Born and raised in Southern Wisconsin, Lori graduated from Beloit College in 1986, with a double major in vocal performance and conducting, and countless hours spent on-air in the campus radio station.
Her college hobby became a more permanent part of her life at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, due to a wrong turn in seeking a professor’s office. Stumbling into the studios of WUWM-FM, and a notice of a vacant position covering a late night jazz program, she did what any underfunded graduate student would do and applied for the job. Lori would go on to host various jazz and classical programs, when she was not singing with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and Chamber Singers, or conducting ensembles of her own.
Lori moved her on-air home to “Milwaukee’s Classical Choice”, WFMR-FM, in 1988, first as overnight programmer, then as afternoon announcer/production manager. In addition to studio and live broadcasts, she was producer of “Legacy”, composer Frank Corcoran’s lecture series on the development of classical music in the twentieth century, and a weekly program of interviews and music for the Milwaukee Ballet. Where she had