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Interested in joining the group? We'll be holding auditions in the fall, open to
all IWU males!
Suspended announces their Spring Alumni Concert!
On Friday, April 27th, we will hold our final concert of the school year! Held at the Memorial Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University...
Eric Diaz is a Music major from Franklin Park, Illinois. He hopes to become a college professor someday and conduct the IMEA Allstate Choir. He is a Bass in Collegiate Choir and the baritone in his barbershop quartet. He enjoys any outside activity from sports to just simple jogs. He loves long walks on the beach and being oiled regularly. He also likes his coffee spoons unused.
Mike Duback is a senior Math Education major. He has been in the group for three years. He is an avid pianist and has studied the keyboard with such instructors as Debussy and Chopin. His past jobs have included the Bloomington Cleaners and Walmart. Look for him on the cover of next month's GQ.
Jack Bentley is a senior Political Science major and Philosophy minor from Downers Grove, IL. He has served as president of his fraternity Sigma Pi. In his free time, Jack enjoys thinking big, following his dreams, reaching for the stars, giving 110%, and making it count. He seizes every day and hopes to live for the moment. Thank you, and may God Bless America.
Jeremy Pease is loving his second year with Suspended. He is a junior Music Education major. Outside of rehearsal, Jeremy enjoys snowball fights and snorkling in Lake Bloomington. He created this website.
Jon Biever, Freshman political science major from Minier, spent four years in Chamber Choir at his high school.
Nathan Schieve, senior math and theatre majors, loves learning about Ancient Egypt and is working on breaking the underwater Rubix Cube completion record.
Dave Wendler, junior bookkeeping and leisure studies majors, waterskis and contributes to the urban sound of Suspended with his rap skills.
Jonathon Miles Sestak '07, Music and Business major, grew up in Barrington, IL. He is an avid ice sculptor. Jon loves to hike the Sierra Nevadas and fills his idle time with full-contact Cat's Cradle tournaments. He plans to get lost in the mountains upon graduation, subsisting on only what he can kill with his own hands.
Matt LoPresti '07 was a member of Suspended for four years and served as the group's business manager. He was a finance and political science double major from Glenview, Illinois, and sang tenor. Outside interests include cooking, fidgeting with technology, blowing bubbles, lawn gnome chess, pointing at zebras, and hopping in circles. To contact Suspended about booking, click
Paul Teipe '07 was the music director of Suspended. A music composition major, plans to live in a box somewhere in the outskirts of the City of Bloomington. In his free time, he knits and chats on the phone with his best friend Jeremy.
Benjamin Johnson '07 (a.k.a. Benjamin Hjertmann) sang tenor for Suspended. He is a recent graduate of IWU with a Bachelor of Music in Composition. He was a member of the Illinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir. He also enjoys snowboarding, cooking and B-movies. He is an active arranger as well and has arranged/written several songs which have been premiered by the group. He currently studies at Northwestern University in pursuit of a Doctorate of Music in Composition.
Donovan Davis '07, Vocal Performance major, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He was in Suspended for two years. In his spare time, he plays video games and ultimate frisbee. His plans include pursuing a career in music ministry.