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Whitewater High School to host area music festival

WHITEWATER — Hundreds of music students from area schools will participate in a Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) sanctioned Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted at Whitewater High School on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

From Walworth County, musicians from East Troy High School and Whitewater High School will participate.

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.

WSMA music festivals annually attract thousands of students from middle, junior high and high schools throughout Wisconsin.

Don Deal, Band Director from Whitewater High School will be serving as the festival manager. "These festivals are a great tradition in Wisconsin involving over 200,000 students annually,” said WSMA Executive Director Michael George in a news release.

WSMA music festivals support school music programs as part of a comprehensive education by encouraging the study of quality music literature; motivating students to prepare and perform to the best of their abilities; improving students’ understanding of music literature and concepts (performance through understanding) and providing a performance assessment to improve individual and group achievement.

For more information on WSMA, go to www.wsmamusic.org.