Oral History Interviews

Larry Barr Interview, pt. 2
Eau Claire music festivals; Shake, Rattle, and Roll; Country Jam; Future of music festivals

Jim Egan Interview
Radio; Jazz; "Jazz, Blues, and Beyond" radio series; Preservation Dixieland Band; New England Ragtime Orchestra; Ragtime Festival; Count Basie

Kenneth Fulgione Interview
Eau Claire's Coalition Blues Festival; Tuesday Night Blues Festival; Chippewa Valley Blues Society

Colleen Garnevicus Interview
Music training; Education; Music career; Master Singers; UWEC Jazz Band; Jazz Director

Linda John Interview
Director of 'Visit Eau Claire'; Music promotion; Visit Eau Claire and the local music scene

David Jones Interview
Childhood; Music inspiration; Blues; Jazz; The Jones Tones; Davey Jones & Friends

Ronald Keezer Interview
Professor of Jazz at UWEC; Eau Claire Jazz Festival; Founder of "Really Good Music" publishing company

Ivar Lunde Interview
Current projects; Fiscal troubles faced by arts and musicians; Philosophy of music

Lynette McFayden Interview
Eau Claire chorale societies; Master Singers; Master Singers' European tours; Musical Arts Coral

Evan Middlesworth Interview
Pine Hollow Recording Studio; Early interactions with music; Eau Claire music scene; Experiences running a recording studio

Jerrika Mighelle Christianson Interview
Music influence; Music career; Eau Claire's musical renaissance

Scott Morfitt Interview
Manager of Blugold Radio; Eau Claire music scene and Blugold Radio interactions

Rich Morgan Interview
Eau Claire jazz music scene; Morgan Music store; Changes in music in Eau Claire

Ryan Olson Interview
Artist-run record label; "Totally Gross National Product"; Musician; Gayngs; Polica; Marijuana Deathsquads

Sarah Olson Interview
Singer; Celloist; Music teacher; "Eau Claire Sound"; Chippewa Valley Festivals

Sue Orfield Interview
Chippewa Valley regional bands; Musical origins; Music career in Chippewa Valley; Unique Eau Claire music scene

Michael Perry Interview
County folk artist; Music in Eau Claire culture; Eau Claire music festivals; "Tent Show Radio:

Gretchen Peters Interview
Early beginnings in music; Native American music; UWEC marginalization; Eau Claire's "sounds";

Ben Richgruber Interview
Early life with music; Eau Claire Regional Arts Center; Live on Grand; Confluence Project; State Theater

Alan Rieck Interview
Former music professor; Teaching at UWEC; Women's Concert Chorale; Production of Viennese Ball

James Schmidt Interview, pt. 1
UWEC Chancellor; UWEC music program; University and the Confluence project

Gary Schwartzhoff Interview, pt. 1
Life in Eau Claire; Career at UWEC; Development of music culture in Eau Claire

Gary Schwartzhoff Interview, pt. 2
Duties as Director of Choral Activities; Viennese Ball; Coordination of UWEC choirs with Viennese Ball;

Neal Sipress Interview
Career in Eau Claire; From musician to editing music; Personal recording studio; Eau Claire music scene, 1980s to present

Peter Steinmetz Interview
History Harvest; Family's artifacts; Picture of 105 Mounted Band, early 1900s; Snare Drum

Paula Stuettgen Interview
Planning and advising Viennese Ball; Dance lessons; Early days of Ball; Old vs. new Davies Center

Jerry Way Interview, pt. 1
Local playwright and composer; Teaching music in Chippewa Valley; Music career

Jerry Way Interview, pt. 2
Union; Regional jazz; Early musical life; Current music culture in Eau Claire; New generation of musicians

Nobuyoshi Yasuda Interview
Early life in Japan; Music student in Japan; Directing in Chippewa Valley; Directing university orchestra; Viennese Ball