SYRACUSE — Devin Van Lue, a freshman at Wawasee High School, earned a gold rating during the Indiana State School Music Association state vocal solo competition Saturday, Feb. 16, at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis. A gold rating is the highest level to be achieved. Dr. Joyce Dubach played the piano while Kris Stump …read more.

SYRACUSE — Senior Amy Beer and junior Ben Meeks, Wawasee High School choir students, earned gold medals at the Indiana State School Music Association state contest Saturday, Feb. 17, at Perry Meridian High and Middle schools in Indianapolis. Beer performed a piano solo “Arabesque No. 1” by Claude Debussy. Meeks performed a vocal solo of …read more.

WARSAW — Forty-two Warsaw Community Schools orchestra students performed at ISSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Carroll High School in Fort Wayne. Every solo and every ensemble received a gold rating, resulting in 54 gold medals. Warsaw High School students performed nine solos and five ensembles. All received gold ratings, with …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — WCS Middle Schools are celebrating to the tune of success following outstanding performances at the recent Indiana Schools State Music Organization Competition. A total of 43 students attended the competition from Edgewood and Lakeview Middle schoolsSaturday, March 19, at Goshen Middle School, Goshen. Edgewood orchestra, comprised of …read more.

SYRACUSE — There is still room for practice and hard work and it can still pay off. In February, Alex Fiscus, a junior student at Wawasee High School, personally experienced this.

By DANI BARKEY Warsaw Community Schools WARSAW — Warsaw Community Schools is celebrating national “Music In Our Schools” by the Music Education National Association. WCS is taking the opportunity to celebrate the many musical programs offered within the district. In honor of this celebration, the Lakeview and Edgewood Middle School bands, Lakeview choir and the …read more.

WARSAW — Members of the Warsaw Community High School Band received numerous high ratings during the ISSMA District Solo and Ensemble contest held Saturday, Jan. 30, at Carroll High School in Fort Wayne. In all, Warsaw collected 18 Gold (superior) ratings and three Silver (good) ratings. Eleven solos and four ensembles qualified for state solo and …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY — The Whitko Marching Pride has qualified for the Indiana Sate School Music Association Semi-State. This is the first year the band, composed of 20 high school students under the direction of Joey Shepherd, has competed in Open Class D.

The Warsaw Community High School Band Department will present its annual “Showcase Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in the WCHS Performing Arts Center. The WCHS Concert Band and WCHS Wind Ensemble will each perform a program that they’ve prepared for Indiana State School Music Association competitions in the coming weeks. Admission to the Showcase …read more.

This past Saturday NorthWood Red Regiment Marching Band performed with the top 20 Open Class C Indiana bands. The contest was held at Decatur Central High School on a bitterly cold Saturday. Red Regiment started their day with a 2-hour rehearsal in 27-degree weather. By the time the band traveled to Indianapolis, the temperature warmed to …read more.

Warsaw Community High School band students are no strangers to the tune of success. The band, which has participated at the state level the past 2 years in a row, will once again travel to the state competition to wow audiences with their performance, “Saturn Returns.” [weaver_youtube oheSzh4vH6o rel=0] “It’s based on the astrological idea …read more.

“The bands we’re going up against have 50 or 60,” says Joseph Shepherd, the band director at Whitko High School. Whitko Marching Pride is working with a mere 17 members, but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming one the best marching bands in the state this year. “I was a student here when the band …read more.

Several of Wawasee Community School Corporation’s string orchestra students braved the weather Saturday to participate at Goshen Middle School in ISSMA’s district solo and ensemble contest. Receiving gold medals for their violin solos from Milford Middle School were seventh-graders, Kaitlin Graber and Mercedes Winkelman, and eighth-graders, Adriene Gill and Amy Beer. A sixth grade viola …read more.

The Warsaw Community High School Tigers’ Pride Marching Band has qualified for the Scholastic State Finals, sanctioned by the Indiana State School Music Association. WCHS qualified for State by earning a Gold rating in the Scholastic Preliminary Round at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne on Saturday, Oct. 12. In addition to the Gold rating, …read more.

Wawasee High School choral students represented the school Feb. 16 at the Indiana State School Music Association contest at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis. Receiving a silver in group one on their girls trio were members McKenzie Hare, Kasey Shell and Brittany Willis. Delaney Brooks received a silver placing on her solo. Hare and …read more.