Music
The standard for music excellence in the Eau Claire School District was set by Sarge Boyd back in the '30s, '40s, and '50s when his bands won nearly every contest they entered. Many of his students went on to play in the Eau Claire Municipal Band, which he also directed. Boyd's extraordinary success predated the founding of the university's music program by about twenty years. In recognition of his contributions to the school and the cultural development of the community, the bandshell in Owen Park was dedicated to him and renamed in his honor.
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“This music crept by me upon the waters,
Allaying both their fury and my passion
With its sweet air; thence have I followed it,
Or it hath drawn me rather.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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