Earlier this week there was news that a number of local bands were hit by the flooding last week when their practice spaces were inundated with water.
Turns out that the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music also got wet.
According to a message sent this morning, the Conservatory on Prospect Avenue, "did not escape it and had several inches of water flood our lower level which houses our Music Library, Recording Studio, Ensemble Rooms and Percussion Studio. We are in process of moving everything to make the repairs necessary to reopen the lower level by Fall Semester."
As a result, the Music Library will be closed until Sept. 8.
"We thank all those who rushed to our assistance the night of the flood," the message said, "the students and parents who mopped and carried equipment to higher levels. A big thanks to those who brought us boxes. As they say, the show must go on!"
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
