Meet Alex Platte, this week’s featured board member. Alex is a business and estate planning attorney with Rothberg Logan & Warsco in Fort Wayne. He is a Fort Wayne native and graduate of South Side High School. He attended college and law school at IU Bloomingon. He is very active in his church and also serves on the board of directors for Mustard Seed Furniture Bank. Alex just joined the board in late 2017.
1- What first got you engaged with FWCC? I was never a member of FWCC, but I enjoyed attending the Fort Wayne Fine Arts camp put on by the FWCC when I was young. My parents taught at the camps, too, and I have a lot of fun family memories. Recently, becoming a parent and sharing music with my children has made me want to help and support musical opportunities for children in our community.
2- What were you most surprised to learn about FWCC after getting involved? Attending last fall’s Harvest Concert, I was extremely impressed both with the size and quality of the choral program. As a musician myself, the performances made me even more excited to support such a high-quality opportunity for children.
3- Why do you think FWCC is important to our community? Singing with a choir is fun! Beyond that, choral training inspires creativity, emotion, professionalism, and confidence, and choir members form relationships that may last a lifetime. Musical literacy provides an intellectual backbone for a host of other fields of study. Involvement with FWCC will provide all sorts of benefits to singers who take it seriously, and we are lucky to have the opportunity available in our community.
4- What is your favorite FWCC memory? One year at FWCC summer camp at Manchester College, we got to spend a few days working with Malcolm Dalglish. Not only is Mr. Dalglish an internationally respected hammer dulcimer artist, but he was wonderful with the choir and he opened my eyes to a world of folk music I hadn’t experienced before.