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Music has become an extension to who I am. It makes my body overflow with a feeling that I can’t achieve anywhere else. Ever since I picked up the bass I knew this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Having received my Pro Tools Certification and an Associate in Science degree in Audio Engineering and Production from St Petersburg College, I am now an undergraduate student majoring in Music Performance at the University of South Florida.

I have been fortunate to have had many great opportunities to study and play with world class musicians such as Joe Grady, Lloyd Goldstein, Bob Nieske, Mitchel Player, Mark Neuenschwander, and David Manson.

Some of my plans after graduation are to gig as much as possible, and just to be able to fully support myself with music.

I am very excited to be a part of the WSMR team, I’m eager to learn, contribute my skills, and overall, just have fun

Mark Michaud is new to the WSMR family – he’s originally from Maine, and is a rusty pianist and singer. He’s worked in Classical radio for many years – with stops in Boston, Kansas City, San Francisco, and most recently Buffalo. He’s excited to call Florida home, and is thrilled to share the world’s greatest music with you on WSMR!

I grew up in Kissimmee in a family with a deep love for music. My middle school band director picked me for the bass clarinet, my first musical instrument after the recorder. I started playing the other members of the clarinet family like the regular clarinet and the alto clarinet a few years later. I'm now happy to be a Music Performance major studying with clarinetists Calvin Falwell and Asher Carlson.

I've had many great performance opportunities at USF. I traveled to Denver and Dublin with USF’s Clarinet Ensemble at ClarinetFest and performed Andrew Grenci's 'Concerto in Rock' for the bass clarinet with USF’s Symphony Orchestra.

I'm also interested in the mixed careers that many performers have, so I've completed USF’s General Business Certificate and Judy Genshaft Honors College programs. I am excited to combine these two interests by viewing the arts through a radio broadcasting lens. I look forward to helping out the WSMR team, learning about classical music programming, and improving my skills for a career in the arts!

You can hear Thea popping in across our schedule, featured in upcoming online content and appearing at live events. Thea can also be seen performing on national and international stages as an acclaimed classical mezzo-soprano (www.thealobo.com), directing the non-profit Indictus Project (www.indictus.org), and spending quality time with her husband and two young daughters across Sarasota-Manatee. Thea is honored and thrilled to share the classical music we all love.

I grew up in a radio household. My dad was a radio newsman, and he used to take me and my siblings to work at his station in Coral Gables. Hearing his voice on the radio was a comfort to me.

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