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	WAMI :: Wisconsin Area Music Industry
		Wisconsin’s top musicians, artists, bands, and industry notables were recognized for their contributions to the state’s diverse music scene at the 27th Annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Awards Show, held Monday, April 30, at the Northern Lights Theater at Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Bingo and Casino.
		A foundation bearing his name was formed in 2005 with a mission of encouraging youth, especially high school music groups, and parents to get their children involved in music at an early age.
		Promoting the Wisconsin music scene, WAMI provides funds to students and emerging artists, and offers continuing education for music industry professionals through monthly meetings, and semi-annual music seminars.
	www.wamimusic.com (753 words)

	Music of Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Perhaps the most influential musical output of Wisconsin came from Port Washington, Ozaukee County during the 1920s, when Paramount Records released a series of blues and jazz recordings.
		Much of the local music caters to the tastes of college students, specifically students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
		Summerfest is an annual music festival in Milwaukee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Wisconsin (516 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Music of Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The music of Indiana was strongly influenced by a large number of German and Irish immigrants who arrived in the 1830s.
		The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky.
		A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Wisconsin (2918 words)

	College of Art & Communications - Music facts
		A student may earn a general music degree with a bachelor of arts degree in music or may pursue specific professional music training by seeking a bachelor of music degree in music education, performance or music history/theory.
		Music Department faculty members hold teaching as their main priority, but they are also very active performers and researchers.
		Each music student studies privately with a highly skilled active performer in his/her area, who is a role model, mentor and advisor.
	www.uww.edu /factsheets/music.html (536 words)

	River of Song: Music Along the River
		It is indicative of the unique cultural milieu of eastern Wisconsin that Cletus Bellin, a proud member of the Walloon Belgian ethnic community of northeastern Wisconsin, is also the leader of one of the finest Czech-style polka bands in the Midwest, the Clete Bellin Orchestra.
		As a boy in the 1940s on a farm in southern Door County, Wisconsin, Clete was as likely to use the Walloon Belgian dialect of French spoken in his highly culturally retentive community as the English he learned in school.
		Steve acknowledges his musical debt to the Slovenian-style musicians of the previous generation but has pushed the envelope of the form in hot arrangements and in original material which expresses a range of emotions.
	www.pbs.org /riverofsong/music/e1-polka.html (1881 words)

	Wisconsin Music Archives--Guide to the Collection
		Olive Endres, a Madison resident, composed sacred choral music, piano music, and music for strings.
		A Milwaukee composer of chamber and orchestral music.
		Music materials at the Wisconsin Historical Society can be located by using both MadCat and ArCat, the Society's catalog for archival materials.
	music.library.wisc.edu /wma/wmaguide.htm (2267 words)

	Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
		the oldest and largest non-profit independent music school in the state, is to provide the finest musical education and performance opportunities not only for the aspiring professional performer, but also for all individuals who desire a means of cultural enrichment and self-fulfillment.
		The Conservatory demonstrates its commitment to the community by providing scholarships and financial aid to the musically talented, to the economically disadvantaged, and to children and adults with disabilities.
		The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in admissions, financal aid, scholarships, and employment, regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability veteran's status, national origin, or other legally protected characteristics.
	www.wcmusic.org /default.html (392 words)

	Wisconsin Musical Groups: Music Education
		Music is being eliminated from school programs around the country, and that may have tragic consequences for many kids.
		Wisconsin Advocates for Music Education - To share information about reductions in school music programs that are proposed in school districts.
		Wisconsin Music Educators Association - To improve the quality of music education in Wisconsin by representing the shared interests and needs of music educators and fostering their professional growth.
	my.execpc.com /~regent/instr.htm (4679 words)

	WI Mosaic: A Brief History of Music in Wisconsin
		Folklorist James Leary has called Wisconsin "the most European of the United States." It is the ongoing influence of immigrants and the descendants of immigrants, especially those from Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe, which defines the musical culture of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.
		German immigration to Milwaukee and to east-central and central Wisconsin coincided with massive immigration by Scandinavians, especially Norwegians, to south-central and western Wisconsin.
		Madison: University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. thesis in Music, 1980.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~dalbello/FLVA/background/music.html (948 words)

	Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
		Barczak is a board-certified music therapist who, in addition to being the Music Therapy Director at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, is director of the Greater Milwaukee Chorale, a community choir.
		A member of the American Music Therapy Association, she is a past vice-president and secretary of the Wisconsin Chapter for Music Therapy.
		She is the recipient of the Civic Music Association’s 1996 “Certificate of Excellence in Studio Music” and is a clarinetist and manager of Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony.
	www.wcmusic.org /faculty.html (7805 words)

	Wisconsin Musical Groups
		musical groups or musicians: All Occasion, Christian, Classical, Country, Jazz, RandB, Dixieland or Pop or Rock.
		music with instrumentalists or vocalists: musician needed, musician needs group or equipment.
		Enjoy energetic Dixieland music on the main stage, in the background, in a street setting or roving around.
	www.execpc.com /~regent (569 words)

	Music at UW Oshkosh
		Our music staff consists of 20 full-time and 7 part-time professional musicians and instructors, a number that allows for a high degree of individual attention to our almost 200 music majors and minors.
		The music facilities at UW Oshkosh include spacious rehearsal rooms, numerous practice facilities, a state-of-the-art recording studio, and a highly-acclaimed performance hall.
		The Music Department is part of the College of Letters and Science's Division of Fine and Performing Arts which makes possible interdisciplinary activities with the art and theater areas.
	www.uwosh.edu /departments/music (269 words)

	Wisconsin: Services to the States (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
		Among its recordings are music and folklore of lumberjacks, including some in French- Wisconsin dialect; numerous immigrant ethnic traditions, including Croatian, Irish, Finnish, Swiss, Dutch, Swedish, German, Polish, Cornish, Bohemian, Belgian, Lithuanian, and Norwegian.
		Wisconsin participated in the Library's Bicentennial Local Legacies project, which includes documentation of local traditions and celebrations for the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture.
		Wisconsin Folklife Center, Mt. Horeb: to document the folk music of Wisconsin
	lcweb.loc.gov /folklife/states/wisconsin.html (302 words)

	Wisconsin Bluegrass Music
		The Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization that has been promoting Bluegrass music in Wisconsin and the Midwest since it’s founding in 1983.
		As proclaimed by the governor of the State of Wisconsin and the Legislature of Wisconsin today, June 9, 2009 was Bill Jorgenson, the Father of Wisconsin Bluegrass Day.
		At precisely 4pm Gabrielle Grey the executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro Kentucky lifted her bow and began a beautiful fiddle song in Bill’s honor.
	www.swbmai.org (1806 words)

	UW School of Music : Wisconsin Brass Quintet
		Founded in 1972, the Wisconsin Brass Quintet is ensemble-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.
		The brass chamber music experience of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet is nationally recognized.
		Each recorded work was composed especially for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, in keeping with the WBQ's commitment to commissioning and performing new music of the 20th and 21st century.
	www.music.wisc.edu /ensembles/ensembles.jsp?ensemble_id=1 (338 words)

	Wisconsin Polka Music - Annual Awards
		Each summer, WPM helps to recognize those who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in Wisconsin's polka music scene over the past year.
		The awards we present are unique in that their recipients are chosen based solely on the highest number of write-in votes received.
		There are no fees, there is nothing to join, and you don't have to be a Wisconsin resident.
	www.wisconsinpolkamusic.com /awards.html (266 words)

	Wisconsin Musical Groups: 2004 Events Calendar
		Music on KK at 2685 S. Kinnickinnic Av., Milwaukee, phone Joyce Parker, 414-744-8866, free program.
		November 21, 3 p.m., Wisconsin Conservatory of Music - November 21, members of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Guitar Faculty put the instrument family together on stage contouring the range and artistry of their solo work.
		Music will consist of hymns of New England and Appalachia, as well as some European imports.
	my.execpc.com /~regent/cale04.htm (4191 words)

	Wisconsin Public Television: Wisconsin Stories: Ojibwe Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Musicians must earn the right to play their instruments, like the mournful flute, said to be inspired by the death of a young husband and offering solace to the grieving wife.
		Benton-Benai describes the extraordinary musical gifts and leadership strengths of his son Spirit Bird, who was tragically killed in a 1991 auto accident.
		It was the fist one given, and uses and represents elements of the natural world—plant and animal life, and water.
	www.wisconsinstories.org /archives/ojibwemusic/index.cfm?action=ojibwemusic (261 words)

	About The Wisconsin Sheet Music Database
		This is an index of items housed in the sheet music collection of the Wisconsin Music Archives at the Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
		While each item in the index retains a strong Wisconsin connection, many of the titles were published elsewhere in the United States and some were published simultaneously in Germany.
		The Wisconsin Music Archives is one of several Special Collections in the Mills Music Library.
	digicoll.library.wisc.edu /MillsSpColl/subcollections/WiscSheetMusAbout.shtml (459 words)

	Wisconsin Center for Music Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Register early for these upcoming workshops at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education.
		With a statewide mission, we are committed to serving teachers, students and community members throughout Wisconsin.
		Become skilled at utilizing emerging forms of assessment to help transform yourself from "do-it-all teacher" to "learning facilitator" as students develop ownership in their own musical growth.
	www.wsmamusic.com /center/workshops.html (231 words)

	Celtic Music Association of Madison, Wisconsin
		The Celtic Music Association is a group of unpaid volunteers which primarily organizes concerts by traditional musicians from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales.
		We are nominally (although far from exclusively) run by students and faculty of UW-Madison, and therefore qualify to register as a Student Organization at the UW.
		The Wisconsin Manx Association is based in Madison.
	www.celticmadison.org /music (1017 words)

	Wisconsin Polka Music
		The voting period for the Wisconsin Polka Music Awards is taking place right now, and will continue through the month of June.
		There's no registration or fee, and you do not have to be a Wisconsin resident to vote.
		Please support your favorite Wisconsin polka bands and polka personalities by voting today.
	www.wisconsinpolkamusic.com (73 words)

	Wisconsin Public Radio Music Staff - Judy Rose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Family and folk music are Judy's twin passions and, in the fall, finding perfect apples for sauce and pie.
		Her roots are in New England where family members still milk Jerseys, boil sap for syrup, and root for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
		In the 1980s she produced a 13 part series, The Wisconsin Patchwork, on the folk music of Wisconsin collected by Helene Stratman-Thomas in the 1940s.
	www.wpr.org /music/rose (206 words)

	UM School of Music - Richard Beene
		In addition to numerous performances as a soloist with the Toledo Symphony, Beene has toured Europe as a soloist with the American Sinfonietta and performed as a soloist at the Festival de Musique de St. Barthelemy in the French West Indies.
		Summer festival engagements have included the Sunflower Music Festival in Kansas, the Basically Bach Festival in Anchorage, Alaska, the Colorado Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains (Colorado), the Arkansas Music Festival, Washington's Centram Chamber Music Festival, the Bellingham Festival of Music, and the Peninsula Music Festival (Wisconsin).
		Chamber music and recital engagements have taken him to New York's Merkin Concert Hall and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, as well as performances in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria.
	www.music.umich.edu /faculty_staff/beene.richard.lasso (310 words)

	About The Paramount Records Discography
		All records included in the discography are in the collections of the Wisconsin Music Archives of the Mills Music Library at the University of Wisconsin.
		The Wisconsin Roof Orchestra, Bill Carlsen, Joie Lichter, Sig Heller, Bob Tamms, and Jack Penewell are among the Wisconsin performers whose music may be found on these labels.
		Describes the origins and formation of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington by Fred Dennett and the factors which led, in 1917, to its subsidiary companies, the United Phonograph Corp. and the New York Recording laboratories.
	digicoll.library.wisc.edu /MillsSpColl/subcollections/ParamountAbout.shtml (1686 words)

	Music of Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		AL - AK Perhaps the most influential musical output of Wisconsin came from Port Washington, Ozaukee County during the 1920s, when Paramount Records released a series of blues and jazz recordings.
		Large-scale immigrationfor Europe in the 1930s led to the popularization of gallops, schottisches, waltzes, and, especially, polkas.
		Madison, Wisconsin spawned a more vibrant scene, beginning with Mecht Mensch and, later, Bucky Pope 's Tar Babies.
	www.therfcc.org /music-of-wisconsin-86987.html (187 words)

	ezFolk Link Directory - Music Stores--Wisconsin
		A full service music store offering equipment sales and rentals, lessons, custom installation and upgrades, and more.
		SSE Music offers a complete line of products for musicians of all ages in Southwestern Wisconsin...
		If you use these links, we take no responsibility and give no guarantees, warranties or representations, implied or otherwise, for the content or accuracy of these third-party sites.
	www.ezfolk.com /links/musicstores--wisconsin.html (185 words)

	Lorenzo's Music - Madison, Wisconsin
		Here is the Lorenzo's Music live broadcast of WSUM "Support Your Scene" with Brian Lanier on 91.7 fm.
		This sunday, March 18, 2007 at 2pm - 3pm (central time) Lorenzo's Music will be performing live on the WSUM 91.7 fm show "Support Your Scene" in madison.
		That show also claimed Lorenzo’s Music saxophonist Bryan, an original member of the Crunchies (or at least going back to the first time I ever saw them).
	www.lorenzosmusic.com (504 words)

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