x Foundation Honors
Al Jarreau With Lifetime Achievement Award
Wisconsin Foundation for School Mu- sic (WFSM) recently announced that Milwaukee-native and internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Al Jarreau will be honored with its Lifetime Achieve- ment Award on October 8 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. The event will include a dinner, special performances and presentation of the award to Jarreau. Tickets to the event will be available for purchase along with a variety of op- tions to support the legacy of Al Jarreau. Watch for more details coming soon at
foundation4schoolmusic.org or contact WFSM at
foundation@wsmamusic.org.
x St. Croix Falls
Named Best Community and School District for Music Ed
St. Croix Falls School District is a 2016 recipient of National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) award: “Best Com- munities and School Districts for Music Education.” With this distinction, students from the school district entered in the John Lennon Education Tour Bus Con- test. Their one-minute video submission showed why music is so great in St. Croix Falls. The award included a two-day resi- dency with the John Lennon Education Tour Bus sponsored by Yoko Ono and many technology companies throughout the nation. During the residency, students produced an original music video using the latest technological resources in music production. The residency also featured a nationally broadcast music forum from the school, based on the theme “Music for Life.” This two-hour forum featured per- forming ensembles, music teachers from the school district, community members, city and school administrators and local/ state politicians.
Wisconsin School Musician
News of Note x
Jazz at Lincoln Center Selects Wisconsin Schools for Essentially Ellington
Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly announces the 15 finalist bands that will compete in the 21st
Annual Essentially Ellington
High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival – one of the most innovative jazz education events in the world – at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, on May 5-7. Wisconsin’s Beloit Memorial High School and Sun Prairie High School were among the 15
selected from nearly 100 high school jazz bands across North America that entered the competition. Each school submitted recordings of three tunes performed from charts from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington library. Nearly 3,800 high school bands will have partici- pated in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2015-16 Essentially Ellington program and ben- efited from free charts and resources. For more information, visit
jazz.org/ee.
WisconsinPerforms.org
Presenting a brand new online resource for Wisconsin’s music educators. To learn more visit
wisconsinperforms.org or contact
megan.aley@
wpt.org
Young Performers Initiative
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