Q&A: Jamey Simmons, 2021 State Honors Jazz Ensemble Conductor – Watch the concert here!

November 2, 2021

Arranger, composer, trumpeter and educator Jamey Simmons grew up in Wisconsin, earning his Bachelor of Music at the University of…

Q&A: Carolyn Barber, 2021 State Honors Band Conductor – Watch the concert here!

November 2, 2021

Carolyn Barber is the Ron and Carol Cope Professor of Music and director of Bands at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s…

Q&A: Mark Dupere, 2021 State Honors Orchestra Conductor – Watch the concert here!

November 2, 2021

Mark Dupere is an assistant professor of Music at Lawrence University, where he is the director. He studied cello at…

Q&A: Frank Watkins, 2021 State Honors Mixed Choir Conductor – Watch the concert here!

November 2, 2021

Frank Watkins is assistant professor of Music and director of Choral Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He holds…

Q&A: Joni Jensen, 2021 State Honors Treble Choir Conductor – Watch the concert here!

November 2, 2021

Joni Jensen is the director of Choral Activities and professor of Voice at Texas Woman’s University. Dr. Jensen has conducted…

Explore local stories, Made in Wisconsin

August 25, 2021

It’s been a long year since March 2020 (What’s that? A year and a half?!) and many of us have stuck closer to home than…

Q&A: A Cappella’s New Note

March 31, 2020

A Cappella’s New Note, a new PBS Wisconsin original documentary, follows students from three Wisconsin high school vocal groups as…