Big Foot High School will play host to the Wisconsin School Music Association sanctioned District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted Saturday, March 14.
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.
Association music festivals annually attract thousands of students from middle, junior high and high schools throughout Wisconsin, according to a press release from the high school.
The festival will draw students from a number of area schools, including Big Foot High School, Clinton High School, Elkhorn Area High School and Lakeland School. Neal Raskin, music director from Big Foot High School, will be serving as the festival manager.
“WSMA enjoys a long tradition of providing quality music education experiences to over 100,000 students annually,” Wisconsin School Music Association Executive Director Timothy Schaid said.
“Festivals provide students with an opportunity to enrich their musical abilities and understandings as they perform and receive feedback from qualified adjudicators, and as they observe and listen to the performances of their peers.”
The association’s music festivals, according to the press release, 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 the Wisconsin School Music Association, visit www.wsmamusic.org.
