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The Wisconsin School Music Association proudly welcomes Robert Kase as executive director! Kase brings a diverse background to the position as an accomplished educator, administrator and performer. |
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Exemplary Soloist Recognition Project The Exemplary Solo Recognition Project expands recognition of outstanding soloists at the WSMA State Festival. Adjudicators select the most exceptional student soloists at each of the state festival sites. This spring, state festival adjudicators identified 445 truly exemplary soloists. Festival Committees Meeting The WSMA Festival Committees will be meeting Thursday, June 14 to review festival rules, procedures and bring member concerns to the Festivals Steering Committee and WSMA Board of Directors for possible action. If you have a suggestion or recommendation that you would like brought forward, please contact the committee chair directly. Contact information may be found here. |
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Middle Level State Honors Chair Lynn Seidl and the selection committee have announced invitations to the 2007 Middle Level Honors ensembles. Louis Bergonzi (orchestra director), Randy Pagel (choral director) and James Ripley (band director) have selected a variety of traditional and contemporary music for the October 27 concert. Accepted applications are due no later than Friday, July 13. Students will rehearse at Waunakee High School on Friday, October 26 and on Saturday, October 27 at the Marriott Madison-West. Additional information may be found here. High School State Honors More than 400 talented musicians, 40 staff and five conductors are all making plans to be at UW-Green Bay for the beginning of the 2007 High School State Honors Music Project. The band and mixed choir camp runs from June 16-19 and the orchestra, treble choir and jazz ensemble camp runs from June 20-23. Students and staff will spend their time preparing high quality literature with nationally known conductors. Their dedicated practice and preparation will be for a pretigious performance during the 2007 Wisconsin State Music Conference held in Madison this October. Additional information may be found here. |
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New Festival Marching Band Class Plans are being made for a new marching band class as a part of the 2007 WSMA State Marching Band Championships, which will be held in Whitewater on October 20. This new class will be for bands looking to be a part of the marching band experience, but non-competitive. Bands will be rated much like the concert festivals by a team of three adjudicators and will receive awards based on a standard rubric form. For more information on this new festival class or the WSMA State Marching Band Championships, please contact Tim Wurgler. |
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Cheer on the Bands! Twelve bands made up of high school students throughout Wisconsin are advancing to the Launchpad state finals competition on June 23 at Wisconsin Union Theatre (UW-Madison campus). Celebrate the reach of music education by coming out to the competition and showing your support! |
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Wisconsin Center for Music Education The Wisconsin Center for Music Education will be holding a broad selection of workshops this summer. There is still space available for the upcoming June 14 mentoring and June 15 Professional Development Plan (PDP) Team Training workshops, which are also being offered by videoconference in the Milwaukee, Green Bay and Cumberland/Rice Lake areas! See the schedule of all workshops and details, including descriptions, clinician bios, graduate credit availability, videoconference opportunities and registration information at www.wsmamusic.org/center. Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance The 2007 Comprehensive Musicanship Through Performance (CMP) Workshop will be held June 25-29 at UW-Eau Claire. Download the workshop brochure [.pdf] and registration form [.pdf] now. Registration is still open based on available seats. Hurry, while there is still room! Other Opportunities... WMEA has compiled a list of summer professional development opportunities throughout the state. Read on... |
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