Dave Wesenberg

I have been singing since my late twenties in the army. My dad discouraged my singing to focus me on math and physics, my vocational field. In the beginning it was mainly church choir and soloes at Christmas. In my fifties I began singing in the Mature Mob in Springfield Illinois. I came to On Top of the World in 2011 and sang every season with the On Top of the World Chorus, serving as president for four years. I have been lead singer for the Topper Banjo Band for the last five years or so and have participated in Broadway Playhouse on and off for several years. I love to sing and have started doing performances with friends from time to time. I love to sing.

Steve Schlesselman

I originally started singing in 1980 at United Methodist Church in California as a tenor. I took several singing lessons to improve my range and skill level. After singing solos and duets at church many for many years, I moved to Florida. Next, I ended up singing with the United Methodist Church in Mesquite Nevada, which was a great group and a lot of fun as well. I learned a lot from the director there regarding punctuation. After a few years in Florida, I was invited to sing with the Ocala Symphony orchestra at the Reilly Arts Center. I sang with them for two years, and the work was fun but exhausting. I also sang solos for a few different venues, for Christmas and for funerals. I was then invited by Randall Schmid to join the OTOW Concert Chorus which I am happily singing with as well as providing background support for the music.

Mark Kellogg

I have been singing as long as I can remember – beginning with the many times our family sang Broadway showtunes and hymns alongside my mother, as she played the baby grand piano in the front room of our home in western NY. As soon as I was old enough to do so, I joined the junior choir at the nearby Methodist church, beginning my vocal career as a soprano. I worked hard to retain this vocal range, given that I enjoyed the company of the neighborhood girls that also participated in that section of the choir. At some point, however, I was forced to accept the reality that my upper vocal range was failing - and upon joining the senior choir at our church, I slowly drifted down through the alto vocal range, finally settling-in as a tenor. Fortunately, an unexpected benefit in doing so was my ability to periodically give slight tugs on the hair of the girls sitting in front of me during church, then pointing at the person sitting to the side of me. As part of my musical experience, and in parallel with performing in church choirs, I began playing the trumpet at a young age - later shifting to tuba due to an excess of trumpet players. Over the years I have continued to sing primarily in church choirs, while periodically playing the tuba in community bands like the “Williston Wheezers” while living in Vermont. Just prior to moving to On Top of the World, I coordinated and sang in a small 20-person chorus in a small, gated community in Lakeland, Florida. Upon moving here, I joined the On Top of the World Chorus the moment that I found it existed, and have found the directors and participants to be extremely passionate about the music that we are performing. Music has always been an extremely important aspect of my life – often providing me with the calming influence that I need in a competitive, turbulent world.