We invite you to join us for our eighteenth annual Scholarship Benefit Concert on Monday, May 12th at 7:00 PM in the Peck School of the Arts Recital Hall. This year we will be honoring Dr. Erwin O. Hirsch with the 2008 Arts Leadership Award.
Dr. Erwin O. Hirsch
Dr. Hirsch has been a longtime friend [...]
Dr. Erwin Hirsch
Dr. Erwin Hirsch, a member of the String Academy Board of Directors since the fall of 1990, was born in Vienna, Austria. He began his musical studies on the piano at the age of eight. Among his first piano teachers was a Mr. Rose, a grandson of Gustav Mahler. Dr. Hirsch continued [...]
String Academy Board Member Julilly Kohler
Julilly Kohler has always had a love for music. As an avid supporter of the Arts in Milwaukee since the early seventies, she has seen many positive improvements and developments. For the past two years, Julilly has been a member of the SAW Board of Directors, and has [...]

Don Wallace
Don Wallace has two unrelated careers; he is a school social worker for the Milwaukee Public Schools and he is a realtor for First Realty. In addition, he makes a third “career” out of his community service. He is a natural for the String Academy board. He has devoted his life to helping [...]