student composition project
Student Composers Honored Victoria Donahue, Program Director
The WSMA Student Composition Project encourages and recognizes the efforts of Wisconsin’s student composers. This year a total of 75 submissions were received for the project with 43 submissions in the High School Division (grades 9–12) and 32 in the Middle School Division (grades 5–8). 8 submissions received Honorable Mention distinctions and 20 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 from the state of Wisconsin. 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, June 3 during the Awards Reception.
2018 Student Composition Timeline:
• September 1, 2017 – Registration Opens
• January 5, 2018 – Registration Closes
• Early March 2018 – Results Posted
• April 7, 2018 – Awards Ceremony hosted at UW-Whitewater
Please visit
wsmamusic.org for further information.
2017 Middle School Division Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
Ilsa Lofty
Middle School Division Winner Best Instrumental Ensemble Paris Elementary School in Kenosha Ben Warmuth – Teacher
Emmeline Dumbauld
Second Place Instrumental Ensemble Wisconsin Hills Middle School Phil Rothschadl – Teacher
Colin Brusky
Third Place Instrumental Ensemble Wisconsin Hills Middle School in Brookfield
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hope that this initiative will lead to increased involvement in research associated with music education; in this regard, I hope to see expanded involvement at future Wisconsin State Music Conferences, including research poster presentations as well as sessions that focus on action-based research. Finally, if this initiative proves valuable
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to our music-education community, I hope to establish an annual tradition in which educators across the state collab- oratively explore and conduct research on topics that are pertinent to music education.
The Next Step
If you would like to get involved in this initiative, please visit the project website
at
http://wmeamusic.org/conference/ attendees/research-connection, which contains summary information as well as resources to help you get started.
Paul J. Budde, Ph.D. is music education coordinator at UW-River Falls. Email:
paul.budde@uwrf.edu
McKenna Sherrod
Honorable Mention Instrumental Ensemble
Park View Middle School in Mukwonago
Jennifer Peterson – Teacher Ana Ashworth
Best Instrumental Solo Madison Country Day School High School
Sarah Case – Teacher Mark Henke
Second Place Instrumental Solo Madison Country Day School High School
Sarah Case – Teacher Kenton Nagle
Third Place Instrumental Solo Madison Country Day School High School
Sarah Case – Teacher
Reed Christian Best Piano Solo
Waunakee Middle School Elizabeth Heiks – Teacher
Joey O’Connor
Second Place Piano Solo Washington Junior High School in Manitowoc
Kati Seiter – Teacher
September 2017
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