LINDA WAGNER, Ms. Senior America 2007

Linda Wagner, Ms. Senior America 2007, was crowned in November of 2007 at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Linda represents the wonderful state of Minnesota and impressed the judges with her beautiful singing voice.

Linda has been a music teacher and performer for many years. Her musical training began at the age of seven with piano lessons. Early vocal experiences were in church and school choirs. She earned a BS in Music Education from the University of Minnesota and a MS degree in Education from Bemidji State University in Minnesota.

For the past twenty years she has taught music to predominantly American Indian children in Cass Lake, Minnesota. She is a member of the MENC, Minnesota Music Educators and the Quality Teaching Network. In addition to public school teaching she has been an adjunct instructor in Voice at Bemidji State University and choir director at her church, where she also chairs the Worship Committee. Having had the opportunity to live in many different locations, Linda has performed major roles in musical, oratorio and opera productions in Minnesota, Texas, New York, Berlin, Germany and Bangkok, Thailand. She is a Schubert Club competition winner and first place winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Minnesota.

urrently her activities include directing choirs and musical programs for her school, coaching high school students for vocal contests and tryouts and performing frequently in “Opera Nights” and with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and Bemidji State University musical ensembles.She has been married to her husband, Bob, for thirty eight years, with whom she enjoys tandem biking, running and skiing. They have three daughters, one grandson and a second grandchild to arrive in January, 2008. She looks forward to retiring from her full time employment to devote more time to performing, volunteering and enjoying her family.

Currently her activities include directing choirs and musical programs for her school, coaching high school students for vocal contests and tryouts and performing frequently in “Opera Nights” and with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and Bemidji State University musical ensembles.She has been married to her husband, Bob, for thirty eight years, with whom she enjoys tandem biking, running and skiing. They have three daughters, one grandson and a second grandchild to arrive in January, 2008. She looks forward to retiring from her full time employment to devote more time to performing, volunteering and enjoying her family.