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Contacts:

Joe Mesner
jrmesne@sunprairieschools.org
608-318-8137
  • Wind Symphony
  • 8th Grade Concert Band
  • CHUMS Jazz II
  • EPOCH Sound

Ian Melrose
ipmelro@sunprairieschools.org
608-318-8134
  • 9th Grade Band
  • 8th Grade Symphonic Band
  • CHUMS Jazz I
  • Sound of Sun Prairie - Business Manager

CARDINAL HEIGHTS BAND NEWS:

 Cardinal Heights Band - December Updates

CHUMS December Concert – Monday Dec. 17th  @ High School PAC!
The High School and Cardinal Heights will share the PAC stage for the Winter Concert.  
  • 8th Grade Bands and the High School Symphonic Band will perform at the 6:30pm Concert (warm-up @ 6pm)
  • 9th Grade Band, Wind Symphony and and the High School Wind Ensemble will perform at the 8:00pm Concert (warm-up @ 7:30pm)
  • Admission is free!
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*Students will be responsible for transportation of their instrument to and from this concert.  Please plan ahead and let us know if you are in need of assistance.  

Solo & Ensemble Season is coming! – Saturday February 9, 2019 @ Patrick Marsh
Students have all selected a solo this important project that helps foster individual musicianship and growth.  Students have 2 options for their performance grade:
 
Option #1, Saturday 2/10/18 – at the official WSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival, Prairie View
  • Registration now closed for this option (was due Friday 12/7)
 
Option #2,  Thursday 2/8/18 – Solo Night @ CHUMS, 3 – 6pm
  • There are no fees involved for Solo Night
  • This is designed for students who are not able to attend on Saturday or would prefer a different option
  • Students will sign-up for at time on this evening at a later date

Help Needed!
Email -  razarzy@sunprairieschools.org   OR sign up on-line at https://goo.gl/y6NaL5

***Please consider helping out to make this event a success on Saturday February 10, 2018.  It takes a couple hundred volunteers to put on this festival between donating food, being a door monitor, helping in the cafeteria, and helping set up and teardown.***​

Welcome to Cardinal Heights Band 2018 -2019!

Uniform Check-Out for 2018-2019 School Year:
All Upper Middle School students enrolled in performance music classes are fitted for a concert uniform.  The school will provide black tuxedo pants, black vest, and black tie for gentlemen.  Gentlemen are responsible for providing their own white collared shirt (long sleeves), black socks (calf length), and black shoes.  The school will provide a floor length black dress for ladies.  Ladies are responsible for providing their own black dress shoes.  

We hope to get all students fitted with uniforms as soon as possible.  Please mark your calendars to attend one of the following dates.  If these don’t work with your schedule, please contact a band director and we’d be happy to find another time that works.

Uniform Fitting Times - Summer 2018:
Wednesday August 22rd. 12 - 6pm
Wednesday August 29th, 4 - 8pm (also Cardinal Heights Open House)
Tuesday September 4th, Before or After School
Wednesday September 5th, Before or After School

Parents and/or Students - Interested in Helping Out with Fittings?
Please email director, Ian Melrose, ipmelro@sunprairieschools.org

Sun Prairie Band Booster Lesson Academy 
The Sun Prairie Band Booster Lesson Academy has been created to provide convenient access to quality private instrument instruction for students in the Sun Prairie Band Program.  The program is designed to give students access to one-on-one instruction on their instrument with professional musicians/teachers that specialize on specific instruments right at Cardinal Height after school on Tuesdays. Students will focus on fundamental skills that are particular to his or her instrument.  Instructors provide individualized assignments and instruction specific to the student’s particular abilities.  The benefits of private instrument instruction include; accelerated study of instrument technique and repertoire, preparation of audition materials, or study of subjects of particular interested (e.g. solo literature or improvisation).  Private study is a powerful tool in supporting musical growth in students.  This program is organized by the Sun Prairie Band Boosters as a service to band students in Sun Prairie Schools.  

Learn more about the Sun Prairie Band Booster Lesson Academy.

Sun Prairie Honors Band - Fall 2018
In 2004 the Sun Prairie Honor Band began and included students from each school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. In 2014 the event expanded by inviting students from other area schools to audition by recording and adding a 9th grade band to create the “Sun Prairie Honors Bands”.  The festival includes two bands, one consisting of 7th & 8th grade students and another consisting of 9th grade students.  The goal is to provide inspiring musical opportunities for our 7th, 8th, and 9th grade band students.  Lunch, Dinner, a festival T-shirt, and a commemorative DVD are included as part of the tuition.

Learn more about the Sun Prairie Honors Band.

About Cardinal Heights Bands:

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Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School houses grades eight and nine, with more than 200 students enrolled in band classes.  The Cardinal Heights music program includes four concert bands, two orchestras, three choirs, and a digital music class.  Concert bands at Cardinal Heights include two eighth grade bands, a ninth grade band, and an auditioned Wind Symphony comprised of both eighth and ninth grade students.  Concert bands rehearse daily and students receive weekly small group instruction as part of the band curriculum.  Co-curricular ensembles available to Cardinal Heights band students include two jazz ensembles, a jazz combo, the "Epoch Sound" pep band, and a voluntary marching band, the "Sound of Sun Prairie."
     The mission statement "a vision of students as accomplished learners and evolving musicians in pursuit of artistry" guides the Cardinal Heights band program.  With support from the Sun Prairie Education Foundation and Sun Prairie Band Booster organizations Cardinal Heights bands have created a series of visiting clinicians, conductors, composers, and artists to collaborate with students.  These collaborators have played an important role in supporting the growth of students.  These visitors and musical mentors have introduced students to new approaches, perspectives, and philosophies about music, creativity, and self-expression.  Past collaborators include composers Rick Kirby, Joel Blahnik, John Stevens, John Nelson,  Jonathan Newman, and Kim Archer; conductors Scott Teeple, Peter Haberman, Carolyn Barber, and Matt Temple; clinicians Philip Ostrander, Matt Buchman, and Ronald Carter.  Cardinal Heights students have participated in the commissioning of new works for band including Aurum Memoria, In Memory of Jay Haraldson John Nelson, 3 O'Clock Mix by Jonathan Newman (consortium), and Beacon, In Memory of Jim Croft by Kim Archer (La Crosse Central consortium).