student composition project


Student Composers Honored Tim Wurgler, Program Director


The WSMA Student Composition Project encourages and recognizes the efforts of Wisconsin’s student composers. This year a total of 71 submissions were received for the project with 45 submissions in the High School Division (grades 9–12) and 26 in the Middle School Division (grades 5–8). Fifteen submissions received Honor- able Mention distinctions and 24 students received awards based on merit in nine different categories.


The Student Composition Project provides student composers the opportunity to receive feedback regarding the positive qualities of his/her piece as well as provide ways to improve as a composer in the fu- ture. Each submission is reviewed and re- ceives a written critique by a professional composer. Reviewers determine awards and winners. Division winners receive a scholarship to study composition.


Awards were presented at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education in Waunakee on Saturday, August 20 during the awards reception.


2017 Application Deadline: March 10, 2017 Visit http://wsmamusic.org/composi- tion_project for more information.


2016 Middle School Division Award Winners and Honorable Mentions


Rebecca Tank


Middle School Division Winner Best Instrumental Ensemble Hudson Middle School Connie Root – Teacher


Reed Christian


Second Place Instrumental Ensemble Waunakee Middle School Elizabeth Heiks – Teacher


Rohan Shah


Third Place Instrumental Ensemble Madison Country Day Middle School John Schipper – Teacher


Kaden Klein


Fourth Place Instrumental Ensemble Oregon Middle School Allison Jaeger – Teacher


Samuel da Silva Best Instrumental Solo Kohler Middle School Rich Tengowski – Teacher


Davina Gerber


Second Place Instrumental Solo Waunakee Middle School Jessica Spicer – Teacher


Bess Connolly


Third Place Instrumental Solo Velma Hamilton Middle School in Madison


Naomi Hasan – Teacher David Liu


Best Piano Solo


Webster Transitional School in Cedarburg


David Aswegen – Teacher Julia Hoffman


Second Place Piano Solo Silver Lake Intermediate School in Oconomowoc


Lynn Carlstein – Teacher


Katelyn Rothschadl Third Place Piano Solo


Butler Middle School in Waukesha Pamela Perry – Teacher


2016 Student Composition Project award recipients come together for a reception in their honor at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education this August.


44 September 2016


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64