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President

 

John Wiscombe


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John Wiscombe
John Wiscombe's far-reaching vision for Music Celebrations International (MCI), founded in 1993, following John’s involvement with and ownership of several international study and performance tour companies, springs from his own experience as an accomplished musician and seasoned world-traveler. John is a consummate pianist, organist, cellist, and trumpet player. He is also fluent in German and French after having lived abroad for many years. It is John's great love of music coupled with his deep appreciation for the cultures of the world that drives his passion and cements his belief in that magical intersection between travel and music. John understands firsthand the invaluable experience and incomparable education a musical-tour can provide.

John started in the travel business working as a tour escort or tour manager for large musical groups performing throughout Europe. His hard-earned knowledge of venues, his worldwide contacts, his basic understanding of performance goals and challenges, and his unerring feel for logistical detail, have all served to make MCI a premier concert tour and music festival organizer. Under John's inspired leadership, MCI features America's most select musical ensembles—including groups of all ages—from orchestras to choirs, from symphonic ensembles to marching bands, in the greatest, most prestigious venues in all international destinations of the world. MCI also manages and/or participates in many domestic festivals and events throughout the United States.

John is the proud father of eight children, several of whom have followed in his footsteps and work in the business. He participates in several other companies including as a board member of a bank and as a business consultant. In addition to his role as President of MCI, John is also President of Faith Journeys, Diversified Events, International Tours of Arizona, and their various subsidiaries.

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Marketing

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Luke Wiscombe
National Marketing Director

A native Arizonan, Luke has been with MCI since 1996 and on the marketing team since 2001. In high school, Luke visited Paris and Normandy in '94 for the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, in which MCI was heavily involved. After listening to choirs perform in Notre Dame & La Trinité and bands & orchestras performing in Luxembourg Gardens and at the American Cemetery in Coleville, he caught the vision of how music and touring can change lives. Now he has the opportunity to help create life changing experiences for musicians all over the U.S. Luke has organized hundreds of tours for choral & instrumental ensembles throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. He has spent considerable time in researching and visiting these destinations and is well positioned to assist any director in fulfilling their tour needs.

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Bill Bergeman


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Bill Bergeman
Director of Marketing Development

Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Bill graduated from the University of Toledo with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree, from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Philosophy, and from the Eastman School of Music with a Master of Musical Arts degree. As a saxophonist and composer, Bill has been a member of numerous wind and jazz ensembles during his musical career. He has also been involved as a working musician in solo, chamber, and concerto performances across the U.S. His travels have included excursions to countries within Europe, China, and various cities throughout Canada.


Steve Boomer


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Steve Boomer
Tour Consultant

Music has been a part of Steve Boomer's life and passion since his childhood in Chicago, Illinois. Steve attended Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, IL, a 7-time Grammy Award winning and 2-time Grammy "Gold" Signature Award winning high school. Having travelled internationally with his high school marching band, he is eager to share those experiences and provide similar opportunities to students from all over the country. Steve has been playing the trombone for close to 25 years, and that excitement for music eventually translated to a combined degree of Business and Music from Arizona State University. Steve has personally taken part in many musical experiences throughout his performance career including performing: with the Count Basie Orchestra, on stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall in Washington, D.C., for 4 years with the Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band, with the Naperville Municipal Band, in solo performances, and even with a handful of local funk/blues cover bands in the Phoenix area. Steve is very outgoing and energetic, and is eager to speak to new people every day. He prides himself on his high levels of customer service and his willingness to go above and beyond the standard expectations.


Cutler Boughn


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Cutler Boughn
Tour Consultant

Cutler Boughn grew up in Salem, Oregon, and was a percussionist with the Grammy Award winning Sprague High School Music program. At Sprague, he was active in all facets of the music program. While in school, he performed in the Salem Youth Symphony as well as numerous youth and adult-based concert ensembles. In Oregon, Cutler studied percussion with Charles Dowd, Sean Wagoner Micah Brusse, Dr. Robert Brudvig and Terry Ostergaard. In Arizona, his primary educators have been Dr. Douglas Nottingham, currently the director of percussion at Glendale Community College and founding director of the Professional Chamber Percussion Ensemble; "Crossing 32nd street" as well as Dr. J.B. Smith and Dr. Mark Sunkett, both of Arizona State University.

As a percussionist, he has performed with numerous professional ensembles including the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Tempe Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, and numerous other concert, jazz, marching and percussion ensembles in Oregon, Washington and Arizona.

Cutler has been a marching member and staff member in both the WGI and DCI circuits and is currently an endorser for Evans Drumheads and Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets, where he serves on the Vic Firth Education Team. Cutler is a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a bachelor's degree in Music Business; he remains active in Arizona as the percussion director of a large band program, clinician, performer and educator. Cutler also serves the role of consultant and assists with various high school, middle school and elementary school band programs in all areas relating to percussion (marching, concert, jazz, chamber music, hand percussion, international, etc.).


Kim Johnson


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Kim Johnson
Tour Consultant

Kim comes from a long family line of professional and semi-professional musicians. Kim has also been singing her entire life and playing the piano for 23 years. She is an active vocal soloist, accompanist, and has been a part of many vocal ensembles. Music is always present in her home and in her life, and she loves teaching her children to sing and play the piano as well as teaming up with her husband who is also a vocalist and pianist. Kim also loves to travel and has been to many international locations with Music Celebrations. Music and travel are two of her greatest passions. In addition to working for Music Celebrations, she also enjoys teaching piano lessons. Kim has been with Music Celebrations since 1995, with brief breaks living out of state. She always comes back to what she loves though – providing musicians with life changing musical experiences!


Kristie Sloan


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Rhea Shaffer
Tour Consultant

Rhea is a native Arizonan. Originally from Tucson, Rhea completed her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts with a Music Minor from the University of Arizona. Rhea is passionate about music, arts, and performance. She is a classically trained in the vocal arts and loves to sing at any chance she gets. She is excited to be working with others that truly share her love of music and is looking forward to helping other share that love as well.


Kristie Sloan


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Kristie Sloan
Tour Consultant

Originally from southern California, Kristie has lived in Arizona most of her life. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Music Business Degree. Music has always been her main interest in life, admiring all aspects of the art. Her interest in travel became stronger after a recent trip to Europe and she now hopes to visit many other places throughout the world. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, attending concerts, and traveling.


Carrie Williams


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Carrie Williams
Tour Consultant

Carrie is a native of Michigan where she sang with the Starfleet Ambassadors. She began her musical experiences at an early age with piano lessons then followed her musical path to play flute in both the concert & marching bands. Carrie received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education with a Minor & Concentration in Vocal Performance from Graceland University in IA. Over the past 15 years, Carrie has taught in NE, OR, NH, CA, MO, MI, & FL. She has also performed with the Center Place Singers from Independence, MO. In addition, Carrie has served as a music & worship leader in several church congregations. She is a National Endowment for Humanities Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies. Carrie says "This job is about my 3 passions - music, travel, and education. Let us explore the world and fill it with music."


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Operations

 

Carol Navarro


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Carol Navarro
Operations Manager

Carol came to work in the performance and operations departments at Music Celebrations International in 1997. From researching domestic venues and pricing groups to full operations mode, Carol eventually became Assistant Manager of Operations. Now, as Operations Manager, Carol has the pleasure of supervising seven Operations Specialists and two Airline Specialists – all of whom are committed to serving MCI clientele. Originally from the Show-Me State, Carol graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.S. in Music Education. Hooray! Hoorah! Mizzou! A former band director, Carol enjoys every thrill and chill that planning musical tours generates, and no longer feels that old pull back to the band room that usually comes every September. Carol is a wife, mother to three, a grandma, and a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) member.


Sara Davis

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Sara Davis
Operations Specialist

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Sara's overall love for music began at an early age. It started with country music, but around age nine she followed in her family’s footsteps and began to play clarinet. It was then she found a new love for classical, concert, and jazz pieces. As she got older she began to appreciate all types of music.

Sara's appreciation for the arts extends beyond music. She was an active participant in theater during high school, talented at sketching, and studied design in college. In 2010 she graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Design Management. Studying design in various cultures and across the world really ignited Sara’s passion for travel. Having been to over 30 states, Sara is very much an experienced domestic traveler and is looking forward to becoming an experienced world traveler.

Sara enjoys her profession because she helps people engage in travel while spreading the joy of music and creates life changing experiences.

Laura Faubus


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Laura Faubus
Operations Specialist

Laura has been with Music Celebrations since the fall of 2005. She studied vocal music at the University of Northern Iowa and graduated in May of 2000. Laura enjoys singing, sports, movies, and spending time with her husband and family. MCI gives Laura the opportunity to be involved in enriching the lives of others through arranging their travel experience.

Donna Gomez


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Donna Gomez
Operations Specialist

Donna joined the MCI Family in 2005 where she's been part of our Operations team. This Arizona native comes from a diverse background which has been quite an asset in organizing music tours. Music has been part of her life since grade school where she picked flute as her first instrument. From that point forward, she found herself involved in any possible musical group she could find all the way to Arizona State University. She now enjoys organizing the very concert tours she used to participate in, year after year. Since joining the MCI Family, she has expanded her travels to now include international destinations such as the United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland. When she's not busy in the office, she is spending time with family and friends…living life! Some of her passions are cooking, music, leisure travel, and attending sporting events.

Amy Hargreaves


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Amy Hargreaves
Operations Specialist

Amy Hargreaves has been with Music Celebrations since September 2005 and is part of the operations team. Amy graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Business and Tourism. Amy also has been dancing since the age of 3 and has been teaching dance since 2001. Her experience in dance has helped start the Dance Celebrations division of Music Celebrations International and continues to provide excellence in our dance performance tours. She believes that these types of tours bring memories that last a lifetime.

Ashley  Hargreaves


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Ashley Hargreaves
Operations Specialist

Ashley Hargreaves has been with Music Celebrations since August 2008. Prior to her current position on the Operations Team, Ashley resided in Texas where she managed tours for a national dance competition and convention company. Being an Arizona native, Ashley graduated from the University of Arizona, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a minor in Dance. Dance has been a passion of Ashley’s since the age of 3, and it is something she still pursues by teaching dance lessons. Her love of the arts is one of the many reasons she enjoys working with Music Celebrations. She has had the opportunity to observe first-hand the learning that takes place when students are able to travel. Ashley strives to make every tour experience very memorable and something that will be talked about for a lifetime.


Lisa Maxwell


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Lisa Maxwell
Airline Specialist

Lisa is thrilled to belong to an organization that celebrates music and travel. She adored piano at an early age in her Iowa upbringing and music was a major influence from elementary through high school graduation. Flute was a secondary concentration which offered opportunities unavailable to pianists such as marching band and orchestra. The first time flying on a family trip from Des Moines to Dallas kindled a fascination in aviation. It subsequently led her from Iowa to Arizona State University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Aeronautical Technology. Her career path has encompassed airport, airline and corporate travel. Music Celebrations is an environment fostering all these passions.


Sheila Pulver


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Sheila Pulver
Air Specialist

Sheila says "It is refreshing to work for a company that is so supportive of my primary responsibility as a mother of four. My requests for flexible scheduling that permit me to accompany my children on field trips, volunteer in my childrens' classrooms, etc. are always approved. When I was asked to work for MCI I doubted I could be a good mom and employee too. MCI has proven that business can co-exist with family. After having spent five years in the airline industry, and another 23 years in retail travel sales, I am so happy to have found a home with MCI."


Shari Richards


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Shari Richards
Operations Specialist

Shari says: "I have been in the travel business for many years prior to joining the great team at Music Celebrations International. Each year, the knowledge I gain of each city, our prestigious venues and the wide range of sightseeing increases. The greatest benefit is working with wonderful Directors to help them provide the musical trip of a lifetime for each individual."


Alyssa Woodyard


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Alyssa Woodyard
Operations Specialist

A recent graduate from the University of Arizona, Alyssa received her Bachelor's Degree in Communication with a Minor in Music. She started her musical journey playing clarinet in grade school and has continued to make music an important part of her life. She has played in jazz bands, concert bands, marching bands, and praise bands; playing piano and percussion. When she is not working at Music Celebrations, you can see her out on the floor at drumline competitions marching cymbals throughout the valley. Alyssa enjoys movies, sports, concerts, traveling, hiking, and spending time with her family.

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Performance

 

Dan Schwartz


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Dan Schwartz
Performance Manager

Daniel Schwartz joined Music Celebrations in 2005 to head the performance department. In addition to booking concerts, he oversees MCI’s performance staff and manages the festivals. Previously, Dan spent 11 years with the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band, where he planned concert tours in the US and Asia and performances for events like the Grammys, the Democratic National Convention, film and television shoots, and many others.


Simonetta Belluzzi

Simonetta (Simona) Belluzzi
Italy & Spain Concert Manager
Rome Office

After years of experiences as interpreter & translator in Italy and Germany, Simonetta Belluzzi started her career in tourism in 1983 working in the incoming field for a German tour operator specialized in concert tours to Italy. In 1986 successfully opened the incoming department for choirs coming from the United States and Canada becoming manager of the choirs department. In 1996 left tourism joining the International Association Friends of Sacred Music, Rome as organizer of concerts, festivals and competitions in Italy and abroad. In 2000 moved to the music production company ECA Srl acting initially as liaison with foreign companies and institutions related to show business as well as world famous opera houses, artists and orchestras

Responsible for all logistics of important music events and productions such as:

  • Leonard Bernstein "Mass" at Nervi Hall (Vatican City -2000)
  • Festival di Pasqua (Rome – 2001-2002)
  • Festival Euro Mediterraneo (Hadrian's Villa Tivoli – 2001-2002)
  • "Love’s Trilogy" by W.A. Mozart Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Argentina, Rome - 2002)
  • Concert for the Peace with J. Carreras (Basilica di S.Maria degli Angeli , Rome – 2000)
  • "Un Papa di Nome Giovanni" live broadcasting Canale 5 (Bergamo - 2000)
  • Concert for the 10th Anniversary of Fiera di Milano in Moscow (Tschajkosvki Hall – 2001)

2003 started working for Kuoni Tours Atlanta, GA as concert manager for US non professional choral, band and orchestral groups travelling to Italy and Spain. Her primary task is to provide the most suitable venues according to each ensemble’s requirements and repertoire, promoting the concerts in order to assure the best audience, thus making the trip a once in a life time experience.


Mara Fink


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Mara Fink
Performance Specialist

Mara is a life-long bandie, hailing from the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. She started piano as a five-year-old and then began squawking on the clarinet in fifth grade. As she got older, music became a large part of her life. Mara played for four years in the Minnesota Youth Symphonies and then went on to play for four years in the St. Olaf College Band. During her time in the St. Olaf Band, she feels lucky to have had the opportunity to tour three times domestically and once to Japan.

After graduating from St. Olaf in 2011, she spent one year living in Singapore doing sociological research at Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. While there, she played in a local community band and traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia. Now back in the U.S., Mara is excited to have the opportunity to combine her two passions of music and travel to help other groups create wonderful memories!


Brian McKee


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Brian McKee
Performance Assistant

Originally from San Carlos, California, Brian McKee joined the MCI Performance Department in September 2012. He began studying the bassoon at age eleven. Brian played principal bassoon with the Peninsula Youth Orchestra in the San Francisco Bay Area, and performed the Mozart Bassoon Concerto with the orchestra his final year. He has also performed in countries across Europe on several tours coordinated by MCI. Now a Master of Music candidate in Bassoon Performance at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, Brian plays with the ASU Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and the graduate bassoon quartet.

He studied bassoon with Dr. Steve Vacchi at the University of Oregon and received his Bachelor of Music in Performance in June 2012. Brian played bassoon and contrabassoon with the UO Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Wind Ensemble, and a variety of chamber groups. He has played with established ensembles in Oregon including the Eugene Ballet and the Newport Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Peninsula Symphony and Redwood Symphony in California. He also sang baritone and bass with the University Singers, the premier large choral ensemble at the University of Oregon.

An advocate of new music, Brian performs dozens of contemporary works for various ensembles. He has worked with members of the wind quintet Imani Winds, and participated in their annual chamber music festival at The Juilliard School in New York City. He was also a member of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, a group dedicated to new twenty-first century works at the UO.

In addition to performance, Brian enjoys the creative side of event organization, and has worked extensively planning contemporary arts events in the community. Brian looks forward to continuing his experiences while at MCI and studying bassoon at ASU, concentrating his skills as a performer and creative organizer and applying them toward a comprehensive musical career. Aside from music, Brian enjoys bicycling, skiing, traveling, and photography, documenting all of his adventures in pictures.


Alison Moore


Alison Moore
Concert Manager (Great Britian and Ireland, France, Belgium and Netherland and French speaking Switzerland

Alison's first taste of music was at the tender age of 4 years when she appeared on stage in a production of the light opera Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach. From there her love affair with music and the theatre ensured a lifetime of involvement in the Arts. At 7 years she decided to learn the clarinet, having been rather unsuccessful at the violin, and then progressed to alto sax in the local band. It turned out that she was a somewhat better singer than a saxophonist. Some fun time was spent travelling the world fronting a dance band. This led her to her second great love affair – travel. After ten years on the road travelling in Europe, the Middle East and Latin American, she joined a specialist concert tour company based in London and for the last 10 years has been arranging and promoting concerts throughout Europe for amateur musicians and singers with her own company Concertina.

Alison's love of performing continues with one of London’s major choruses. The choir performs regularly in the premier London concert venues and travels all over Europe. They have performed together in many extraordinary and diverse venues, from the great palaces of St Petersburg to the imitate churches of rural France. Alison says, "Each performance has given us a lifetime of unforgettable memories. Perhaps this is why I am able to appreciate the excitement of going ‘on tour’ and why we, as musicians and singers, benefit so much from that time we spend together taking our music to an unknown audience across the continents."


Vince Patterson


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Dr. Vincent Patterson
Performance Department

Dr. Patterson earned the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree (conducting) from Catholic University in 1985, where he studied with several outstanding teachers/conductors, including Frederick Fennell and Robert Garafalo. Millikin University (Decatur, IL) awarded Vince degrees in instrumental performance and music education. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army, teaching three years at the Armed Forces School of Music, Norfolk, VA. In 1974, he was accepted into the ranks of the U.S. Marine Band where he performed a variety of musical and innovative administrative roles. Also during that time he created the professional ensemble, "MusicCrafters," who performed for a decade in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium. As a vocalist, Vince sang three seasons with the Washington National Opera chorus, was a member of the Choir of Men and Boys -- Washington National Cathedral, the choir of The National Shrine, St. Paul's Church (Rock Creek), and St. Matthews Cathedral. Dr. Patterson is currently director of the Montgomery College Wind Ensemble, and is researching medical/scientific journals developing a program for Music and Healing.


Cindy Petty


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Cindy Petty
Performance Specialist

Cindy Petty joins the MCI Performance Department with a firm and dedicated love for music travel. Her extensive experience traveling as a music educator; Music Director and Conductor of professional orchestras; community orchestras; fine youth orchestras and as a professional violinist add an exciting dimension to MCI as she is an experienced visionary in meeting the artistic needs of any traveling ensemble.

Originally from Utah, Cindy is a graduate of the University of Utah; taught music in the public and private education systems for over 20 years and conducted the Granite Youth Symphony, Jordan Symphony Orchestra, and the Lincoln Youth Symphony.

In 2001 Ms. Petty moved to Oregon where she served as the Principal Conductor of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Conservatory Orchestra; the Music Director and Conductor of The Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra; the Oregon Pro Arte Youth Chamber Orchestra; the Pro Arte Conservatory Strings; The Jewish Community Orchestra; The Portland Mormon Symphony and the Portland Adventist String Orchestra; As guest conductor of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra and the Newport Symphony; and performed as acting Concertmaster of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. In addition she maintained a private studio specializing in violin and viola instruction and coaching small chamber ensembles. In 2007, Ms. Petty was knighted by the Royal Rosarians, under the banner of the rose "Artistry" for her extensive contributions to the community through music.

As a violinist, Cindy currently performs with the Newport Symphony Orchestra. As a Conductor, she continues to serve as Principal Guest Conductor of the Sapporo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004, 2006 2008 and 2009, she was honored to both conduct and perform as the Guest Concert Master and soloist with the Sapporo Philharmonic Orchestra in Sapporo, Japan.

Ms. Petty has also made guest conducting appearances with numerous orchestras in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C.; North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, California, Montana, Nevada, and Utah, and is sought after as a clinician and adjudicator for National Music Festivals, All-State Orchestras and Youth Honors Orchestras throughout the United States.

Ms. Petty firmly believes that music is essential to and complements every other area of our lives. It is cognitive, physical, expressive, goal oriented, aesthetic, exciting and rewarding. Music must be accessible to everyone to truly touch lives. Music is an aural sport, a lifelong skill which ensures the human element of life! It is work and recreation at the same time. It requires a high level of commitment and dedication to excellence! As stated by Ms. Petty, "Music is not just my profession.....it is my passion!"


Sheldon Poon

Sheldon Poon
China & Korea Concert Manager
Beijing & Hong Kong Offices

Born in Shanghai, China, raised and educated in Hong Kong and the United States, Sheldon began organizing and arranging U.S. concert performing groups to China in 1979. Today he is the most experienced concert tour operator and music festival organizer in China.


Helmut Wondra


Helmut Wondra
Central & Eastern Europe Concert Manager

Helmut regards his hometown Vienna as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner and Mahler are just a few of the famous composers who created immortal music in Vienna. Growing up in this wonderful city and being raised in a family that loves the arts, he was privileged to be a member of the Vienna Auersperg Boys Choir. After that he deepened his musical knowledge at the Music School of Vienna where he took lessons in Music Theory, Choir and Piano.

At the University of Vienna Helmut studied History, German Literature, Linguistics and Educational Theory. During these years as a University Student, he worked part time as a Tour Manager for MCI, taking music groups to various European countries (Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, France, Belgium, Netherlands). Three years later, he became the Central European Tour Manager Coach for MCI and had the duty to recruit, train and supervise the MCI Tour Managers. In these capacities, he has developed a deep understanding of the priorities and interests of music groups of any kind.

Since 2004, Helmut has been a Concert Manager for MCI and arranges and promotes concerts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. He has extensive connections to all the local agencies, municipalities, promotional agents & venues (ranging from outdoor squares to schools to churches & cathedrals to concert halls) in these countries that would ensure that each touring ensemble has an unparalleled concert tour experience.


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Production

 

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Gregg Clawson


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Gregg Clawson
Production Assistant

Gregg has always had an appreciation for music from a young age when he started playing the violin. In his youth, he participated in orchestra programs at his middle school and high school as well as community youth orchestras in Tempe, Arizona. Gregg continues to play and enjoy the violin and is currently studying design at Arizona State University. Music continues to play a big role in his life as he has the opportunity to be a part of Music Celebrations and help others experience the joy and long lasting memories that come from music.


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Steve Webb
Production Assistant


Steve was born and raised in Tempe Arizona and loves the heat. He recently graduated from Arizona State University with his bachelor’s degree in Business Management. While working for Music Celebrations, he has been able to visit different parts of the world and has gained a real passion for travel. He is proud to take part in helping clients experience the world and providing them with great life-long memories.


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Front Office

 

Michele Gagnon


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Michele Gagnon
Executive Assistant


Elizabeth Lopez


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Elizabeth Lopez
Human Resources/Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth joined Music Celebrations International’s production team in May of 2007. While working in the Productions department she learned all about the magnificent cities that hold prominent music history that groups can visit. Working closely with each department she developed an awareness of all the work that is put into making each trip the most memorable for every group. In late 2008 Elizabeth took on the job of receptionist, she felt a higher sense of responsibility to make sure colleagues and their groups were always kept in contact. Elizabeth is now working as Human Resources and loving the constant communication with her colleagues in every department. She enjoys making the day to day life at MCI run smoothly. “MCI has given me the gift of travel and has aided me to increase my knowledge of the magnificent history of music.” Elizabeth is looking forward to the future and what it has to bring.


Kerry Young


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Kerry Young
Executive Assistant to the President

Originally from North Carolina, Kerry attended The University of North Carolina at Wilmington and graduated with degrees in Business Management, Marketing and Spanish. She began her career in the travel industry in 2005 which ignited her passion for travel and helping groups explore the world. Her years of experience have equipped her with an essential familiarity with popular destinations and a thorough understanding of group travel. At Music Celebrations, Kerry collaborates with each department and works closely with the President assisting in the daily activities of the company.


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