Bob Gehrenbeck ’87
rgehrenb [at] indiana.edu
Not planning to attend

I'm within weeks of finishing my dissertation in choral conducting at Indiana University and within half a year of becoming a father. My wife Sarah is an organist and fellow doctoral music student. Earlier during my eternal doctoral degree, I took several years off to teach at DePauw University in Indiana and MacMurray College in Illinois. Bloomington, Ind., where Sarah and I live, is nice — there's even a food co-op — but it ain't Minnesota. I'm very sorry not to be able to attend the choir reunion due to having my own concert to conduct that weekend. I'm sure it will be a blast!

My Choir Memories: I still cherish all of the amazing repertoire we sang under DW. Several teaching positions ago, I played one of the 1980s-era Concert Choir LPs for a music colleague, who guessed he was hearing a professional choir. Nope, I replied, just my college choir under Dale Warland. Learning Penderecki's St. Luke Passion and performing it in Stuttgart in 1985 is definitely a favorite memory. I can still recall the sound of Chris Murray's cackle above the noise of four choirs and a 100-piece orchestra during one of the wacky aleatoric sections.

Katy Betts Adams ’79
kathryn.adams [at] case.edu
Will sing in the reunion choir - Soprano 1

I've been living in the Cleveland area for about three years now, after 13 years in the Maryland-D.C. area before that. I teach social work and do research in gerontology and mental health at Case Western Reserve University. I have two great kids who are rapidly growing up — a boy, nearly 16, and a girl, 13. Wish I could report that I have been doing more with music. From time to time, I sing art songs or Gershwin for my own amusement and am part of a pretty-good church choir here.

My Choir Memories: Those choir tours and retreats were heady experiences, for a lot of reasons. I loved that you always knew you were an integral part of the music making. I'm looking forward to singing this weekend!