Music Lessons
Elizabeth Becker
Violin / Viola
Beth Becker has taught in the School District of La Crosse since 1988. She currently directs orchestras at North Woods and Roosevelt Elementary schools (grades 4 and 5) and at Logan Middle School (grades 7 and 8). She also plays Assistant Principal Viola in the La Crosse Symphony, teaches the River City Strings, and conducts the Wesley Methodist Youth Orchestra. During her college years, Beth studied viola with John Tartaglia (Minnesota Orchestra) and violin with Young Nam Kim, and in 1989 she graduated from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, with a B.S. degree in Music Education. Since moving to the La Crosse area, Beth has conducted the La Crosse Youth Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra, received her Master of Education - Professional Development Degree, and taught privately.
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Jim Knutson
Drums / Percussion
Jim Knutson has taught at Onalaska High School, St. Mary’s University in Winona, and Cotter High School. He has directed week-long world music academies in Milwaukee, Appleton, Madison and La Crosse. Jim also plays with and has soloed with the La Crosse Symphony and directs the Bell choirs at English and First Lutheran and plays in the Praise Band at his church. He was the timpanist/clinician with the professional concert band, Windiana, on their China Tour in the summer of 2006. He has music published with RGM and his group “Latin Vibe” gigs in the tri-state area. Jim’s website: couleeregionmusic.weebly.com describes his other musical offerings including the 10 piece CR Steel Band, the CR High School Jazz All-Stars and the CR Drum Ensemble. Jim was guest artist at the 2014 Percussionfest, taught at a music camp in Haiti July 2014 and was inducted into the Austin, MN Music Hall of Fame in May 2014.
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Sunshine Bott-Sprain
Piano
Sunshine has studied piano with Joe Clark at SSE Music for 6 years, and is now taking on piano students of her own. Throughout high school Sunshine has musically participated in many different ensembles such as pit orchestra, fiddle club, jazz band, show band, The La Crosse Confluence, select choir, chamber orchestra and solo and ensemble. She has also done accompaniment projects for the Logan High School music department for concerts and solo and ensemble. Sunshine is a current student at UWL, studding Music Composition and Creation.
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