Posted 2:40 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2015
UW-L Foundation Music Student Scholarships will receive donations from the La Crosse Symphony's Conductor Wannabe contest fund-raising event raised by the Foundation vice chair.
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Ilene Kernozek, second from left, vice chair of the UW-L Foundation, won first place in the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra's Conductor Wannabe Contest. She selected UW-L music scholarships as her non-profit to receive half of what she raised. She's pictured with UW-L music staff and Foundation supporters celebrating $7,377 for the scholarship fund.[/caption]
UW-L music students will benefit from the La Crosse Symphony's Conductor Wannabe contest. Ilene Kernozek, vice chair of the UW-L Foundation, won first place in the contest. The LSO revised its popular fund-raising event so each contestant designated a non-profit to receive half of the proceeds from funds they collected. Kernozek collected $14,754 in donations — half of which will go to UW-La Crosse Foundation Music Student Scholarships, the non-profit charity she designated. Her slogan was “Music Students Are a Sound Investment.”
The seven contestants brought in a total of $46,686 for the LSO and their non-profits. Kernozek and the second place winner, Joe Kruse (Mayo Clinic Health System), will conduct selections at the LSO concert May 2.
Ilene Kernozek, second from left, vice chair of the UW-L Foundation, won first place in the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra's Conductor Wannabe Contest. She selected UW-L music scholarships as her non-profit to receive half of what she raised. She's pictured with UW-L music staff and Foundation supporters celebrating $7,377 for the scholarship fund.[/caption]
UW-L music students will benefit from the La Crosse Symphony's Conductor Wannabe contest. Ilene Kernozek, vice chair of the UW-L Foundation, won first place in the contest. The LSO revised its popular fund-raising event so each contestant designated a non-profit to receive half of the proceeds from funds they collected. Kernozek collected $14,754 in donations — half of which will go to UW-La Crosse Foundation Music Student Scholarships, the non-profit charity she designated. Her slogan was “Music Students Are a Sound Investment.”
The seven contestants brought in a total of $46,686 for the LSO and their non-profits. Kernozek and the second place winner, Joe Kruse (Mayo Clinic Health System), will conduct selections at the LSO concert May 2.