General Information
Hundreds of music students from area schools will participate in a Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) sanctioned Music Festival hosted at Oshkosh West High School on Saturday, February 29, 2020. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios, and small ensembles before an adjudicator.
This WSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020, from 8:00am to 4:00pm at Oshkosh West High School. Brian Wilson, Band Director from Oshkosh West High School will be serving as the festival manager.
WSMA music festivals annually attract thousands of students from middle, junior high and high schools throughout Wisconsin. The festival will draw students from a number of area schools, including Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh West High School, Neenah High School, Menasha High School, and Fond du Lac High School.
WSMA music festivals support school music programs as part of a comprehensive education by encouraging the study of quality music literature; motivating students to prepare and perform to the best of their abilities; improving students’ understanding of music literature and concepts (performance through understanding) and providing a performance assessment to improve individual and group achievement.
For more information on WSMA, go to www.wsmamusic.org.
Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) is a service organization with more than 1,000 member public and private schools. Each year, more than 220,000 students take the initiative to become involved in WSMA activities, such as District and State Music Festivals, State Honors Music Project, Student Composition Project, Launchpad and State Marching Band Championships. WSMA, also owner and operator of the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, is governed by a board of directors made up of superintendents, principals and other officers from all over the state. WSMA believes music is a basic human need and that all children have the right to experience all that music offers them.
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Detailed Information
+ Festival Information
- Welcome Letter
- Sample Student Letter
- Site Map
- Concessions Information
- Location:
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Oshkosh West High School
375 North Eagle Street
Oshkosh, WI 54902
+ Important Dates
Friday, January 17
- Permission requests from WSMA must be submitted here by 11:59pm
- Online Solo and Ensemble Registration needs to completed by 11:59pm
- All fees are due to WSMA office. This is important! WSMA will not release our subsidy check to pay judges until fees have been received for all entries.
- Preliminary schedule is sent to schools
- Scheduling conflicts and cancellations are due by 11:59 PM
Please resolve scheduling conflicts by having your students change times with one another. In order to avoid major schedule problems, please exchange solos/ensembles with like-classes. (i.e. exchange a Class A piece with another Class A piece) Please submit these via the form linked below.
- Final schedule and site map sent via email to each school
- Solo and Ensemble Festival
+ Festival Managers
Brian Wilson - Band Director and Head Festival Manager
(920) 424-4090 ext. 6873
brian.wilson@oshkosh.k12.wi.us
Dan Singer - Band Director
(920) 424-4090 ext. 6715
daniel.singer@oshkosh.k12.wi.us
Bethany Meyer - Choir Director
(920) 424-4090 ext. 6479
bethany.meyer@oshkosh.k12.wi.us
Yukiko Grine - Orchestra Director
(920) 424-4090, ext. 6256
yukiko.grine@oshkosh.k12.wi.us
Patty Bourgeois - Band Director
(920) 424-0431 ext. 6066
patricia.bourgeois@oshkosh.k12.wi.us
+ Time Switch Request or Cancellation Forms
- Please resolve scheduling conflicts by having your students change times with one another. In order to avoid major schedule problems, please exchange solos/ensembles with like-classes. (i.e. exchange a Class A piece with another Class A piece).
CHANGES MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE AFTER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, AT 11:59PM.
Performance Cancellation Request
- In order to make scheduling as efficient as possible, CHANGES MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE AFTER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, AT 11:59PM.
+ Equipment
Equipment Provided by Oshkosh West
- All Sites - Chairs and Music Stands for Performers with an Acoustic or Digital Piano
- Site 20 - 5 Timpani (32”, 29”, 26”, 23”, 20”), 30” Tam-Tam, Concert Bass Drum, 4.3 Octave Acoustalon Marimba, 4.0 Octave Rosewood Marimba, Vibraphone with motor, and Xylophone (Please let us know before February 21 if there are any other large needs you may have.)
- Site 21 - 9-foot Steinway Grand Piano
- Site 22 - Bass Amp, Vibraphone (no motor), and Digital Piano
- For Show/Jazz Choirs, please let us know if you need choral risers, and if so, how many sections.
Equipment to be Provided by Individual Students or Schools
- Original Published Judges and Performer Copies of Music
- Brass, Woodwind, and String Instruments
- Reeds, mouthpieces, ligatures, mutes, rosin, bows
- Sticks, Mallets, Snare Drums, Small Percussion Instruments (triangles, beaters, tambourines, bongos, etc...)
- Jazz Ensembles should provide their own Drum Set, Bass Amplifier, Guitar Amplifier, and patch cords.
- Anything not listed in the provided equipment list
+ Registration
The deadline for directors to register events online is Friday, January 31, 2020.All Solo & Ensemble registration is done online. Follow these instructions to input your student’s information:
- Go to www.wsmamusic.org
- Click the MyCenter link and log in. (Contact WSMA if you need login information.)
- Under Quick Links, click District Festival.
- Follow the instructions to register events for Solo & Ensemble.
- You may add, modify or delete entries up until the deadline: FRIDAY, January 31, 2020.
- Barring software issues, changes may not be possible after this date. Please start entering your information early.
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION NOTES:
- It is very important to specify an accompanist if one is being used and be consistent with how the name is entered. This information is used to prioritize pianos in the sites. According to WSMA rules, an accompanist is only allowed 15 accompaniments per festival. Bethany Meyer will do her best to schedule accompanists in a logical way, but if an accompanist is used for more than 15 events, that accompanist's schedule may require addition adjustments by the accompanist's school via the above Switch Performance Times Request form.
- Excessive special time requests cannot be honored. (Anything above 30% of the entries.)
+ Rules
General Reminders
- All performers must have a published original of their music for the performer(s) and the judge.
- Video/Audio recording of the performance is allowed.
- Video/Audio recording of the judges verbal comments is not allowed.
+ Schedule and Results
- FINAL Schedules
- Results - to be posted on February 29, 2020