high school state honors music project
WSMA High School State Honors Music Camp
Victoria Donahue, WSMA Program Director
This past June, 426 of Wisconsin’s finest high school musi- cians attended a hybrid summer camp for the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) High School State Honors Music Project. Students worked with five nationally recognized conductors and 32 of Wisconsin’s finest music educators through three days of virtual rehearsal and one day of in-person rehearsal at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids. Throughout honors camp, students engaged in holistic lessons that incorporated several musical aspects of the pro- grammed repertoire (e.g., history, theory, style, composition, text and culture), connected with composers, worked with coaches and peers in daily sectionals that focused on technique and skill and rehearsed in person as a full ensemble.
The WSMA State Honors Music Project would not be pos- sible without the dedication, efforts and commitment of our volunteer staff. Honors staff went above and beyond this year to assist in planning the hybrid honors camp, attending virtual staff meetings, hosting virtual chair placement auditions and assisting conductors in planning both virtual and in-person rehearsals.
Thank you to this year’s conductors and staff for providing a unique educational opportunity for the State Honors students amidst the current challenges caused by COVID-19. You are truly exceptional and once again, provided the educational and musical environment for which the program is so well known.
A special thank you to the staff at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids including Julie Stoffel, Ginger Marten, Jeanne Olson, Eric Brittnacher, Sara Danke and Doug Look for their assistance with planning and executing this event. Additionally, a very special thank you to Craig Broeren, superintendent of Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools, and Ronald Rasmussen, principal at Lincoln High School for their assistance in hosting the summer camp at their school.
Stay Connected Honors Administrative Staff
Teresa Schroepfer, chair of the 2021 WSMA High School State Honors Music Project, leads the High School State Honors ad- ministrative team. She has recently retired as choir director at Ashwaubenon High School in Green Bay. Sarah Hafenstein, or- chestra director at Watertown High School, is Honors chair-elect. Tim Kozlovsky, band director at GRACE Christian Academy in Pulaski and St. John the Baptist Catholic School and Holy Cross Catholic School in Green Bay, is the operations director and Victoria Donahue, WSMA program director, is coordinator for the project.
High School State Honors Band Staff
Dr. Carolyn Barber, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the conductor of the 2021 WSMA High School State Honors Band. Joseph Mesner from Sun Prairie High School is the band coordinator and low brass section coach. Other section coaches include Kimberly Meader from Kaukauna High School (flute/oboe), Alanna Ford from Cedar Grove-Belgium High School (clarinet), Paul Oes- trich from Homestead High School (low woodwinds), Casey Danielson from Iola-Scandinavia Middle School (trumpet/horn) and Timothy Hummel from East Troy High School (percussion).
Fall Concert: Thursday October 28, 4:30 p.m., Overture Hall, Overture Center, 201 State Street, Madison, WI.
High School State Honors Orchestra Staff
Dr. Mark Dupere, assistant professor of music at Lawrence University, is the conductor of the 2021 WSMA High School State Honors Orchestra. Adam Brown from Green Bay East High School is the orchestra coordinator and cello section coach. Other section coaches include Levi Olson from La Follette High School in Madison (violin 1), Erika Meyer from River Bluff Middle School in Stoughton (violin 2), Mary Pat Michels from FL Wright Intermediate School in West Allis (viola), Andrew Bader from Preble High School in Green Bay (string bass), Jolynn Wucherer from Amherst High School (woodwinds), Erik Hanson from Melrose-Mindoro High School (brass), Andrew Neidner from Marshfield High School (percussion), and Johanna Wienholts from UW-Madison (harp).
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Fall Concert: Thursday October 28, 4:30 p.m., Overture Hall, Overture Center, 201 State Street, Madison, WI.
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