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09/22/2026

There is STILL TIME to register for our SWMVF Workshop this Friday, the kickoff to our 87th Annual Southwestern Michigan Vocal Festival! At the Workshop, you and a quartet (or octet) of your students are introduced to this year's repertoire, selected by our guest conductor, Jake Runestad! NO NEED TO ORDER OCTAVOS (yet!) - Mr. Runestad and his publisher have graciously granted for copyright-free octavos to be available for you on Workshop day.

After the Fall Workshop, you and your quartet can head back to your school campus as musical "ambassadors," and you'll have plenty of time to order music before SWMVF in March.

Questions? See the e-mail address below, or send us a message here. We hope to see you on Friday to begin this amazing experience of communal music-making. There's nothing like it in the state!

We are SO excited to welcome *over 45* new Broncos to the Music Education program this fall. Here are some of the shinin...
08/27/2026

We are SO excited to welcome *over 45* new Broncos to the Music Education program this fall. Here are some of the shining in our Choral/General degree track. Whether you're fresh from high school, coming to us from an amazing community college, or already on campus and making it "official," we can't wait to see you in our classes and ensembles this fall.

(From left to right, top to bottom)
Nathan Pera - West Leyden HS (Northlake, IL)
Nina Torkelson - West Branch HS and Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Morgan Jones-Baldwin - Traverse City West HS and Northern Michigan College
Kaylin Shuff - Northridge HS (Middlebury, IN)
Kat Jaquish - Caledonia HS
Sean Mydlach - South Elgin (IL) HS (and WMU!)

Lauren Lovell - Watervliet HS and Southwestern Michigan College
Buster Bronco (we can dream…)
Nick Gates - Lakeshore HS
Natalee Klinge - Hastings HS
Eli Lewis - Mona Shores HS
Hailey Amster - Brandywine HS
Taylor Schleh - Reeths-Puffer HS

NOT PICTURED:
Isabelle Asche
Lillian Bott
Bailey Bright
Aspen Kirkpatrick
Sam Mathiesen
Zach Weiler
Aaron Wheeler

Congratulations to recent choral music education graduate Erika Mehring on her new job at Frederick School in Grayslake,...
06/02/2026

Congratulations to recent choral music education graduate Erika Mehring on her new job at Frederick School in Grayslake, IL. She'll teach 5th and 6th grade choir, ukulele, piano, and recorder!

Congratulations to recent Choral/General Music Education graduate Madison Vogel, who recently accepted a position teachi...
05/05/2026

Congratulations to recent Choral/General Music Education graduate Madison Vogel, who recently accepted a position teaching 6th-12th grade choir at Schoolcraft Community Schools. Go Eagles!

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