School District of New Berlin

The choirs of Eisenhower High School in New Berlin, Wisconsin have achieved numerous awards at the state and national level. They have traveled extensively in the State of Wisconsin and abroad. In 2005 the choir and orchestra from Eisenhower toured England and Ireland, and in 2004 the choir achieved the highest rating possible at the Performing Arts Music Festival in Nassau, Bahamas. The Eisenhower Chamber ensembles routinely achieve high marks at the Wisconsin State Music Festival in the Early Music, Madrigal and Jazz Categories. The literature performed by the Eisenhower A Cappella Choir covers a wide spectrum of the choral art, from the motets of Palestrina to the dissonances of Whittacre, covering large works such as the Mozart Requiem and Schubert's Mass in G, as well as small octavos and art pieces. The choir performs a large variety of World music specializing in the music of West Africa, North America, South America and Eastern European choral traditions. It is the mission of the choral program at Eisenhower to produce well rounded and technically sound choral musicians with an appreciation and knowledge of a broad range of vocal styles

Natalie Baertschy Biography

In her fourth year of teaching, Ms. Baertschy has taught elementary general music, middle and high school choir. Before coming to New Berlin Eisenhower, she taught in the School District of Waukesha.

Ms. Baertschy began her music studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with Dr. Stephen Austin. She finished her degree in Music Education at UW-Madison in 2003. Ms Baertschy was an active member of the UW-Madison Concert Choir and studied voice with Professor Mimmi Fulmer.

Ms. Baertschy is currently finishing her Master's in Music Education with a Choral Conducting at UW-Milwaukee. She is eagerly looking forward to her final recital which will feature the Eisenhower High School Choirs in May 2008. Ms. Baertschy is a member of the Wisconsin Choral Director's Association, American Choral Director's Association, MENC, The VoiceCare Network, and is an active WSMA Adjudicator.