orchestra Fundraising


Here is a category we are all very familiar with in the schools. Everyone is fundrais- ing so you have to engage your students and “sell” your adventure, trip, guest artist, composer in residence, additional technology or whatever your ideas are for that year. I used to do one big one in November, holiday wreaths with a company up north. They were a family business and the wreaths were beautiful. It was a great fundraiser for many years. Now our department at the high school holds four fundraisers a year: grocery store and gas cards for a percentage, fruit delivered in December and candy bars for January/February. The students raise money for a class trip for each area, every three years.


There are many ideas for fundraising: a spaghetti dinner with entertainment from a musical group; fundraising gift cards from several businesses; a “play-a-thon” hosted by the orchestra with sponsors from family, friends and community members and a mini-concert presented for them; a string quartet for an anniversary or ask for the music parent organization to help raise money using a raffle while hosting a dinner. When you attend the Wisconsin State Music Conference or our national conferences, they will have vendors in their exhibit areas for you to visit.


Invite partnerships with colleagues, other educators from different areas, area busi- nesses, performing art centers, etc., and join your associations to help build sus- tainability for your orchestra program.


It has been my pleasure serving all of you as the WMEA orchestra chair for four years. Thank you.


Cynthia Kiepert teaches orchestra in the Stevens Point Area Public School District. Email: ckiepert@pointschools.net


Wisconsin School Musician 2018-19 Themes


September 2018 Music Education: Embracing Diversity


Accepting diversity is one thing, embracing it is another! The music classroom can be a melting pot to bring students together and leverage their differences for the betterment of learning. In this issue, also dedicated to the Wisconsin State Music Conference, we celebrate what it means to embrace diversity and empower our students to broaden their horizons with a well-rounded education, inclusive of all people, and in favor of their differences that when combined make a greater whole.


January 2019 Honoring the Love of Learning


Humans are curious beings that crave knowledge and skills only acquired through learning. Add the feeling of music to the educational mix and it’s no wonder why people aspire to become musicians, educators or anything they want to be in life! Unfortunately, today’s long list of educational requirements can cause anyone to question their love of learning. In this edition, we explore student-centered, personalized and collaborative learning using the standards as well as engineering positivity from change, bringing attention to the affective (CMP), writing curriculum using contemporary ideas and other ways to get at the heart of why we love to learn in the first place.


April 2019 Fostering Leadership


The notion that you are born a leader or a follower is an old-school belief that conflicts with 21st


century learning


and the importance of developing leadership skills for all walks of life! This issue of WSM shares a variety of ways to foster leadership in music education. From methods for giving students more ownership in the learning process to training our future music educators, we present ways to develop leadership through music education for teachers and students alike.


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