Nevy Naill:  

Life My three older sisters and I were born in Cleveland, Ohio. We spent three years in Rochester NY, where my father earned his Doctor of Music degree. My family moved to Ripon in 1952, when he took the position as head of the music department at Ripon College. We enjoyed growing up in the small and friendly town, first living on Seward Street, and later, after my father died, on Newbury Street. Our early years were spent playing with good friends, going to Alice Callen and Roosevelt schools, and singing madrigal concerts with our family. We were very active in band and choir throughout our school years. We moved away to Bellingham, WA. for two years, and then to the Milwaukee area, where my mother was a music teacher and later a music supervisor. I graduated from Wauwatosa West HS, and went on to UW-Madison to become a music teacher. In 1969, I taught elementary general music in Lake Forest, IL., where I met my future husband. We were married in 1970 and moved to the Milwaukee area while he attended UWM and the Medical College of Wisconsin. I knew from the age of 4 that I wanted to be a music teacher, as was my mother and best friend Hera Goodrich’s mother, Helen Goodrich. I taught in the West Allis Pu...Expand for more