Terhune Music Studio

Excited for Zach's performance tonight at the Madison Symphony Orchestra Bolz Concerto Competition! Check out his profile video below. It's been an honor to be a part of this journey with Zach!

**This concert will be broadcast LIVE on Wisconsin Public Radio & the PBS Wisconsin website at 7pm

Wisconsin Young Artists Compete | Final Forte 2026: Zachary Lemke | Season 2026 Zachary Lemke, marimba – finalist in the 2026 Bolz Young Artist Competition.

Congrats Aaron Dieter on making finals! Good luck tomorrow!

Congratulations to all of the semi-finalists that competed over the last two days! We know how much time and effort it takes to prepare for an international competition. Your performances were heartfelt and inspiring. Bravo to all of you!

Make sure to come back tomorrow for the final round of the competition. Here’s the schedule for tomorrow:

Open Duo Final Round - 9:00am
High School Final Round - 10:15am
Collegiate/Open Final Round - 1:30pm

With that, we are pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s GPIMC!

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Collegiate/Open Finalists

Chia-Shuan Yeh
Stephen Symank
Jacob Cauley
Jacob Ammons
Kyle Rappe
Johnny Monk

High School Finalists

Eukai Miao
Yoyo Wu
Aaron Dieter
Rohan Bansal
Austin Peters
Nick Rainey
Max Rattleff

Open Duo Finalists

Basso Profonde (Matthew Korloch & Wyatt Hatch)
Xanaduo (Nick Goodson & Kathryn Santello)

Three TMS students spent this past week at UW Summer Music Clinic. Grateful for these music experiences right in town!

Hey area musicians! Maddie is Lily in Beaver Dam’s Anastasia and they are looking for a cellist for the pit. Details below. This is not a paid position. Thanks for sharing with anyone you know about hi might be interested.

Schedule
Tuesday, June 4 TIME 5:30-7
Thursday, June 6--5-9
Tuesday, June 11 5:30-7
Thursday, June 13--5-9
Saturday, June 15--5:30-10:30
Sunday, June 16--2-6
Monday, June 17--6:30-10:30
Tuesday, June 18--6:30-10:30
Wednesday, June 19--6:30-10:30

Shows June 20-30
Thursday-Saturday 6:45 Call
Sunday 1:15 Call

Such an honor to work with these students! We are preparing for our Spring Concert coming up on Wednesday June 5 6:30pm at Sun Prairie East High School Band Room. Solos, duets with Cindy and a quartet. Looking forward to it!

A teacher friend of mine shared this and it is a great suggestion. let's put our efforts HERE for lasting change so these great teachers can remain in a field they are hugely passionate about and the students get the quality public education they deserve.

Teacher appreciation week is next week. I am often asked by friends and family what is a good gift to give to show their children's teachers that they appreciate them. The gift cards and thank you notes are lovely.

However, this year I ask that you write a short email to your school board members and cc/bcc the teachers you appreciate. Have your email include the following:

1. 4.12% cost of living raise is something districts must give in order to retain quality teachers
2. Smaller class sizes are essential for student success. This is especially important in those translation years - Kindergarten, 6th grade (middle school) and 9th grade (high school)
3. Every district in this area needs more allocation for students services and mental health services
4. Special Education must be funded adequately to meet not only student needs but legal requirements.
5. Invest in restorative and instructional practices (people and time) in order to change an education system that has failed so many of our students, especially our Black and Brown students and children with disabilities.
I would guess that 99% of the teachers in your life would feel a great deal of gratitude if you took the 15 minutes to write an email.

Tip: I have learned that emailing school board members individually usually yields better results and personal replies rather than emailing all together
You can find school board members emails on school district websites.

Hey Percussion Friends! I'm looking to borrow a Ribbon Crasher through the end of May. Anyone have one I could use? Out of stock in usual places or the shipping is as much as the crasher in other places. Thanks for reading!

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Dancer: @bayley_taps

Music Theatre Folks - Maddie hopes to attend a pre-college summer music theatre program this summer (she's in 10th grade now). We are looking for a few people to talk to in the Music Theatre world about pre-college summer programs, maybe even college programs (ah!), etc. It is quite a different world than our instrumental backgrounds and would appreciate learning about different paths people have taken. Maddie's love for music, music theatre and dance grows every day, she can't get enough. We appreciate any connections you could help us make, thank you!

So excited to get back to regular teaching! Also wishing I had caught TMS student, Nick, at thjs local gig. Maybe next time. See y’all very soon!!