All that jazz. (Keeping your Edge).WHO? Frederick H. Grubbe WHAT? President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. WHERE? National Fraternal Congress of America, Naperville, Illinois Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in Illinois in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,358; The United States Census Bureau estimated the population in 2006 at 142,901. WHEN? Since 2001 Q: When did your interest in music surface? A: I come from a family of professional musicians, so music has always been with me. While attending Notre Dame High School for Boys Notre Dame High School for Boys is a male-only Roman Catholic secondary school founded in Niles, Illinois in 1955 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The first placement test was administered at St. in Illinois, I played saxophone saxophone, musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal. with the Melodons. One of the first high school dance bands in the country--started by Father George Wiskirchen--this program produced some great musicians; some credit it as being a model for the modern day high school jazz band programs in the Chicago area. Q: Why did you decide not to pursue music as a career? A: My father used to say, "This isn't the kind of life you should have--working at night and on weekends and never seeing your family." So, even though I attended Northern Illinois University for its renowned jazz program, when it came time to declare music as a major or to lose my hardearned jazz tenor chair, I wrestled with the decision and finally selected journalism. My first job was at the College of American Pathologists This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Since the age of 15, however, I have played with groups professionally that entertained at parties, weddings, and big band events. Q: How do you incorporate music into your life? A: Thanks to a fellow high school alum alum (ăl`əm), any one of a series of isomorphous double salts that are hydrated sulfates of a univalent cation (e.g., potassium, sodium, ammonium, cesium, or thallium) and a trivalent cation (e.g. , I'm participating in the alumni Melodons band, now called the Reunion Jazz Orchestra When the school dropped the jazz program in the early 1990s due to funding problems and other issues, this alum offered to store the old music files in his garage. Since he wanted to play jazz again regularly, he contacted everyone he could find in the files with the idea of reassembling an alumni band. Forty people responded, and we had our first rehearsal about two years ago. We play community concerts, grand openings, and even the annual fundraiser for the high school. With my current work schedule, I participate as a substitute and play about once a month. Q: What do you take away from playing the saxophone? A: Music gives me an immediate return on my effort: after performing, I feel a lot of personal satisfaction, the band usually sounds great--and I also determine a few things that I need to work on. We've gotten such favorable response that the administration is beginning to see the product of 30 years of this amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. program. It wasn't just a snapshot in time--it developed a lot of talent and now we're seeing some renewed interest in resurrecting the program. |
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