MHS Marching Band
Current Production
The Mukwonago High School Marching Band is proud to present their 2025 production...
Cursed
Musical Selections
Show Announcement
Nocturne No. 1 - Erik Satie
Marche Funèbre - Frédéric Chopin
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven
Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
Rapsodie Espagnole - Maurice Ravel
Scythian Suite - Sergei Prokofiev
Original Music - Rick Schadt
Design
Music Design - Rick Schadt
Battery Design - Wes Zepecki-Davison
Visual Design - Emma Angoli
Colorguard Design - Eliza Lambert & Sydney Fekete
About this Production
​​Are you superstitious? Are you conscious to avoid walking under ladders or crossing paths with a black cat? Are you known to knock on wood or to only open your umbrella outdoors? You'd better hope that you never break a mirror, because all of those superstitions are true, and committing one of those acts might result in you becoming cursed.
'Cursed' will explore the world of superstitions through the lens of an original ghost story, told by an unsuspecting group of kids at a sleepover. After becoming cursed, they are haunted by a variety of ghouls who terrify them at every turn.
"What a horrible night to be cursed..."
Audio Recordings
Show music recordings to be released in 2025!
A musical 'teaser' can be heard in the show announcement video above.
About the 'TBD' Design Process
The next chapter of the MHS Marching Band's legacy is yet to be written... It starts with you and it begins now!
"To Be Designed By You" (or TBD) is a collaborative creative effort between the MHS Marching Band and the fine arts students of Mukwonago High School and Park View Middle School. Through a year-long creative process, students will share their thoughts, ideas, and concepts for a new original marching band production. Members of the MHS Marching Band staff will work directly with students to collect ideas, ​
Phase 1: Project Introduction & Initial Data Collection​
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Show design lead & MHS Marching Band staff member Rick Schadt will meet with each class to introduce the project.
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Students will be talked through the overall design process and how any idea can be adapted to a marching band show.
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Students will discuss potential ideas with one another and submit any ideas via a google form (linked below; requires MASD email).
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Phase 1 Design Form​ (form now closed)
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Phase 2: Data Synthesis & Narrowing Focus
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All responses from Phase 1 are sorted and organized. Results are presented to the students.
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​Students will help narrow down the list of options to 4-5 candidates via ranked polling in a google form.
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Phase 2 Design Form (form now closed)
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Phase 3: Concept Development​ & Refinement
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The three finalist show concept candidates are presented to students.
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Rick Schadt will meet with each class to lead discussions and brainstorming sessions to develop concept-specific ideas, storylines, and setpieces.
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Rick will explain essential marching band design considerations including visual and musical design, general effect, and integrating different ideas and elements.​
- Phase 3 Design Form (form now closed)
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Phase 4: Storyboarding
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The MHS Marching Band Staff will utilize all of the ideas provided by students in Phases 1-3 to create a preliminary storyboard for each show concept candidate.
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Some concepts may be shelved for a future year if their execution is limited by current constraints (instrumentation, music technology limitations, etc).
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★ Phase 5: Composition (current phase)
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Rick Schadt will begin writing the show with periodic check-ins to share his work with students.
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Preview of the show music will be available by the marching band season kick-off meeting in February 2025.
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Students will continue to have opportunities to provide input and help make decisions regarding the finalized show.
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Phase 6: Rehearsal & Performance
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Students will begin learning their show in early Summer of 2025 with competitions and halftime performances beginning in September of 2025.
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Students will compete at the 2025 WSMA State Marching Band Championships on Saturday, October 18.
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A recording session for the show will follow; the completed video from the recording session will be shared at the season wrap-up/awards night at the end of the season.