Welcome to the
Waunakee, Wisconsin Community High School Bands Web Site
Ryan Gill- Director, 849-2172 & Sam Robinson- Director, 849-2171
CURRENT INFORMATION
(as of 5/23/12)
2012 Summer Band Information- Click Here and Return by May 25th
Thank You Seniors, Students, Parents, Administration and Community Members for a school year filled with great music-making!! Congratulations to: Heath Hill-Sousa Band Award; Matt Semler- Armstrong Jazz Award; Megan Haskins-Director's Award for Band; Heath Hill-Music Dept. Outstanding Musician Award, Andrew Zobel-Cooper Music Scholarship Winner
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Congratulations to Beauty & the Beast
Tommy Award Recipients honoring Outstanding Musical Theatre
in the Southern portion of the State~
The cast, crew and pit of Beauty & the Beast earned a total of 14 awards.
This is the best showing for Waunakee to date.
Waunakee's awards were:
Outstanding Orchestra, Outstanding Lead Performer-Sara Vincent & Andrew Zobel,
Outstanding Supporting Performer-Brandyn Liebe & Jack Rosenberry,
Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Musical Direction,
Outstanding Lighting Designer-Aedan Gardill & Kaitlin Ripley,
Outstanding Costume Designer-Jan Shucha,
Outstanding Sound Designer-Sara Bichler, Elizabeth Gaule & Taz Krueger,
Outstanding Community Engagement and
Honorable Mention Supporting Performer-Shay Corless, Bryce Liebe & Matt Semler
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Thank You to Pat Bernier and everyone who helped with the Plant/Flower sale!!
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Congratulations to Natalie Tietz and Adam Schremp for being selected to the Wisconsin School Music Association 2012-13 State Honors Band!!
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Ongoing Research Shows That The Study of Music Enables the Learner to:
CREATIVITY: Creativity is the source of all possibilities. We are constantly challenged to explore this area of the mind. Music opens new horizons, and new possibilities through expanded thinking. The study of music supports wonderment, imagination, appreciation, and sensitivity. Music allows us to experience creativity as an inventive thinking style.
COMMUNICATION: Music is a language unto itself. Music can only be explained by music. If we do not expose our students to music, we are depriving them of an array of personal understandings that cannot be found in any other part of the school curriculum.
CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: Intelligence is the ability to process facts and respond according to the given situation. Emotional stability stems from the capacity to deal with life's many inconsistencies. To accomplish both, the individual must be able to access the cognitive (factual) and affective (emotional) sides of the mind. Music is one of the few academic disciplines that develops this ability and reinforces learning patterns to allow for greater critical assessment.
COMMITMENT: Success is not measured by what we start, but rather by what we complete. In music students are required to perform the entire composition from beginning to end; to complete the given task. The important qualities of tenacity and persistence establish habits for positive, productive living applicable in every situation.
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Check the "Calendar" page for the entire school year and summer band 2012 dates.
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$10 Uniform Rental Fee is due. Please give the check to Mr. Robinson. If you play a school instrument, there is a rental fee for $40 which is due immediately.
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$10.00 new uniform rental fee. Bring a check or cash to school or send the check to Mr. Gill or Mr. Robinson at the high school. This is now a school board policy.
