"History of Popular Music, Mike Leckrone Style": In-person Badger Talk in Verona, WI

Name: "History of Popular Music, Mike Leckrone Style": In-person Badger Talk in Verona, WI
Start: 2025-09-17T11:00:00-05:00
Location: 108 Paoli St, Verona, WI 53593

Schedule

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 11:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

108 Paoli St, Verona, WI 53593 | Verona, WI

Join presenter Mike Leckrone on September 17, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the Verona Senior Center to learn how pop music influenced the Badger Marching Band. Registration is required for the event. Register by calling the Verona Senior Center, (608) 845-7471, or registering online through the senior center scheduling program:
https://schedulesplus.com/verona/kiosk/
How did American pop music influence former Badger Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone? In this talk, he will discuss the history of the pop/rock music genre from early blues and country, to more sophisticated popular music of today.
Presenter Michael Leckrone is the former Director of the Marching Band and Director of Bands at the University of Wisconsin. A native of Indiana, Mr. Leckrone received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Butler University in Indianapolis and has continued his studies at the doctoral level at Indiana University. Before coming to Wisconsin he taught at his alma mater, where he developed one of the finest marching bands in the Midwest. He is in constant demand as a clinician, guest conductor and adjudicator for concert and marching bands throughout the United States and Canada, and his experience also includes considerable professional work as an arranger, composer and performer.