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Welcome to the Sun Prairie Band Boosters!

Hear Jazz I on Sirius XM Radio Program!

Our very own SPHS Jazz I Ensemble was featured this past January on Sirius/XM channel 67, "Real Jazz", on a show about the "Essentially Ellington" program.  The show, hosted by Wynton Marsalis, does a wonderful job of describing the "EE" program and includes two performances by our students from last years' competition in New York.  Steve Sveum (SPHS music director and Jazz I conductor) is featured in an interview recorded during Jazz I's Essentially Ellington appearance.  He talks about our new SPHS and the extraordinary music rooms and performing arts center.

http://www.jalc.org/jazzED/ee/audio.html

For the impatient, Sun Prairie High School parts are featured in "Part Three"

  • at 8:30 is first SPHS performance - "Swingin' the Blues"
  • at 12:31 is Wyntons intro to the extended interview with myself
  • at 25:40 is Julia Brummel with SPHS jazz ensemble in performance at Lincoln Center on "Prelude to a Kiss"

A Low Brass Celebration

Low Brass Christmas Students playing Holiday tunes at Sentry on the night of Dec 21st.  In an event organized by Music Teacher Chris Gleason, low brass band students from 6th through and beyond high school contribute to the holiday spirit.  Students began the night with an open air performance in Cannery Square in downtown Sun Prairie.

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Concert

Dressed in holiday hats, and with paper streamers flying, the SPHS Wind Ensemble Band plays "Sleigh Bells" during the Dec 12 Holiday Concert.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mt Zion Baptist Church Choir

The Mount Zion Baptist Choir with director Leotha Stanley perform their Holiday Concert at the Sun Praire High School Performing Arts Center.  Members of the SPHS Band, Choir, and Orchestra provided musical accompaniment at the December 18th concert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven's Point Field Trip

Members of the Wind Esemble Band had the wonderful opportunity to work with a prominent "current day" American composer Frank Ticheli, shown here practicing his composition "Amazing Grace," during their Dec 9th day long field trip.  They also worked on Ticheli's “Blues Shades” composition.

Conductor Scott Teeple from UW-Madison also worked with the band while in Steven's Point.

The band performed both pieces as a guest band during a UW Steven's Point Band Concert held the night of Dec 9th.  They played both pieces again during the SPHS Dec 12 Holiday concert. 

 

 

Saturday, Feb. 11 ~ Solo/Ensemble Festival at Prairie View Middle School - parent volunteers needed!

Check out the Solo Ensemble News item for more information and forms.

Band Fundraisers Support ALL Band Programs

  • Including clinics, band trips, our Composer-in-Residence program, school-owned instrument repairs, scholarships and more!

  • Band Students earn money to help pay for HS band field trips and tours, SOSP membership fee and summer band camps.Money is entered into an individual's Student Account.

Check our Download Page for handouts, forms and archived copies of our newsletter, The Booster Beat

 

Band Booster Meetings

  • We meet on the 4th Monday of every month (except December) at 7 pm at the High School.
  • Hear from our elected officers, band directors, committee chairpersons and fellow members. Sign up for Concessions, receive your Student Account report, meet other band parents and more!

 

 All SPHS concerts are webcast at http://www.sunprairie.k12.wi.us/performingarts/

 

  

  Wisconsin Advocates for Music Education - link

 

 

Congratulations to the Cardinal Heights Wind Symphony for their performance at the National Band Association WI Chapter Conference in Wisconsin Rapids

 

 

Patrick Marsh Band Performed World Premiere of “Blue and Green Music” at State Conference

 The Patrick Marsh Middle School 8th Grade Band, under the direction of Mr. Chris Gleason perfPMMS 8 Band 2009-2010ormed at the Wisconsin State Music Conference on October 29th in the Madison Ballroom of the Monona Terrace. The band performed a variety of pieces including the world premiere of their commissioned work “Blue and Green Music” by composer, Samuel R. Hazo (b. 1966)

Thanks to generous community support and grants from the Sun Prairie Education Foundation and the Dane County Cultural Arts Affairs Commission, the project became a reality.

 

 

 

 

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