Annual Sun Prairie Jazz Festival to be held Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Sun Prairie High School.
Welcome to the Sun Prairie Band Boosters!
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The Sun Prairie Band Boosters (SPBB) is a volunteer parent organization of which all parents/guardians of SPASD band students (grades 6-12) are members. We encourage you to get involved by sharing your time and talent wherever possible to support our Sun Prairie School Band Program. It is a great way to get to know the staff, kids and other parents. Please scroll down to see some of our upcoming events and photos.
Culver's 10% Share Night for SPBB- Monday, February 8 from 4pm - 11pm
Your February issue of our newsletter, The Booster Beat is here!
Upper Middle School Band Classes Information for 2010 - 2011
High School Four Year Planning Sheet (Music) - SAMPLE
Spring Fruit Sale on now - Orders due Sat., February 13 - Delivery on Sat., March 6
- Instructions
- Citrus - Popcorn Order Form (print and/or complete your form online)
- Cookie Dough Order Form (print and/or complete your form onine)
- Spring Sale Flyer to show your customers
If you wish to order "band fruit," cookie dough or popcorn and have not been contacted by a band student, please call:
Lee Davison at 837-9608 Andy Stiefel at 825-6771
Barb Polishinski at 837-6560 Jean Theisen at 837-3114
SPHS "Solo Night" - Tuesday, February 9
WSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival - Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 at PVMS
- Parent volunteer form: click here.
Jazz Festival - Saturday, Feb. 20 - at Sun Prairie High School - volunteers still needed
SPBB Cookbooks ~ Pre-order now ~ Books available at all of our Spring band events
- The new SPBB cookbook, Masterpieces from our Kitchen, which features nearly 500 recipes from our band students, parents and staff and is filled with fun facts and photos about the bands we all love.
- Complete and mail our order form or email us at cookbook@spbb.org for more information.
- Cookbooks will be available for sale and/or pick up at our spring band concerts for $18 per book.
- Proceeds from this fundraiser will support all of our school bands. Thank you.
The Steinway Project Piano Campaign is underway!
- Help us put this grand piano on stage at the new Sun Prairie High School performing arts center.
- To donate or learn more about the Steinway Project, click here.
Sun Prairie High School's Wind Ensemble Performs at WMEA in Madison
Congratulations to the SPHS Wind Ensemble on their fine performance at the WMEA state music convention held at Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. The performance was broadcast worldwide, live, on www.banddirector.com and featured a world premier, a melody written by percussionist Jon Nelson, several soloists and the culmination of a lot of hard work by all members of the 2009 Sun Prairie High School Wind Ensemble - their fine playing and professional demeanor represented Sun Prairie in the highest regard!
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 perf
ormed 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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Jazz I receives 3rd place award in New York!
Jazz I placed third in the Essentially Ellington Competition! Congratulations to the entire band! Special recognition awards were also presented.
Sections that stood out:
Trombones
Trumpets ("most ernest looks on their faces")
Outstanding Soloist Awards:
Mike Nonte - Saxophone
Ben Acton - Banjo
Soloist Honorable Mention:
Trae Titus - Trombone
Top Placing Bands: First: Roosevelt High School, WA; Second: Garfield High School, WA; Third: Sun Prairie High School, WI; and Honorable Mention: Shorewood High School.
Thank you to the Chaperones: Mrs. Mertes, Mr. Mesner and Mr. Gleason!
Our biggest thanks to our outstanding band director, Mr. Sveum, for all that you have done to give our kids this awesome experience!
To view pictures from Essentially Ellington and NY, see the Jazz photos page, in the "Ellington_#" folders.
Wind Ensemble Performs at National Association for Music Education Convention in Milwaukee
"More people in Wisconsin need to hear this band play - they clearly set the bar for music education in Wisconsin," college professor UW Whitewater.
"I am so thrilled I got to hear this performance, I can't wait to tell my students about what is possible," Patty Schlafer - Wisconsin Middle school band director.
"Hearing this band has made my trip worthwhile, if I didn't hear another thing this trip has been worth it, and I'm from South Carolina!," Band Director from South Carolina.
The Wind Ensemble performed twice at the conference on Thursday, April 10. Their first performance, at 12:30, was attended by approximately 125 teachers, and included Redwoods, Windsprints, Lux Aurumque, Mother Earth, and Incantation and Dance. The second, at 4:30 PM, included only Requiem.
The invited school bands attending this music educators convention came from states as distant as Florida and Washington State. Join us in congratulating our Wind Ensemble Band for their well earned invitation! "They represented Sun Prairie under a national spotlight in a very positive way, not only in their beautiful performance, but in the professional way they handled themselves - you all can be very proud of your kids!," Steve Sveum, SPHS Wind Ensemble Band Director.
If you would like a recording of the performance, it was recorded professionally and we will mass order next Friday. Please make a check out to "Sun Prairie High School" for $16 by April 17th and turn it in to Rita Bogosh in the High School Music Office.
Pictures of the Wind Ensemble at the conference are posted here.
Jazz Band Successes
Jazz I performed at the state celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day at the State Capitol on January 21. This performance was broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio and streamed live on the internet as well as taped in HDTV for later airing on public TV across the state!
Congratulations to our Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble on being chosen as one of only fifteen national high school finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington event held in New York City. We will need help fund-raising to lower the cost of the trip for all kids involved. Please get involved - just like the jazz ensemble itself - we are a small group whose success depends on everyone!
