Wayne Fox has been the conductor of the Perseverance Band since 1979. He is a 1973 graduate of Lebanon Valley College with a B.S. degree in Music Education. He also holds a Master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL). He is retired from the Cornwall-Lebanon School District where he taught for elementary band 37 years. He also served as the Music Department Chair for 26 years. He is active as a private music instructor and freelance musician in the Central Pennsylvania area performing with, among others, the Hershey Theater Orchestra, the Buzz Jones Big Band, the Dave Stahl Big Band, the Blue Moon Big Band, and the Bill Dayton Orchestra.
Sherie Strohman has been a member of the Perseverance Band since 1978. She
graduated from Lebanon High School in 1975, having participated in band as
drum major and flute player, in orchestra as a flute player & student conductor, and in concert choir as student conductor. She then went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from Lebanon Valley College in 1979 with a BS in Music Education. She has been a junior high band director for the School District of Lancaster and
an Elementary Instrumental Music Teacher for the Annville-Cleona School
District, from which she just recently retired after teaching for 35 years. Sherie has also been teaching private lessons on flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon since 1975. In the Perseverance Band, Sherie has played flute, oboe, clarinet and presently performs on the alto saxophone. One of the things she
enjoys about performing with the Perse Band is performing with so many good
friends and family (her husband Tom and son Greg also play.)
Lisa Meyer has enjoyed being a member of the Perseverance Band since 1976. She was graduated from Lebanon High School in 1972 where she participated in all musical activities. She played the flute in the band and accompanied the chorus and the concert choir.
Lisa was graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1976 with a B.S. degree in Music Education. While in college, she was a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. The Delta Alpha chapter was recognized nationally for donating the most notated music to the Library of Congress that enable partially sighted musicians to read and enjoy making music.
Lisa retired from Lower Dauphin School District after teaching music there for 37 years. She taught band, strings, chorus, and general music classes. During her teaching career Lisa also served as the General Chairman of the Dauphin County Choral Association for 20 years.
She has been active as an organist and choir director for the last 33 years. Lisa enjoys playing with the Perse Band and appreciates the level of musicianship the band exhibits as well as the life long friendships formed by performing with this amazing group of musicians.
Lynne Risser has been a member of the Perseverance Band since 1991.  She graduated from Eastern Lebanon County High School where she participated in the concert and marching bands, pit orchestra for musical productions, and chorus.  Lynne played solos at spring band concerts throughout her school years starting in fifth grade.  Her final performance at ELCO was as the instrumental soloist at her graduation in 1971.
She continued her education at West Chester State College and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1975 with a BS in Music Education.   Lynne was in the Golden Rams Marching Band the first year women were allowed in the marching band at West Chester.  Previously it was an all-male organization.  She was also a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, a women’s music fraternity.
Lynne has worked at APR Supply Co. in Lebanon for 26 years, where she has been the administrator of their business software system for the last 20 years.  She also served as church choir director at Myerstown UCC from 1982 to 1992, and again from 2003 to 2011.  Lynne enjoys playing euphonium with all the fine musicians in the Perse Band and presenting high quality traditional band music to Perse’s faithful audiences.