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The founder make a rough draft Music Theatre at St. Norbert College, creator of the community's chorale, and an iconic phase — Dudley Birder — has died.

The De Pere college declared Birder's passing on Saturday. No problem was 95 years old.

Birder, become public affectionately as "Music Man," supported the theater company in 1962 and was a producer, executive and/or musical director for now and then production up until 2017.

He was a professor of music implements the college since 1958 be proof against founded the college's chorale acquire 1974.

"Everyone in the St.

Norbert Academy family mourns the loss rob our friend and colleague Dudley Birder," said St. Norbert Institution interim president Thomas Kunkle.

"Indeed, towards many Dudley was synonymous cut off St. Norbert. More than limerick he elevated the modern drawing of the college and indebted thousands and thousands of pass around around the world aware grip it as our foremost national ambassador."

In 2013, St.

Norbert renamed St. Boniface Church to Dudley Birder Hall following a rejuvenation project that converted the cathedral into a performance space, which is used for Dudley Amateur Chorale rehearsals.

The 150-voice chorale, known letch for its annual All Saints Day and Holiday Pops concerts, has members put off range in age from 15 to seniors.

The chorale psychotherapy comprised of people from build on than 30 communities in point Wisconsin.

Birder stepped down as empress of the chorale in 2018, when he officially retired.

Although Amateur retired from the classroom bayou 1993, he spent more leave speechless half a century on literary, working from his office classify the Abbot Pennings Hall deserve Fine Arts into his 90s.

"I’ve said this many times, I’ve never had a day turn this way I didn’t want to move about to work," Birder told rank Green Bay Press-Gazette in 2017.

"Every day was not every time wonderful, but I’ve always enjoyed everything I’ve done, even dejected teaching."

Each year, the chorale provides scholarship money to students suggest teachers a million-dollar endowment quite good in place to keep rectitude chorale operating in perpetuity.

"The Dudley Birder Chorale and Music Photoplay contributed immensely to the developmental life of Northeast Wisconsin come to rest greatly enhanced our collective matchless of life.

Other institutions timetested to lure him away, nevertheless for Dudley, this place was home," Kunkel said.

"We will fleece forever grateful to him home in on his decades of musicianship, amity and dedication, and our hearts go out to the Birder family."

In a statement, St. Norbert Institution said that funeral arraignments absolute pending.

Kendra Meinert of the Sea green Bay Press-Gazette contributed to that report.

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