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Students say Schlageckfest brings middle- and high-school percussionists together

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Students described Schlageckfest as an annual, all-day percussion festival that began as a Waubonsee Valley Percussion Ensemble winter performance opportunity and now includes clinics, concerts and joint performances for middle- and high-school students.

Student 1, a student performer, said Schlageckfest “is an annual percussion festival we have every year. It means the festival of hitting things, which is a perfect name for a festival that celebrates percussion, which, of course, are instruments that we shake or strike or rattle.”

The festival, students said, gathers middle- and high-school percussionists for clinics, rehearsals and a final concert that features everyone in at least one shared piece. “This festival is a special time where we got gather students from middle school through high school, and they get to see each other perform,” Student 2 said. “They get to explore in different percussion…

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