Congratulations Chris Maki!

Chris has been awarded the opportunity to perform at the Wisconsin State Conference on Oct 26. Chris is a senior member of the Jazz Band, Marching Band and Concert Band and has participated in solo and ensemble festival with the highest ratings possible since 8th grade. He currently works with the 8th grade band as a volunteer student director.

The Exemplary Solo Recognition Project expands recognition of outstanding soloists at the WSMA State Festival. State Festival Adjudicators select the most exceptional student soloists at each of the WSMA State Festival sites. An attractive certificate is mailed to each exemplary soloist to commemorate his or her superior musical efforts.

This spring, State Festival Adjudicators identified 445 truly exemplary soloists at the 2007 WSMA State Festival. Consider these statistics...

The exemplary soloists were selected amidst 8,445 solo events of the 12,000+ total qualifying events at the WSMA State Festival.
Prior to qualifying for state, the 445 soloists who earned the exemplary honors were among more than 220,000 students who participated in 70,000 events at WSMA District Solo and Ensemble Festivals across the entire state.