Junior High District Chorus

The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, is adding a new choral festival this January especially for those students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade.  The festival will take place on Monday, January 15th (a school in-service day for OC) at the Barrow Civic Theatre in Franklin, and will feature a treble choir (female and unchanged male voices) conducted by Dr. Ryan Beeken, director of choral activities from IUP, and a changed male voice choir, conducted by Dr. Craig Dennison, also from IUP.  Both directors have conducted High School Festivals for PMEA, and students will have a great time working with them.  

We have the opportunity of sending up to 30 students from the middle school and high school to this festival (15 from middle, 15 from high school).  Students from grades 7-9 should complete the paperwork that was emailed to them and return to Mr. Luxbacher no later than Wednesday, November 8th.  Once students turn in their paperwork, they will be asked to sing a short passage from their choir music to determine placement on the preference sheet.  Preference sheets will then be sent to PMEA, with results to be announced after students are selected to the chorus by the District 3 selection committee.  This is a great opportunity for our middle school and early high school students to meet other students who sing across a six county area, and work with two top-notch choral directors.  Please contact Mr. Luxbacher with any questions.