Students Selected for High School State Honors Music Project
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To identify students selected for the WSMA High School State Honors Music Project in your circulation area, please refer to the student roster (pdf). Schools and cities are listed in zip code order for easy reference.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Phone: 608-850-3566
Web: www.wsmamusic.org
WAUNAKEE, Wis. (June 9, 2006) – Some of the finest young musicians in the state are about to meet up for what could be the most rewarding musical experience of their lifetime – the Wisconsin School Music Association’s (WSMA) 2006 High School State Honors Music Project!
The WSMA State Honors Music Project brings Wisconsin’s best young musicians together to work with nationally known conductors in a highly disciplined, professional setting. “When gifted students are challenged beyond what is possible in a classroom, the results are inspiring and even magical. Honors students learn that hard work, commitment, responsibility and working together for the good of the ensemble are the keys to success in music and in life,” said Linda Petersen, WSMA director of programs.
More than 1,940 students in grades 9, 10 and 11 auditioned for 420 positions in the WSMA High School State Honors Music Project ensembles. The auditions were held in seven sites across the state this past February.
The students selected to participate in the WSMA High School State Honors Music Project will meet for the first time at a summer camp at UW-Green Bay. The High School Band and Mixed Choir will meet from June 17 – 20, and the High School State Honors Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Choir will meet from June 21 – 24. All Honors students reconvene in Madison in late October to perform at the annual Wisconsin State Music Conference. The Honors concerts celebrate the remarkable achievements of Wisconsin’s finest young musicians and are open to the public.
The 2006 WSMA High School State Honors Project conductors are:
| Orchestra | Lowell Graham, Department of Music Chair, University of Texas – El Paso |
| Treble Choir | Edith A. Copely, Director of Choral Studies, Northern Arizona University |
| Jazz Ensemble | Robert Washut, Professor of Music, University of Northern Iowa |
| Band | Victor Markovich, Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Director of Winds/Percussion Studies, Wichita State University |
| Mixed Choir | Timothy Peter, Associate Professor of Music, Luther College |
For more information about WSMA, go to www.wsmamusic.org
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Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) is a service organization with more than 950 member public and private schools. Each year, more than 220,000 student participants take part in WSMA activities, including District and State Music Festivals, State Honors Projects, State Marching Band Championships and Concert Festivals. WSMA, also owner and operator of the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, is governed by a Board of Directors made up of superintendents, principals and other officers from all over our state. WSMA believes music is a basic human need and that all children have the right to experience all that music offers them.