These people believe in the purpose of Music Education: A
Sound Investment, and have pledged their support, advice and
name to our campaign as a member of our Honorary Council.
The Canadian Brass
Professional brass ensemble
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"The Canadian Brass are pleased
to endorse the campaign to build the Wisconsin Center
for Music Education. Wisconsin
has a long and proud history of quality music education,
and we're confident the Center for Music Education will
help even more Wisconsin students and teachers achieve
excellence through music."
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Elaine
Davis
Civic leader |
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Lee
Sherman Dreyfus
Governor of Wisconsin (1979 - 1983) |
"Wisconsin
has always been in the forefront of education, so I
am excited to see development of the Wisconsin Center
for Music Education. It is another example of the leadership
and vision that makes Wisconsin a great state."
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Richard
Gaarder
Former Executive Director of WSMA
(1963 - 1988) |
"The Wisconsin
Center for Music Education will be a great educational
facility. It will provide services to the students and
music teachers of Wisconsin that are not available anywhere
else in the country. It's
fitting that Wisconsin is leading the way!"
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Michael
Leckrone
Director of Bands, University
of Wisconsin
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"Every
member of our marching and concert bands have achieved
their level of performance in great part through their
school music education programs and the excellence of
their music teachers. To WSMA & WMEA, who provide Wisconsin's
music students and teachers the best educational services
in the country - ‘Nobody
Does It Better.’ "
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Kitt Reuter-Foss
Professional vocalist |
"It
has been proven over and over that children involved
in music do better in school. Simply stated, children
need music in their lives - we all do.
Let's all help the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music
see that children in Wisconsin receive the best musical
training, now and always."
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Tom Wopat
Actor, originally from
Lodi, Wisconsin |
"I
think that music education in particular, and the teaching
of all the arts, is very important - but not all kids
have that kind of opportunity. It behooves us to give
them the chance to have access to that."
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Richard D. Young
Vice President, General Manager
Band & Orchestral Division
Yamaha Corporation of America |
"Wisconsin's
fine tradition of providing first rate music education
is taking a major step forward in building the Wisconsin
Center for Music Eucation. This great resource will
preserve and increase the access to music and technology
and will surely improve our teachers' and students'
knowledge for many years to come."
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