Meet the Board- Mitch McKinney

Meet Mitch McKinney, this week’s featured board member. Mitch is a sergeant with the Fort Wayne Police Department and President of the local Fraternal of Police. He was born and raised in Fort Wayne and graduated from Bishop Dwenger High School. He received his...

Meet the Staff- Jonathan Busarow

Meet Jonathan Busarow, our Executive Artistic Director. Jonathan grew up outside of Dayton, OH in a rural town. He attended Valparaiso University where he majored in Voice Performance. It was there that he met his wife, Nicole. He attended The Ohio State University...

Meet the Board- Skip Balkenbusch

This week’s featured board member is Skip Balkenbusch. Skip joined our board last year, but his family has been involved with FWCC for many years. His son Corey, a member of the Youth Chorale and Chamber Singers, has been in the choir for 8 years. Skip grew up...

Meet the Board- Kevin Christenson

This week’s featured board member is Kevin Christenson. Kevin has been a member of our board since 2014. He has two kids, Colin (16) and Katy (12). He and his family moved from Stratford, CT to Fort Wayne, IN his sophomore year of high school. His parents...

Meet the Staff- Donna Hartleroad

This week’s featured staff member is Donna Hartleroad, accompanist for the Lyric and Treble Choirs. Donna graduated from Cedarville University with a degree in Piano Performance and a minor in Music Theory. She did a year of graduate studies at The Ohio State...

Concert Etiquette

As our Harvest Concert on Sunday, November 5, approaches, we thought we’d post this friendly reminder about concert etiquette. Our singers have worked hard to prepare. We want them to be successful and we want all of you to enjoy the performance. – The...

Meet the Board- Megan Ryan

This week’s featured board member is Megan Ryan. Megan is a FWCC alum and serves as our secretary on the board of directors. She is a special education teacher at FWCS Towles Montessori and is entering her 8th year of teaching. She was born and raised in Fort...

Meet the Staff- Laura Dallman

This week’s featured staff member is Laura Dallman. Laura is our Boychoir accompanist. She has worked with the FWCC in some capacity for the past three years. First she was a guest artist, and then she joined permanently as the Boychoir accompanist. Laura grew...

Meet the Board- Tony Strickler

This week’s featured board member is Tony Strickler. Tony has served on the board for 4 years, 3 as our Treasurer. By day he is the Vice President of Credit at Sweetwater and he has been there for 23 years. He also serves as treasurer on the Board of Director as...

Meet the Staff- Susie Peirce

This week’s featured staff member is Susie Peirce, Communication & Grants Manager. Susie has been with FWCC for 6 years. She was originally hired to fill a nine-month interim position and was invited to stay. We are glad she did! Susie grew up in Goshen,...
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