Central Minute: Wanz Returns to CWU to Inspire Music Majors

  • February 17, 2015
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Grammy award-winning musician Michael Wansley, aka TeeWanz or The Wanz, says his experience at CWU in the 1980s prepared him for everything that has happened since. In January Wanz came back to his alma mater to give an inspirational talk to today’s music majors.

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