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Wisconsin Students Nominated for All-American Marching Band


The U.S. Army All-American Band features the 125 top high school marching musicians and color guard members from across the United States. Selected students exhibit exceptional musicianship, marching achievement, character and leadership. Students are nominated by their band directors in the fall of their junior year. This year, 12 students from Wisconsin were recommended and nominated by their band directors for the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. They completed the process by submitting an applica- tion and taped audition in May.


Candidates are selected by the director of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, NAfME member T. Andre Feagin. Students must be active members of their high school band from the time they’re nominated as an Army All-American musician through the final performance during halftime of the game. The U.S. Army All-American Bowl takes place January 7, 2012, at the Alamodome in San Antonio and will broadcast live on NBC at 12 p.m. CST.


Students selected for the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band from the nominees will be announced this fall during a national selection tour.


Congratulations to the Wisconsin Nominees!


Phillip Berger, clarinet Matthew Lindeman, snare drum Wisconsin Lutheran High School Nominated by: Patricia Baily


Kimberly Adams, piccolo Luke Baranczyk, baritone Amy Kawlewski, snare drum Michael Schreder, alto saxophone Alexandra Carmichael, clarinet Dayton Wellner, snare drum Pulaski High School


Nominated by: D. Thomas Busch


Matthew Connors, bass drum Andrew Mlynczak, multi-tenor drum Christopher Piette, snare drum Green Bay East High School Nominated by: Karen Iken


For more information, please visit www.nafme.org. 64 x


Madison Jazz Society Grant Opportunity for Wisconsin Schools


In October, the Madison Jazz Society will award grants, on a competitive basis, to school jazz centered programs in Wisconsin. Grant proposals may include, but are not limited to, purchasing instruments and equipment, sheet music, play-along CDs, books or videos and, to a lesser extent, clinics and hiring of guest artists. Final selection will be based partly on which proposal(s) provides the greatest opportunity for the greatest number of students to learn about and/or participate in jazz related activities. Music programs that have received grants in past years are eligible to apply, as well as any other interested school. The application deadline is October 12. For more information, go to www.madisonjazz.com/grants/


Wisconsin Foundation for School Music 2011 Board of Trustees • www.foundation4schoolmusic.org


President Sarah Jerome, Superintendent, Arlington Heights School District


President-Elect Gerald Kember, Superintendent, La Crosse School District


Past President


Richard Mannisto, Senior Consultant, McDonald Schaefer Group, Milwaukee


Treasurer


Jim Byrd, President, Midwest Asset Management, Inc., Madison Board Members


Robert Berndt, Superintendent, Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine Schools Jim Brandmeier, Music Business Program Chair, Globe University, Madison


Elizabeth Burmaster, President, Nicolet College, Rhinelander Gregg Butler, Administrator, Eau Claire County Off Campus High School


Roy Elkins, CEO/Founder, Broadjam.com, Madison Lydia Kiebzak, Vice President, Madison Investment Advisors Rhea Myers, Attorney, Wheeler Van Sickle and Anderson, Madison R. Scott Pierce, District Administrator, Central High School District of Westosha


Richard J. Pearson, President, Pearson Engineering, Madison James Schutz, Financial Advisor, Statehouse Investments, Madison


Advisory Council Linda Bergren, Financial Advisor, Raymond James, Madison


Roger White, White House of Music, Inc., Waukesha Richard W. Wolf, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Wisconsin, Madison


Staff Mike George, Executive Director, mgeorge@wsmamusic.org


Marta Weldon, Director of Development, mweldon@wsmamusic.org Jamie Kember, Development Assistant, kemberj@wsmamusic.org


September 2011


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