Oil City Middle and High School Choirs

Congratulations to the following Oil City High School Choir members who placed in the top 10 of their sections and are moving on to the PMEA Region II / All State Audition in March: Emily Downing - Alto 2 Emily Gates - Soprano 1 Layla Hollis - Soprano 1 Roman Hulver - Tenor 1 Hannah Krug - Alto 1 Alex Webster - Soprano 1 #Oilerproud!

We are happy to announce that Oil City High School Choir Senior Layla Hollis has been named to the National Association for Music Education's All-Eastern Honors Choir.  These musicians were selected from 1150 All-State applicants and ranked by their state presidents to fill five ensembles. The Orchestra (165), Symphonic Band (146), Mixed Chorus (270), Treble Chorus (120) and Jazz Ensemble (18), will be participating in a "Virtual Weekend” experience March 4-6, 2021 that will include keynote speakers, masterclasses with professional musicians, rehearsals with their conductors as well as opportunities to learn and network with colleges and universities of various types and participate in mock auditions.  Layla is the first Oil City High School student to earn this honor since the 1990s.  #Oilerproud!

With all of the turmoil in the world right now, I thought this would be appropriate for today. This is the 2020 A Cappella Choir's virtual rendition of Elaine Hagenberg's "I Will Be a Child of Peace."

Throughout the course of the weekend, the final virtual choir audio files will be going up on the Music Department Concert Archive.  Once they are all done, I will put them together with visuals for a final product, but I wanted to get them out ASAP so that families could hear their students' hard work.  6th Grade Chorus and Bass Choir were added this morning.  Treble Choir should go in tonight, and 7th and 8th Grade Chorus and A Cappella should be in by the end of the day Sunday.  Thank you to the students for their hard work, and for everyone for their patience as I edited and mixed down the files.  This haas been quite the learning experience for all of us.  Hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season, and I look forward to working with the students back at school soon! Link to the Archive: http://oilcityhschoirs.blogspot.com/p/music-department-concert-archive.html Click on Concerts 2020-2021, and then Virtual MS-HS Holiday Concert 2020.

NOTE:  Link has been changed to allow more access: Oil City Middle and High School Music Department is proud to present our 2020 Virtual Holiday Concert.  Featuring solo and small group performances by our middle and high school band and choir students, virtual choir performances of two of our traditional holiday selections, and memories of concerts past selected by our seniors, we hope that our musical Christmas card for this year will add some holiday cheer to your celebrations.  Over the course of the next few weeks, additional virtual choir songs recorded by our students will be released as they are completed.  We hope that you have a very Merry Christmas and a joyous Holiday Season. Link to the Recording: https://youtu.be/0qSLEZgaJkM

Just wanted to touch base about the latest assignment and also try to explain grading for the rest of the nine weeks.  First of all, please understand that I feel your pain as far as keeping the kids on track with virtual learning.  Having a 4th grader at home, I know how hard it is to be a parent trying to tackle your own work AND theirs, technology that doesn't always work, assignments that are confusing, and children who say they turned an assignment in, but neglect to tell you they turned it in blank.  It's almost like having to not only be a parent, but also to be a private investigator as well.  I want to assure you that I am here to help any way I can.  Please do not hesitate to reach out and check on assignments, ask questions, and request tech support.   RECORDING ASSIGNMENT:  Before we sent the students home, we were working on two holiday selections that I was hoping to record in the building once we returned in December.  If ...

Congratulations to the following Oil City High School Choir Students who were selected to the the PMEA 2021 Virtual District Chorus Festival.  Students will receive audition materials this week in Google Classroom, and will audition for Region Chorus in January. Alternates will receive all audition materials, and will be placed in the choir if positions become available. Emily Gates - Soprano 1 Alexandra Webster - Soprano 1 Chloe Terwilliger - Soprano 1 Layla Hollis - Soprano 1 Claudia Vorse - Soprano 1 Alternate    Elizabeth Hoovler - Soprano 2 Hannah Krug - Alto 1 Emily Downing - Alto 2 Roman Hulver - Te nor 1 Mason Stephens - T enor 1 Jaxon Knox - Tenor 1 Lorin DeGroat - Bass 1