Birdie Cast to Perform at the Skylight!

This past week the cast of Reagan's 2013 musical Bye Bye Birdie were invited to perform in the Skylight Opera Theater's High School Musical Showcase on May 21st at 7:30PM in the Third Ward.  The students will perform two selections from this year's production "Put on a Happy Face" and "Got a Lot of Livin' To Do."  The performance is open to the public ($10 adults, $5 Students).  We hope you will come out and support these talented Reagan students!

Congrats WI Conservatory Scholarship Recipients!

Congratulations to five Reagan student musicians who received private lesson scholarships to the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.  Each student submitted an application essay and teacher recommendation to be considered for this scholarship.  Students will receive weekly private lessons on her instrument/voice.  Also, this scholarship is renewable for all of her years at Reagan.  Thank you to the Partnership for the Arts, the WI Conservatory and Max Day for providing this incredible opportunity!

Maria Brant, harp
Samantha Grabowski, voice
Elizabeth Love, oboe
Alexandria Ortiz, voice
Kristin Valentin, voice

REAGANFEST 2012

Our 4th annual Reaganfest was a huge success!  Hundreds of Reagan students came out to meeting new people, sign up for extra curricular clubs and activities and celebrate the new school year!  Reagan student musicians and DJs provided outstanding live music for the event.  Special thanks to Mr. Adam Murphy for coordinating this unique and exciting event!

Check out some great shots from Reaganfest below:

Welcome Back!

The Vera J. Zilber Music Department at Reagan High School is back in full swing for a new school year.  After starting our blogging adventure last year, we often found that we were so busy making music that we forgot to write about it.  We are hoping to be better about updating our community, parents and students about the exciting things we are up to during the 2012-2013 school year.  Before we launch into the new year, we thought we'd post a huge list of all of the great things that we accomplished last year from new community partnerships to exciting public performances.  We hope you enjoy our list!

Erica Breitbarth, Adam Murphy and Nick Johnson 
Reagan Music Teachers

Milwaukee Holiday Parade Welcomes the Reagan High School Marching Band

The Reagan High School Marching Band made its first appearance at the Milwaukee Holiday Parade on November 19th 2011.  This televised downtown performance was a crowning achievement for the band that was formed only four months ago!  The students represented the school with tremendous pride and were glowing with excitement as they marched 75 members strong through the streets of Milwaukee.  Thankfully the weather cooperated and we made it back to Reagan in time for hot chocolate!  We look forward to making this parade an annual holiday tradition.

School House Rock Cast on TV!

The talented students in the cast were featured on Fox 6 News. Click to watch!

Musical: School House Rock LIVE!

This year Reagan High School Performed our very first musical ever! School House Rock Live was a HUGE success, with over 700 audience members in attendance.

Next year's musical will be "THE BOYFRIEND"-- a 1920s british "spoof" musical! Performances will be January 27, 28 and 29.