Background
Raedeke, Laura Leighty was born on May 16, 1949 in Windom, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Eldridge Doran Leighty and Eleanor Jane (Pohlman) Mueller.
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Laura Leighty Raedeke
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Bachelor in Biology, S.W. State University, Marshall, Minnesota, 1973; Master of Arts in Music Theory/Composiiton, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1993.
Career
Church organist, 1st Lutheran Church, Pipestone, Minnesota, 1972-1976;
piano instructor, Pipestone, 1972-1976;
church organist, St. Matthew Lutheran, Worthington, Minnesota, 1976-1989;
piano instructor, Worthington, since 1976;
church organist, 1st Lutheran Church, Worthington, since 1989;
art gallery director, Raedeke Art Gallery, Nisswa, Minnesota, since 1997. Piano soloist, since 1971. Liturgical facilitator Inter-Lutheran Commision on Worship, Minnesota, 1978-1979.
Accompanist Prairie Arts Chorale, Marshall, Minnesota, 1982. Ensemble pianist classical trio (violin, flute, piano), Worthington, since 1985. Lecturer, presenter Twentieth Century Club, Worthington, 1982-1992, South Dakot History Conference, Sioux Falls, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Past president Worthington Concert Association, since 1981. Founder, president Worthington Area Music Boosters Organisation, since 1994. Board member Rural Arts Initiative, Worthington, since 1997.
Member National Guild Piano Teachers, Worthington Area Piano Teachers Association (founder, president since 1991), Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education.
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Connections
Married Steve Clair Rubis, June 14, 1969 (divorced October 1986). Children: Erica, Meredith, Emily, Ingrid, Stephen. Married Gerhard Fredrick Raedeke, June 25, 1995.
