist for the Fourth International Henryk Szeryng Violin Competition in Toluca, Mexico and performed on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Live from the Elvejhem” series. In the summer of 2008, Wildman made his fourth appearance at the Washington Island Music Festival, where he was featured in works by Hummel and J.C. Bach.

An experienced theatrical composer, Wildman scores have been performed in Nebraska, North Carolina and Florida as well as Wisconsin. Recent projects include “Blue Harbor Dawn and Celebration,” an overture commissioned by the Sheboygan Area Youth Symphony to celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary and an untitled work for band currently being written for the Sheboygan Area School District as part of its Artist in Residence program.

Wildman also serves as Music Director of First United Lutheran Church in Sheboygan and as a music instructor at the University of Wisconsin where he teaches music theory, aural skills, music appreciation, and jazz history.

Lakeshore Chorale Accompanist
Kathy Pedersen

Kathy Pedersen is a Lawrence University Conservatory graduate with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Vocal Music Education. A Manitowoc native, Kathy’s accompanying career began when she accompanied her elementary school chorus at the age of 11. She has operated the Pedersen Piano Studio out of her home for over thirty years. Kathy maintained piano studios in Monroe, Wisconsin and Strasburg, Ohio before moving to Sheboygan and opening her piano studio there in 1992. She was a singing member of Lakeshore Chorale for sixteen years, and also served as accompanist of the Lakeshore Youth Chorale Lyric Choir for five years. This is Kathy's second year accompanying Lakeshore Chorale.

Kathy is the organist at Zion Covenant Church in Sheboygan, where her husband Steve is the senior pastor. The couple has three grown children.  Youngest son Eric, who was a member of Lakeshore Youth Chorale for five years, was married this past August. 

 Kathy enjoys scrapbooking, working on her genealogy, and camping in Door County. She has a Shih Tzu named Kia who loves greeting her piano students.  

Lakeshore Youth Chorale Conductor
Heather Hammond

Heather Hammond received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Carthage College and her Master of Music Education degree in choral conducting and literature from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She was employed for eight years in the Cedar Grove-Belgium School District, where she had the opportunity to work with grades five through twelve in both vocal and general music.

Heather has been seen on stage in the JMKAC’s production of Cinderella, Broadway Baby Dinner Theater, featured in Spotlight Productions of West Bend dinner theater, and in recital with Dr. Arthur Johnson.

Heather has a private voice studio in Sheboygan Falls and is also a singing member of the Lakeshore Chorale.

Lakeshore Youth Chorale Accompanist
Drea Wagner

Drea Wagner is a 2009 graduate of Lakeland College with a degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. She teaches at New Song Piano Studio at her home in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where she has been sharing her love of music with her students since 2004. Her piano students have won many awards at local and state competitions, and performed successfully in recitals. Drea is an active member of the Michibago Music Teachers Association, a local organization in which she serves as secretary. She has also interned with the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association, and is a member of Music Teachers National Association.

 Drea is an accomplished performer, arranger, composer, improviser, and church musician. While in high school she began studying with Dr. Arthur Johnson, and has since won many competitions and awards, including the WMTA Badger State Keyboard Competition, and the Lakeland College 2009 Outstanding Student in Piano Performance and Pedagogy award. In 2006, she collaborated on a Lakeland College project promoting the music of Andras Viski in a concert at the Stefanie H. Weill Center and on a recording, Elismeres. Drea is active in the local music community, playing in area concerts and master classes, as well as serving in the music ministry at Manitowoc Baptist Church.