Southern Door High School Hosts Solo & Ensemble Festival

Students from area schools will participate in a Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) sanctioned District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted at Southern Door High School on March 21. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator. Some of the larger events will include jazz ensembles, combos, show choirs and vocal jazz ensembles. The festival will draw students from a number of area schools, including Gibraltar High School, Sevastopol High School, Southern Door Middle and High School, Sturgeon Bay High School and TJ Walker Middle School. Dawn Pitzen, music director from Southern Door Middle School, will serve as the festival manager. “WSMA enjoys a long tradition of providing quality music education experiences to more than 100,000 students annually. Festivals provide students with an opportunity to enrich their musical abilities and understandings as they perform and receive feedback from qualified adjudicators, and as they observe and listen to the performances of their peers,” said WSMA Executive Director Timothy Schaid. For more information on WSMA, go to wsmamusic.org.