MHS Marching Band
Current Production
The Mukwonago High School Marching Band is proud to present their 2025 production...
ToBeDesigned
by You
Musical Selections
Show Announcement
To be designed by you, the students of
Mukwonago High School & Park View Middle School
Design
To be designed by you, the students of
Mukwonago High School & Park View Middle School
About this Production
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, ​
Audio Recordings
Show music recordings to be released in 2025!
About the TBD Process
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 (current phase)
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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 would be limited by current constraints (instrumentation, music technology limitations, etc).
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Completed storyline(s) will be presented to students followed by further discussion.
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Phase 5: Composition
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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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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.