WMEA News Kati Seiter, WMEA President-Elect
2017 Wisconsin State Music Conference
The Wisconsin State Music Conference themed “Well-Rounded With Music” took place October 25-28 and had over 7,000 music educators, administrators, exhibi- tors, students and parents in attendance. The conference opened with a perfor- mance by Navy Band Great Lakes Wind Ensemble. Thursday morning started off with the President’s Welcome, which included a special keynote presentation by Wisconsin’s representative and finalist for National Teacher of the Year, Chris Gleason. WMEA President Lynn Seidl welcomed conference attendees, intro- duced the WMEA Board and Council, and presented WMEA awards. Award recipients this year are:
Richard G. Gaarder Award Clara McGowan, UW-Whitewater Anna Van Nuland, UW-Milwaukee
Melvin F. Pontius Creative Sparks in Music Education Award Anthony Cao, Madison
Community Service Award Rachel Deterding, Madison Richard Neuman, Richland Center
Michael G. George Distinguished Service Award
Tom Reifenberg, Greendale
Distinguished Administrator Award Margaret “Peggy” Larson, Winneconne
Please go to the
wmeamusic.org/awards to see the winning entry video of the Mel- vin F. Pontius Creative Sparks in Music Education Award.
The conference continued with over 100 sessions which included excellent of- ferings conducted by Wisconsin music educators, industry representatives and honors conductors. Sessions provided a great education and insight in Educator Effectiveness, Literacy, Authentic Assess- ment, Technology, PDP Development, RtI, 1:1 Computing, and much more. In addition, there were many performances by groups that auditioned and were in- vited to perform for the conference, the WSMA Exemplary Soloist Recital given by students from around the state and the WSMA State Honors Music Project concerts.
The conference included great network- ing sessions for band, choir, orchestra and general music. This allowed time for music educators to share ideas and ask for
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• Master Classes • Group Lessons • Chamber Ensembles • Jazz • Composition • Choir • Supervised Practice Time • Reed Making • Opera and Musical Theater Workshops • Improvisation • Final Concerts
June 24-30, 2018 For students currently in grades 9-12
Register today!
uwsp.edu/campcofac
Questions?
sumarts@uwsp.edu or 715-346-3838 22 January 2018
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