Congratulations to the Middleton High School Band students who received many awards at the 2018 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, IN - the world's largest drum and percussion event!

Students participated in masterclasses, lessons, and viewed presentations from leading percussionists from around the world. At PASIC, students perform for panels of judges and compete with students from all over the U.S. on a number of marching and concert percussion instruments.

Middleton High School is proud to announce its PASIC winners:

Marimba

Ben Fagre - 7th Place

Luke Whittingham - 12th Place

Max Balasubramaniam - 13th Place

Jenna Wagner - 14th Place

Sophia Bote - 15th Place

Nick Hinze - 16th Place

Brandon Dunk - 20th Place

Timpani

Max Balasubramaniam 1st Place

Bas de Waart - 2nd Place

Annie Warriner - 3rd Place

Multiple Percussion

Logan Frey - 1st Place

Alex LaCour - 2nd Place

Middleton High School took 5th Place in the High School Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. The participants were:

Luke Whittingham

Erik Stewart

Max Balasubramaniam

Jenna Wagner

Sophia Bote

Nick Hinze

Logan Frey

Ben Fagre

Congratulations to 14 Middleton High Schoolband students who have been accepted, through an audition process, into the Winds of Wisconsin (WoW), a premier high school wind ensemble on the UW-Madison campus! Winds of Wisconsin is associated with the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Music and is

conducted by Scott Teeple, Associate Professor of Music at UW-Madison.

The following students will be in the 2018-2019 Winds of Wisconsin ensemble:

Ella Hursh, flute

Zinnia Nie, flute

Hanna Noughani, oboe

Susanna Zheng, clarinet

Sophia Patton, clarinet

Abhav Soni, clarinet

Tasha Kinne, clarinet

Aaron Brenton, bassoon

Andrew Stine, saxophone

Jonathan Downs, saxophone

Amanda Roesch, tenor saxophone

Kyra Ginsberg, trumpet

Max Balasubramaniam, percussion

Luke Whittingham, percussion

Winds of Wisconsin is composed of a select group of Wisconsin high school wind and percussion instrumentalists who perform traditional and contemporary wind band literature. The purposes of WoW are to provide outstanding young musicians an opportunity to learn wind literature of the highest quality, to work with faculty who have made music education of youth a top priority and to make lifelong connections with others who share a love and passion for music.

The wind ensemble performs high quality band repertoire and will be performing concerts on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 7:00 pm in a joint concert with the UW-Madison Wind Ensemble. The Winds of Wisconsin will also perform on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 6:00 pm in Mills Concert Hall, Humanities Building.

Concerts are general admission and free of charge; no tickets are required. All are welcome.

For more information, you may visit the Winds of Wisconsin website at: www.continuingstudies.wisc.edu/wow/

Jazz Saxophonists Recognized for Performance

Lucy Croasdale, Jonathan Downs, Max Newcomer, Amanda Roesch, and Andrew Stine were featured in the September 3, 2018 Wisconsin State Journal announcing their September 5 performance at the Jazz at Five concert series. Originally scheduled for the State Capitol, it was relocated to The Coliseum Bar due to persistent rain.

"The students played for a large and enthusiastic audience,'' said Sarah Stine. "Many thanks to Laurie Lang for organizing, and to MHS band directors Doug Brown, Mike VerVoort and Eric Rothacker for teaching and inspiring our students each day.''

Wisconsin State Journal Article