Middleton High School, the Wisconsin School Music Association and the High School State Honors Staff would like to congratulate each of the MHS music students who have been invited to be a member of the 2019 High School State Honors Project. Each of these students auditioned for an ensemble in the WSMA State Honors Music Project in February.

Students selected for the WSMA State Honors Music Project participate in a 3 1⁄2 day summer camp in June and perform in Madison during late October as part of the Wisconsin State Music Conference. The WSMA State Honors Music Project is nationally recognized as one of the finest musical opportunities for young people. Congratulations to these students:

Alex Ashley

Max Balasubramaniam

Erica Collin

Aria Djamali

Jonathan Downs

Jude Fleischman

Ben Foster

Holly Fullerton

Kyra Ginsberg

Jonah Guse

Ella Hursh

Jack Ohly

Akshita Pattnaik

Sophia Patton

Noah Petersen

Abhav Soni

Andrew Stine

Katie Stockhausen

Amanda Zhu

From the MCPASD website:

Four MHS students and director Doug Brown were recently recognized by Essentially Ellington.

Soloists Jonathan Downs (saxophone), Jack Ohly (trombone), Andrew Stine (saxophone), and Althea Wincek (piano) were recognized for their dedication and musical achievement as outstanding soloists in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band program for distinguished performances on their recording for the 24th Annual Competition and Festival. Brown received a merit award for his outstanding directing.

The 7 O’Clock Jazz Band is a finalist in this year’s Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Competition, which will be held in New York on May 9-11, along with 14 other finalists. To learn more, please visit the Essentially Ellington or MHS BOPA websites.

You can also read more about the jazz band being selected on the District website.

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Congratulations to the Middleton HS Trumpet Ensemble Students who competed in the Pre-College Ensemble Division for the 2019 National Trumpet Competition at the University of Kentucky on March 16, 2019.

The Middleton High School Trumpet Ensemble is comprised of six student musicians who competed against eleven other pre-college ensembles, marking the inaugural appearance of a Middleton High School Trumpet Ensemble performing at a national competition!

A panel of professional trumpet players selected the MHS ensemble in January based on an unedited video of their performance. MHS made the final cut of the top twelve performers in their respective division. Student ensemble members are sophomore Alex Ashley; senior Abby Burns; junior Kyra Ginsberg; senior Ben Petersen; senior Rachel Roberson; and senior Alexis Stahnke.

Led by Halie Brown, the ensemble performed “An Olcott Overture!” by Eric Ewazen.

Among the other ensembles represented at the 2019 competition were groups form Kentucky, Texas, Florida, Washington, Oklahoma and Maryland.

To learn more, please visit the National Trumpet Competition website.