- Wilmot Union High School
Wilmot Union High School is a
public school , founded in the 1870's, located inWilmot, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community near the town of Salem. The high school includes grades 9 to 12. The high school and the town are named after theWilmot Proviso .The school is the sole member of the Wilmot Union High School District, and is fed by the following elementary districts: Randall School District, Twin Lakes School District, Silver Lake School District, and the Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District. The elementary districts and the high school district form the Wilmot Consortium.
On
November 8 ,2005 , the Trevor Grade School District and Wilmot Grade School District voted to merge to form the Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District. This change occurred on July 1, 2006. [http://www.trevor-wilmot.net]The following K-8 schools feed into Wilmot Union High School:
*Randall Consolidated School, Randall (Randall School District) [http://www.randall.k12.wi.us/]
*Riverview School, Silver Lake (Silver Lake School District ) [http://www.riverview.k12.wi.us/]
*Lakewood School, Twin Lakes(Twin Lakes School District ) [http://www.twinlakes.k12.wi.us/]
*Wilmot Grade School, Wilmot (Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District ) [http://www.wilmotgs.k12.wi.us/]
*Trevor Grade School, Trevor (Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District ) [http://www.trevorschool.net] Wheatland Center Grade School (Wheatland, Wisconsin) also has students that feed into WHS.The school logo seen at right was designed by Tess Watson the wife of current wrestling coach and history teacher John Watson. Current choir director, Lance Haas, was formerly the drummer for the Steve Miller Band.
Wilmot Band
The current Director of Instrumental Music at Wilmot High School is John Sorensen.
Sorensen earned his bachelor degree in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside [http://www.uwp.edu] and his masters degree in education from Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin [http://www.carthage.edu] . Prior to joining the faculty of Wilmot High School in 2000, Sorensen spent eleven years as a United States Navy Musician [http://www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSupport/NavyMusic/] . As well as serving as lead trumpet for the Midwest Navy Showband, Sorensen also held the titles of Ceremonial Conductor, Drum Major and Sound Reinforcement Technician. During his time with the US Navy Band, he was able to perform in over twenty countries including: Japan, The former Soviet Union, Australia, Saudi Arabia and South America.
Along with teaching at Wilmot, Sorensen is also a freelance trumpet instrumentalist in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. He performs regularly with Milwaukee's award winning big band "Swing Nouveau" [http://www.swingnouveau.com] , the Wisconsin Chamber Brass Quintet and his own jazz combo, "The Southport Kings of Swing."
The Wilmot Guardsmen Marching Band features all members of the Wilmot Band Program.
The Wind Ensemble is an honors level class. It is made up of Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors in the Wilmot Band Program. Membership in this ensemble is by audition only.
The Panther Band and Red & White Concert Bands are open to all instrumental music students at Wilmot High School.
The Jazz Ensemble is open to all Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors in the Wilmot Band Program. Students must be enrolled in one of the large ensembles to enroll in the Jazz Ensemble.
The Big Red Machine is the Wilmot High School Pep Band. It features all members of the Wilmot Band Program. This ensemble performs at many of the home football and basketball games throghout the school year.
String Orchestra is open to all students who play violin, viola, cello or stringed bass.
Past Band Directors
1950-1953 Mr. Angelo LaValle
1953-1954 ?
1954-1955 Mr. Henry Canitz
1955-1960 Mr. Maurice Rockwell
1960-1967 Mr. George Amoth
1967-1968 Mr. William Gandt (Pep Band only)
1968-1971 Mr. Richard Greve
1971-2002 Mr. Lance Haas
2002-2007 Mr. Lance Haas assisted by Mr. John Sorensen
2007-Present Mr. John SorensenWilmot Band Alumni
2008 Homecoming Show
Adding info regarding composers of music performed.External links
* [http://wilmothighschool.com/ Wilmot High School's website]
* [http://www.wilmotconsortium.com/ Wilmot Consortium]
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