WSMA Festival
In March each band will travel by coach bus to Carroll University in Waukesha to perform in a Wisconsin School Music Association Large Group contest. The Wildcat and Concert Bands will travel on April 13, and Varsity Band and Wind Ensemble will travel on March 14.
We will take coach buses to Shattuck Auditorium to perform and conclude the day with a visit to a local attraction and/or have a group meal as voted on by the students. There will be a small cost (likely $50-75) to this day which will be determined once the students have voted on the attraction and dinner location in the near future.
All students will attend and two fundraising opportunities will be available to help with the cost (the current Caramel Crisp fundraiser and an upcoming Uncle Mike’s Kringle fundraiser). Students with financial challenges should contact Mr. Singer or Mr. Wilson for assistance.
For Students in Multiple Bands
We have many students who participate in multiple bands during the school day. Those students are encouraged to perform with each of the bands they rehearse with while at the festival. As a thank you to our students in multiple bands across the 2 days, the second day will be free (equal or lesser value).
Click here for information specific to Wildcat and Concert Bands’ trip on April 13th, 2023.
Click here for information specific to Varsity Band and Wind Ensemble’s trip on March 14th, 2023.
2022 Performances
Wildcat Band, Class A: First Division Rating
Prelude and Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Roland Moehlmann
Unraveling - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
Havendance - David Holsinger
Concert Band, Class A: First Division Rating
Emperata Overture - Claude T. Smith
To Dance in the Secret Garden - Robert W. Smith
Varsity Band, Class A: First Division Rating
Rikudim - Jan Van der Roost
In the Church - Gabriel Pierné, arr. Monty Musgrave
Wind Ensemble, Class A: First Division Rating
Colonial Song - Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. R. Mark Rogers
Balkanya - Jan Van der Roost
2019 Performances
Wildcat Band, Class A: First Division Rating
Celebration of Life - Ralph Hultgren
March-Bou-Shu - Satoshi Yagisawa
Victory - Noah Taylor
Concert Band, Class A: First Division Rating
Fanfare for the Third Planet - Richard Saucedo
Urban Dances - Erik Morales
Prairiesong - Carl Strommen
Varsity Band, Class A: SEcond Division Rating
Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed
George Washington Bicentennial March - John Philip Sousa
Brazil: Ceremony, Song, and Samba - Robert W. Smith
Wind Ensemble, Class A: First Division Rating
Prelude, Opus 34, No. 14 - Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. H. Robert Reynolds
The Triton - John Philip Sousa
Armenian Dances - Alfred Reed
2018 Performances
Varsity Band, Class A: First Division Rating
[Jungst]aposed - Craig Fitzpatrick
Esprit de Corps - John Philip Sousa
Psalm 46 - John Zdechlik
Wind Ensemble, Class A: First Division Rating
Commando March - Samuel Barber
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen, arr. H. Robert Reynolds
Tanczi - Jan Van der Roost