Kristen Houge is a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds her degree in K-12 General and Choral Music Education.  While at UWM, she was a leading member of the Concert Chorale, Women’s Chorus and University Choir, and appeared in many stage productions and opera scenes.  Favorite roles include Mary Warren in The Crucible and Mrs. Nolan in Menotti’s The Medium. As a senior in college, Kristen joined Milwaukee’s premier professional women’s ensemble the Milwaukee Choral Artists and is presently enjoying her fourth season performing, as well as serving on their board of directors. 

 

Upon graduating from UWM, Kristen taught elementary music in the Racine Unified School District for one semester before traveling for six months to Mexico to teach English as a foreign language and learn Spanish.  Kristen is now blessed to be in her 2nd year teaching choral music at MLHS.  She spends her summers working at Miller Park’s Metavante Club.

 

Miss Anderson graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a Batchlor of Fine Arts Degree in Music Education. She has taught in the Elementary Band Department, where she is the Department Head, and Milwaukee Lutheran High School, where she is Assistant Director, for 36 years.  She believes in staying current on her major instrument, which is percussion, and has been a member of The Milwaukee Elks Youth Band, Catholic Knights Band, Knightwind Ensemble, British Brass Band, The Boys of 76 Drum and Bugle Corp, and The Milwaukee Civic Band.  She loves showing students how to take their God given talents in Music, and use them to Praise the Lord.

 

Mrs. Anne Widener earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from UW-Milwaukee in 1987. While at UWM, she was principle clarinet in all of the major performing groups.  Before joining the staff at Milwaukee Lutheran, she taught band at Thomas More HS and for the St Francis, WI public school system.

 

Mrs. Widener has been teaching in the Elementary Band Program since 1989. She is also the Color Guard director and travels with the marching band on tour. In addition, Mrs. Widener is a certified instrument repair technician and manages the repair shop for a local music store. She plays at church, weddings and private parties and previously with the Knightwind ensemble.

 

Mrs. Widener has been married to her husband Greg since 1988. They have two children-David & Mary.
 

 

Jennifer graduated with her music degree from UW-Milwuakee.  Since then, she has sung professionally with the Bel Canto Chorus, the Milwaukee Choral Artists, and was in the chorus of Madame Butterfly at the Skylight Opera Theatre. Jennifer also has been the music director for several college and community theatre musicals and has accompanied over twenty shows.

 

Currently, she teaches private voice and piano lessons at the Academy of Music in Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee Lutheran, and at Mayville High School, where she is also the school accompanist.