​Choral Kaleidoscope is a professional development event exploring the multi-faceted choral educators, conductors, and church musicians! This year’s guest clinician, Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, will present engaging sessions on rehearsal technique, podium leadership, and a conducting masterclass with the Duquesne Voices of Spirit. Dr. Caron Daley, Director of Choral Activities at Duquesne University, will lead sessions on movement in the choral rehearsal and re-tooling your conducting gesture.
Registration begins October 1! Act 48 credits available through the American Choral Directors Association of Pennsylvania.
 

Fox Chapel Area School District
Music Teacher - 2nd Semester Leave Replacement
Elementary Teaching/Music Instrumental 
www.fcasd.edu
Deadline - 11:59 p.m., November 14, 2018
Music K12 Certification - Strings Experience Required
Required Documentation: 

• Letter of Interest
• Standard Teaching Application
• Resume
• 3 signed Letters of Reference
• PA Certificate 
• Transcripts
• Praxis Results
• Clearances: Upon Interview Request

PMEA District 1 Honors Jazz Ensemble Auditions will be held on Monday, November 12, 2018.
 
Please consult the PMEA web page for all audition requirements for each instrument. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Todd Stefan at tstefan@northallegheny.org

Registration will take place from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. and the director’s meeting will be held in the Senior High School Band Room at 4:45 pm
 
Auditions will begin at 5:15 pm.
 
The audition fee will be $5.00 and is due at the registration table. A director from each school must be present in order for those students to audition.
 
Directors:

• When you arrive at North Allegheny Senior High School please enter from the front of the school. There will either be parent and/or student volunteers to guide you to the registration table.
• Please sign in at the director’s registration table so that we know you are present
• Follow the signs and/or volunteers to the NASH band room and sign up for an audition room. Please help yourself to a light dinner provided by the North Allegheny Band Patrons (NADBP).
• Results will be posted on the PMEA District 1 website on Tuesday, November 13, 2018
• The festival will also take place at North Allegheny on Friday February 1 and Saturday February 2, 2019

 
Students:

• When you arrive at North Allegheny Senior High School please enter from the front of the school. There will either be parent and/or student volunteers to guide you to the registration table.
• Please be advised that students are not permitted to drive themselves to and from any PMEA sponsored event.
• Please sign in at the registration table, pay your registration fee, and receive all information concerning your audition; auditions will be assigned as you arrive to NASH
• After you are registered report to the auditorium to await your audition; you may stop by the food table in the cafeteria to purchase concessions (Please no food or drink inside the auditorium)

 
We look forward to hosting you and your students at North Allegheny Senior High School!
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The Moon Area Music Department invites students in grades 7-12 interested in becoming a music major to our annual “So, You Want to be a Music Major?” seminar on November 8th. The discussion will include a mixture of topics geared towards students wishing to obtain information about studying music in college. Parents are also welcome to attend. 

Topics include:
- Degree options
- Career options based on degree
- How to prepare for a college audition
- How to select a college/university
​- What to focus on as a high school musician ​