GC students attend Shell Lake Arts Center Honors Band
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The Shell Lake Arts Center held a Middle School Honors Band festival on November 4th, 2021. This festival included students from throughout Western and Northern Wisconsin. Selected from the Glenwood City Middle School Band this year were: Kyra Flick (flute), Hailey Ketola (oboe), Evelyn Radintz (clarinet), Greta Draxler (bass clarinet), Kaylin Brandt (trumpet), Erica Bauman (trumpet), Opal Voeltz (horn), Lillie McGee (horn), and Gus Kohler (tuba). The students worked with guest conductor Bill Simon throughout the day and presented a concert at 6:00pm that evening at the Arts Center.
Bill Simon has taught band and arranged music for 35 years. During the past 35 years, he has taught band at several Wisconsin schools, including: Medford High School, Alma Area Schools, and all of the Eau Claire middle schools. In 1994 he began Power of the Winds Publications. Since that time Bill’s music has been chosen for both the concert band and ensemble recommended music lists by WSMA (Wisconsin School Music Association).
Bill has given presentations on teaching beginning band and middle school band at the state and regional levels. He has studied arranging with Dominic Spera, Ron Keezer, Ivar Lunde and Michael Cunningham and has received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.
The Shell Lake Arts Center has been providing the best education and learning environment for students for nearly 50 years. Some of their programs are the longest-running programs of their kind in the United States. The location in beautiful northwestern Wisconsin is inspiring and revitalizing.
The Arts Center provides a positive learning environment in a safe and secure location. In addition, the faculty and staff are dedicated to providing the best possible environment for students to develop their talents. The teacher-student ratio is low, and the faculty is nationally respected. In spite of these advantages, the tuition prices are very competitive.
The Shell Lake Arts Center opened in 1968 as the “Indianhead Arts & Education Center.” It was endorsed and supported by the University of Wisconsin system and worked in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Continuing Education through summer 2004. Now known by its current name, the Center operates as an independent non-profit organization run by a Board of Directors and staff. Plans are being made to expand programs even more as we move into the future.