Dudley birder biography wikipedia

Dudley Birder, a legendary figure and the originator of the community chorale at St. Norbert College, has passed away.

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At 95 years old, he was. The St. Norbert College community is saddened to learn of the death of Dudley Birder at age Affectionately known as the "Music Man" in the region, Birder was a fundamental part of our music program for more than half a century. Norbert College interim president Thomas Kunkle. More than anyone he elevated the modern profile of the college and made thousands and thousands of people around the world aware of it as our foremost cultural ambassador.

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Following a renovation project that turned the church into a performance space used for Dudley Birder Chorale rehearsals, St. Norbert changed the name of St. Boniface Church to Dudley Birder Hall in More than 30 communities in northeast Wisconsin are represented in the chorale. Despite spending more than 50 years on campus and retiring from teaching in , Birder continued to work until he was 90 from his office in the Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts.

Since , Dudley Birder has taught music at St. Norbert College. From to , he directed the music theater there as its artistic director.