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Member Name: |
Bill Krause |
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Year Joined Community Band: |
2004 |
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Spouse / Sig Other, Children: |
Wife: Lesley. Children: Chelsea, Bryan, Kelly,
Kristina |
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Work / Profession (if retired, former): |
Owner and Principal of Financial Management
Associates. We perform hands-on controllership and CFO responsibilities
for small companies around the Rochester area. |
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Personal Pursuits:
(such as: sports/recreation, volunteer work,
hobbies, crafts, family activities, special accomplishments) |
Love anything outside: snowboarding, surfing,
climbing/hiking, camping, whitewater canoeing, wood chopping, and, of
course, washer-toss - most of these with the family. My daughter has
called me “fitness psycho”, which just about fits. Usually get a swim or
run in daily. Have done a bunch of marathons, including 3 Boston’s, with a
best of 2:42. Also, enjoy working on and around a lakeside cabin in the
woods that our family shares. Down the road a ways, looking to be in trout
streams, photography and writing.
On the volunteer side, very proud to be founder and
event director of the annual Honeoye Falls Youth Trophy Cup Runs, now
going on its 10th year. Race day consists of eight individual
cross-country runs for kids ages 6 to 12 and is conducted on HFL’s Fall
Weekend. It’s been a huge success. Also, lots of youth coaching in
basketball and soccer teams over the years.
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Music Background:
(such as: your start, experience, education,
mentor, inspiration, interesting or humorous personal story,
accomplishments) |
Very little, even though my dad was a musician and
music shop proprietor for about 25 years. I played trumpet only through 6th
grade and remember struggling a lot - even to the point of tears. (At that
age, my arms would ache just holding it.) Soon, I came to accept that I
just wasn’t capable of ever producing those sweet notes that would come
from my instructor’s trumpet. Then, a mere 35 years later, my youngest
daughter started trumpet in school. I picked it up and played a few times
with her. Astonishingly, a few notes came through sounding better than I
ever remembered. From there, I worked at it daily for about two years
motivated by steady progress, joy of musical expression and experiencing
great artists like Allen Vizzutti, baroque trumpeter Niklaus Eklund, Doug
Prosser of the RPO and the Canadian Brass. Then, through a strange
combination of boldness and uncommon ignorance, I believed I might
actually be ready to work myself into the HFCCB. (I had enjoyed attending
many of the band’s concerts.) Carolyn Krause, Lindsey and everyone were
most welcoming and supportive, providing lots of encouragement. After a
summer session with the band, however, it was evident to me that I was a
work-in-progress with one heck of a lot of progress yet to go. I retreated
from the band for about nine months to practice more and take some lessons
- with Kristen Meyer. My return found me still very much on the margin
but, with continued work, skills and confidence have progressed steadily.
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Other Bands Play(ed) With: |
HFCCB is the one and only. A brass quintet is
somewhere in my (distant) future, I hope.
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What you most enjoy, or find especially
fulfilling, about being a part of Community Band: |
Performances are a thrill and very fulfilling. It’s a
treat to be around so many proficient musicians. The social ease, comfort
and humor within the band are wonderful. Most of all, though, is
appreciation for being welcomed into the band despite being a player still
in early development.
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Of the music we play, is there a type or piece
that is your favorite: |
Things maestoso or otherwise really expressive – like
Mask of Zorro and Hollywood Milestones. Lindsey’s insightful selections,
though, mean wonderful music never seems to stop flowing. Even pieces you
first wonder about always seem to grow on you. The exposure to new
material really expands me, musically.
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