Dates & Location
Friday, October 27, 2023 & Saturday, October 28, 2023
All rehearsals and concerts will take place at Verona Area High School (234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI, 53593).
Student Mailing
The following October information will be included in the late July mailing to parents/students.
- WSMA Welcome Letter
- Health & Housing Form
- Tentative 2023 Event Schedule
- Photo Order Form
- Extra forms will be available at registration.
- Music
- Conductor Welcome Letter & Rehearsal Notes
Next Steps
- Submit the Health & Housing Form
- Must be submitted by Thursday, August 31 at 11:59 p.m.
- See below for information regarding housing options.
Lodging & Transportation
WSMA makes all lodging, meal and travel arrangements for students from Friday registration through the Saturday afternoon concerts.
- Students will stay in a Madison area hotel.
- WSMA will assign students to a room with other students from their school district and/or within their ensemble and section. Roommate requests are not accepted.
Registration
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Verona Area High School (234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI, 53593)
- Registration – 12:00 p.m. (Noon) – 1:00 p.m. *Please note: Some times may shift slightly to accommodate scheduling needs of the facility. A finalized schedule will be released in September.
- Orientation Meeting – 1:00 p.m.
Practice Your Music
All instrumental parts are assigned based on the adjudicator comments from the anonymous audition forms. If you have been in an Honors ensemble before (bravo to you!), you may not be assigned the same part you had the year before. This just means that you have been placed to specifically enhance the balance and technical ability needed to perform this year’s music at the highest level possible.
Middle Level State Honors selection and participation is a privilege based on your talent and hard work. In order to make the concert the best musical experience possible, everyone MUST give his or her best effort and be completely prepared. Practice, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Your conductor has provided a welcome letter and practice notes that include links to music recordings, please read them carefully! WSMA will contact your school music teacher to ask him/her to help you study, rehearse and thoroughly learn all the music to the best of your ability.
What to Bring
Personal Items: Deodorant, tooth brush, water bottle and all necessary articles and clothing for personal care and hygiene. The hotel provides soap, towels and linens. (Please note: If you are staying in a room with 3 other people and do not want to share a bed, you may want to bring a sleeping bag for the floor.)
Clothing: Casual dress for Friday rehearsals (i.e. blue jeans, khaki pants, shorts, etc. and comfortable shoes.) Honors T-shirts will be given to all students at registration.
- Saturday Concert Attire
- White shirt with sleeves
- Black dress pants or skirt (knee length or longer)
- Black socks (if needed)
- Black dress shoes
- Optional – dark tie
Rehearsal Items – All instruments should be in excellent working condition.
- Choir – Water bottle with a secure closing lid, your music and 2 pencils.
- Brass – Instrument and mouthpiece, mutes, valve/slide oil, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils.
- Woodwinds – Instrument and mouthpiece, reeds, cork grease, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- Percussion – Assorted sticks and mallets, your music and 2 pencils.
- Strings – Instrument and bow, 1 set of strings, rosin, mute(s), your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- String Bass – Comfortable stool for rehearsals.
Photo Order Form: If you would like to order a photo of your WSMA Middle Level State Honors Ensemble and/or an individual portrait, please complete the enclosed order form and bring it with you to registration. Checks should be made payable to: The Snapshot.
What Not to Bring
Electronic Devices: There is little downtime outside of rehearsal, so electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets, gaming consoles, etc… will not be necessary. Students may bring a cell phone, but will be asked not to use it during rehearsals.
Cash in large amounts: Vending machines for snacks may be available at the school and hotel, but that would be the only need for money at any time. (Consider packing a snack for the hotel instead.) Students are NOT permitted to order delivery on Friday evening at the hotel.
Ticket & Concert Information
The Middle Level State Honors Project Concert are open to the public. A purchased ticket can be used to attend any or all of the three separate concerts that afternoon. Tickets are required for all audience members.
- Advance tickets can be purchased online beginning in early September.
- Adults: $15.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
- Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
- Adults: $18.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
Visit the Middle Level State Honors Concert Information webpage for more information.
Friday, October 27, 2023 & Saturday, October 28, 2023
All rehearsals and concerts will take place at Verona Area High School (234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI, 53593).
- WSMA Welcome Letter
- Health & Housing Form
- Tentative 2023 Event Schedule
- Photo Order Form
- Extra forms will be available at registration.
- Music
- Conductor Welcome Letter & Rehearsal Notes
Next Steps
- Submit the Health & Housing Form
- Must be submitted by Thursday, August 31 at 11:59 p.m.
- See below for information regarding housing options.
Lodging & Transportation
WSMA makes all lodging, meal and travel arrangements for students from Friday registration through the Saturday afternoon concerts.
- Students will stay in a Madison area hotel.
- WSMA will assign students to a room with other students from their school district and/or within their ensemble and section. Roommate requests are not accepted.
Registration
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Verona Area High School (234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI, 53593)
- Registration – 12:00 p.m. (Noon) – 1:00 p.m. *Please note: Some times may shift slightly to accommodate scheduling needs of the facility. A finalized schedule will be released in September.
- Orientation Meeting – 1:00 p.m.
Practice Your Music
All instrumental parts are assigned based on the adjudicator comments from the anonymous audition forms. If you have been in an Honors ensemble before (bravo to you!), you may not be assigned the same part you had the year before. This just means that you have been placed to specifically enhance the balance and technical ability needed to perform this year’s music at the highest level possible.
Middle Level State Honors selection and participation is a privilege based on your talent and hard work. In order to make the concert the best musical experience possible, everyone MUST give his or her best effort and be completely prepared. Practice, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Your conductor has provided a welcome letter and practice notes that include links to music recordings, please read them carefully! WSMA will contact your school music teacher to ask him/her to help you study, rehearse and thoroughly learn all the music to the best of your ability.
What to Bring
Personal Items: Deodorant, tooth brush, water bottle and all necessary articles and clothing for personal care and hygiene. The hotel provides soap, towels and linens. (Please note: If you are staying in a room with 3 other people and do not want to share a bed, you may want to bring a sleeping bag for the floor.)
Clothing: Casual dress for Friday rehearsals (i.e. blue jeans, khaki pants, shorts, etc. and comfortable shoes.) Honors T-shirts will be given to all students at registration.
- Saturday Concert Attire
- White shirt with sleeves
- Black dress pants or skirt (knee length or longer)
- Black socks (if needed)
- Black dress shoes
- Optional – dark tie
Rehearsal Items – All instruments should be in excellent working condition.
- Choir – Water bottle with a secure closing lid, your music and 2 pencils.
- Brass – Instrument and mouthpiece, mutes, valve/slide oil, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils.
- Woodwinds – Instrument and mouthpiece, reeds, cork grease, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- Percussion – Assorted sticks and mallets, your music and 2 pencils.
- Strings – Instrument and bow, 1 set of strings, rosin, mute(s), your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- String Bass – Comfortable stool for rehearsals.
Photo Order Form: If you would like to order a photo of your WSMA Middle Level State Honors Ensemble and/or an individual portrait, please complete the enclosed order form and bring it with you to registration. Checks should be made payable to: The Snapshot.
What Not to Bring
Electronic Devices: There is little downtime outside of rehearsal, so electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets, gaming consoles, etc… will not be necessary. Students may bring a cell phone, but will be asked not to use it during rehearsals.
Cash in large amounts: Vending machines for snacks may be available at the school and hotel, but that would be the only need for money at any time. (Consider packing a snack for the hotel instead.) Students are NOT permitted to order delivery on Friday evening at the hotel.
Ticket & Concert Information
The Middle Level State Honors Project Concert are open to the public. A purchased ticket can be used to attend any or all of the three separate concerts that afternoon. Tickets are required for all audience members.
- Advance tickets can be purchased online beginning in early September.
- Adults: $15.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
- Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
- Adults: $18.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
Visit the Middle Level State Honors Concert Information webpage for more information.
WSMA makes all lodging, meal and travel arrangements for students from Friday registration through the Saturday afternoon concerts.
- Students will stay in a Madison area hotel.
- WSMA will assign students to a room with other students from their school district and/or within their ensemble and section. Roommate requests are not accepted.
Registration
Friday, October 27, 2023 – Verona Area High School (234 Wildcat Way, Verona, WI, 53593)
- Registration – 12:00 p.m. (Noon) – 1:00 p.m. *Please note: Some times may shift slightly to accommodate scheduling needs of the facility. A finalized schedule will be released in September.
- Orientation Meeting – 1:00 p.m.
Practice Your Music
All instrumental parts are assigned based on the adjudicator comments from the anonymous audition forms. If you have been in an Honors ensemble before (bravo to you!), you may not be assigned the same part you had the year before. This just means that you have been placed to specifically enhance the balance and technical ability needed to perform this year’s music at the highest level possible.
Middle Level State Honors selection and participation is a privilege based on your talent and hard work. In order to make the concert the best musical experience possible, everyone MUST give his or her best effort and be completely prepared. Practice, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Your conductor has provided a welcome letter and practice notes that include links to music recordings, please read them carefully! WSMA will contact your school music teacher to ask him/her to help you study, rehearse and thoroughly learn all the music to the best of your ability.
What to Bring
Personal Items: Deodorant, tooth brush, water bottle and all necessary articles and clothing for personal care and hygiene. The hotel provides soap, towels and linens. (Please note: If you are staying in a room with 3 other people and do not want to share a bed, you may want to bring a sleeping bag for the floor.)
Clothing: Casual dress for Friday rehearsals (i.e. blue jeans, khaki pants, shorts, etc. and comfortable shoes.) Honors T-shirts will be given to all students at registration.
- Saturday Concert Attire
- White shirt with sleeves
- Black dress pants or skirt (knee length or longer)
- Black socks (if needed)
- Black dress shoes
- Optional – dark tie
Rehearsal Items – All instruments should be in excellent working condition.
- Choir – Water bottle with a secure closing lid, your music and 2 pencils.
- Brass – Instrument and mouthpiece, mutes, valve/slide oil, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils.
- Woodwinds – Instrument and mouthpiece, reeds, cork grease, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- Percussion – Assorted sticks and mallets, your music and 2 pencils.
- Strings – Instrument and bow, 1 set of strings, rosin, mute(s), your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- String Bass – Comfortable stool for rehearsals.
Photo Order Form: If you would like to order a photo of your WSMA Middle Level State Honors Ensemble and/or an individual portrait, please complete the enclosed order form and bring it with you to registration. Checks should be made payable to: The Snapshot.
What Not to Bring
Electronic Devices: There is little downtime outside of rehearsal, so electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets, gaming consoles, etc… will not be necessary. Students may bring a cell phone, but will be asked not to use it during rehearsals.
Cash in large amounts: Vending machines for snacks may be available at the school and hotel, but that would be the only need for money at any time. (Consider packing a snack for the hotel instead.) Students are NOT permitted to order delivery on Friday evening at the hotel.
Ticket & Concert Information
The Middle Level State Honors Project Concert are open to the public. A purchased ticket can be used to attend any or all of the three separate concerts that afternoon. Tickets are required for all audience members.
- Advance tickets can be purchased online beginning in early September.
- Adults: $15.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
- Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
- Adults: $18.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
Visit the Middle Level State Honors Concert Information webpage for more information.
Middle Level State Honors selection and participation is a privilege based on your talent and hard work. In order to make the concert the best musical experience possible, everyone MUST give his or her best effort and be completely prepared. Practice, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Your conductor has provided a welcome letter and practice notes that include links to music recordings, please read them carefully! WSMA will contact your school music teacher to ask him/her to help you study, rehearse and thoroughly learn all the music to the best of your ability.
What to Bring
Personal Items: Deodorant, tooth brush, water bottle and all necessary articles and clothing for personal care and hygiene. The hotel provides soap, towels and linens. (Please note: If you are staying in a room with 3 other people and do not want to share a bed, you may want to bring a sleeping bag for the floor.)
Clothing: Casual dress for Friday rehearsals (i.e. blue jeans, khaki pants, shorts, etc. and comfortable shoes.) Honors T-shirts will be given to all students at registration.
- Saturday Concert Attire
- White shirt with sleeves
- Black dress pants or skirt (knee length or longer)
- Black socks (if needed)
- Black dress shoes
- Optional – dark tie
Rehearsal Items – All instruments should be in excellent working condition.
- Choir – Water bottle with a secure closing lid, your music and 2 pencils.
- Brass – Instrument and mouthpiece, mutes, valve/slide oil, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils.
- Woodwinds – Instrument and mouthpiece, reeds, cork grease, your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- Percussion – Assorted sticks and mallets, your music and 2 pencils.
- Strings – Instrument and bow, 1 set of strings, rosin, mute(s), your music, a folding music stand and 2 pencils
- String Bass – Comfortable stool for rehearsals.
Photo Order Form: If you would like to order a photo of your WSMA Middle Level State Honors Ensemble and/or an individual portrait, please complete the enclosed order form and bring it with you to registration. Checks should be made payable to: The Snapshot.
What Not to Bring
Electronic Devices: There is little downtime outside of rehearsal, so electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets, gaming consoles, etc… will not be necessary. Students may bring a cell phone, but will be asked not to use it during rehearsals.
Cash in large amounts: Vending machines for snacks may be available at the school and hotel, but that would be the only need for money at any time. (Consider packing a snack for the hotel instead.) Students are NOT permitted to order delivery on Friday evening at the hotel.
Ticket & Concert Information
The Middle Level State Honors Project Concert are open to the public. A purchased ticket can be used to attend any or all of the three separate concerts that afternoon. Tickets are required for all audience members.
- Advance tickets can be purchased online beginning in early September.
- Adults: $15.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
- Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
- Adults: $18.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
Visit the Middle Level State Honors Concert Information webpage for more information.
Electronic Devices: There is little downtime outside of rehearsal, so electronic devices, such as iPads, tablets, gaming consoles, etc… will not be necessary. Students may bring a cell phone, but will be asked not to use it during rehearsals.
Cash in large amounts: Vending machines for snacks may be available at the school and hotel, but that would be the only need for money at any time. (Consider packing a snack for the hotel instead.) Students are NOT permitted to order delivery on Friday evening at the hotel.
Ticket & Concert Information
The Middle Level State Honors Project Concert are open to the public. A purchased ticket can be used to attend any or all of the three separate concerts that afternoon. Tickets are required for all audience members.
- Advance tickets can be purchased online beginning in early September.
- Adults: $15.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
- Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
- Adults: $18.00
- Youth / High School / Collegiate with ID: $10.00
Visit the Middle Level State Honors Concert Information webpage for more information.
To order CD’s, downloads or commemorative plaques return to the Middle Level State Honors homepage.
