Waukesha Symphony names new executive director

Jan. 18, 2010

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By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel

Jan. 18, 2010 0

Waukesha - Andrea Rindo has been appointed executive director of the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra, the symphony announced Monday.

Rindo, who has a bachelor of science in music business and a minor in economics from Carroll University, previously was the orchestra's office and database manager. However, she has been essentially serving as acting director since last May, when the former executive director, Cindy Karas, resigned after less than a year, said WSO President Mary Korkor.

The Waukesha Symphony Orchestra is in its 62nd season and presents six classical programs in venues throughout Waukesha County each year. The next concert is 3 p.m. Feb. 28 at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Waukesha.

About Laurel Walker

Laurel Walker covered local, school and county government for 20 years -- the last half of that at the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- before she was named Waukesha County columnist in 1997. Today she writes about the people, places and events around metropolitan Milwaukee with a broad suburban focus. She was the youngest of nine children raised on a central Wisconsin farm before leaving the nest for journalism studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a masters degree at the University of Oregon. She has spent the last half of her life in Waukesha County, where she and her husband raised two sons. Though she has a fondness for life in Waukesha, she eagerly partakes in the culture of the big city to the east and the recreation of the forests to the west. With sons in the arts, she has a special fondness for symphonic music concerts and art museums. She finds peace in a good book at a Northwoods getaway weekend, adventure in family visits to the east and west coasts, and satisfaction in a column well-written that reaches readers.