We need your help!
12 April 2010
The purpose of the survey is simple: we’re looking to learn more about the paths our alumni take after completing their time with us. We’re also interested in hearing thoughts from our alumni about the ongoing value of having participated in MYSO.
The survey is anonymous; however you will have the opportunity to give us your most up to date contact information if you choose, which would, of course, be very helpful to us. It should take 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. Thank you, in advance, for your help with this important project.
In April of 2009, MYSO hosted an Alumni Brainstorming Session at MYAC. After sending out an email survey to all the alumni we could find, twenty of us came together—alumni, staff, board, long-time volunteers, etc.—to talk about the results of the survey, what an alumni group should be, what it should do, and how it can be most effective to alumni and MYSO. Here are some of the ideas that came from that session. Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the Alumni Guestbook (link to Guestbook)! And make sure you have given us your up to date information through the alumni information form (link to info form).
Get help from alumni—contact people they know, people from their “class”
Provide Opportunities to Perform with Other Alumni Who Are Interested
A 1999 MYSO alum, Nic Cowles recently contacted us to let us know what he has been up to. He was introduced to the rich traditions of jazz and improvised music while attending the Milwaukee High School of the Arts. After accepting a full music scholarship to the University of Wisconsin , Nic immediately became an in-demand sideman in many of Madison's jazz and Latin ensembles. His four year association with the Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Quintet gave him even greater exposure around the Midwest. The band has been consistently named one of Madison's best jazz bands by local critics and readers’ polls. Recognized as an up and coming voice on his instrument, Nic was a winner the '00 National Flute Association Jazz Flute Master Class Competition and was invited to perform at the '04 convention in Nashville, TN.