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| Meet the SRO Staff |
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| Jeff Laramie |
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For
more than 25 years, Jeff has been part of the national artist
touring, recording and concert industry. Jeff holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Music from Luther College, has toured, recorded
and performed with his own band, and has been President of
SRO Artists Inc since 1980. A leader in industry education,
Jeff has led numerous workshops and served on regional and
national arts panels through the Arts Midwest, Southern Arts,
Western Arts Alliance, APAP, NACA and NAPAMA. Jeff enjoys
snow skiing, water skiing, sailing and river kayaking. Read
his feature profile, Secret
Agent Man, as it appeared in the A&E section of the
Wisconsin State Journal, Sunday October 28, 2007.
US Arts Presenter
Territory: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (States include:
CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT). Also serving
all performances for Dark Star Orchestra; Eastern Canada (Provinces
include: NB, NL, an NS); all corporate buyers; all promoters;
international arts presenters; international festivals. Click
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Steve
Heath
Steve has been with SRO for more than 15 years now. He
spent 2003-04 as event coordinator for the Arab American Community
Center in Dearborn which produces the prestigious diversity
festival "Concert of Colors" in Detroit, for which he remains
talent buyer. Steve represents the western US, the south-central
and his home state of Michigan, where he works from his local
office in New Boston. He sings tenor for the University Musical
Society Choral Union and is an avid golfer and bicyclist,
his sign is Cancer, favorite color is blue, and he enjoys
long walks on the beach.
US Arts Presenter Territory: West, South Central, and
Upper Midwest (States include: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS,
MI, MN, MT, NE, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY).
Also serving Western Canada (Provinces include: AB, BC, MB,
NT, NU, ON, SK, AND YK); as well as Central and South America.
Click here
to contact Steve. |
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| John Schimmelman
SRO is very happy to announce the appointment of John Schimmelman
as a senior agent, who joined SRO January 2006. For 20 years
John worked for Columbia Artists Management and served as
Senior Vice President & Director of Operations for Community
Concerts in New York City, overseeing the daily operations
of the largest network of concert presenters in the United
States. In recent years John developed a production company
and oversaw the creation of the hugely successful "Three
Mo' Tenors" (as seen on PBS) and "Bowfire"
and served as General Manager for these productions. John
has extensive credentials as a booking agent, sales manager
and producer, and we are thrilled that he is joining our team.
US Arts Presenter Territory:
Midwest and Southeast (States include: AL, AR, FL, GA,
IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA, WV). Also
serving Canada (Provinces include: QC).Click
here to contact John. |
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Toni Ziemer
Office Manager and Contract Administrator Toni Ziemer has
been working for SRO since 1997. Toni has more than 20 years
experience in the entertainment industry, including booking
clubs and festival stages, booking tours for several local
and regional groups, operating a backstage hospitality catering
business for large venues and working as editor of a local
monthly music newspaper. In her free time Toni enjoys antiquing,
needlework, gardening, cooking, and spending time with her
two daughters and two granddaughters. Click
here to contact Toni. |
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Jef Pertzborn
"Pertz"
Operations & Special Projects Manager Jef Pertzborn (AKA
"Pertz") has been with the SRO team since 1993. He
specializes in marketing support, graphic design, contact management,
and Web development. Pertz acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Communication from the Univ. of Wisconsin - Stevens Point,
where he served four years on the student activities executive
board, earning recognition as “Most Valuable Programmer”
and “Outstanding Board Member.” He is a co-founding
volunteer of the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival which
as become one of the area's premiere summer events since its'
inception in 2004. Away from his computer, Pertz likes to travel,
play drums, snow ski, fish, hike and camp. Click
here to contact Pertz. |
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Ann Schmidt
Ann Schmidt joined SRO in 2001as part-time bookkeeper. She holds
an Associate degree in Accounting from Madison Area Technical
College as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing
and a Masters in Business Administration from Upper Iowa University.
Ann has over 25 years of business and accounting experience
in a variety of industries including insurance, financial services,
non-profits, hotel management and graphic design. In her free
time, Ann enjoys camping, traveling, and spending time with
family and friends. Click
here to contact Ann. |
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