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State College Area School District: Best Community for Music Education2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023MUSIC DEPARTMENT VISIONA music empowered student values music as part of a comprehensive education and an essential expression of the human experience. Students become lifelong patrons and practitioners of music through creativity, critical thinking, music literacy, and aesthetic awareness.
Music Events and Concerts 2023 - 2024
Wed, Sept 6 – UIS registration night –MNMS –7:00pm-8:30pm
Thurs, Sept 7 – Used Instrument Sale – MNMS – 7:00pm-8:30pm
Thurs, Sept 28 - SCHS Homecoming Parade
Wed, Oct 11 - Partners in Music (PiM) - 1st rehearsal @ PSU - 7:15am - 8am
Fri, Oct 13 - PSU Homecoming Parade
Wed, Oct 18 - PiM - rehearsal #2 @PSU - 7:15am - 8am
Thurs, Oct 19 - HS Fall Choral Concert - OMA, Cecilian, Master Singers - 7:30pm
Sat, Oct 21 - Men of Song @ PSU
Wed, Oct 25 - PiM rehearsal #3 @ PSU - 7:15am - 8a,
Mon, October 30 - Marching Band Indoor Dress Rehearsal
Wed, Nov 1 - PiM final rehearsal -#4
Wed, Nov 1 - Indoor Marching Band Concert
Thurs, Nov 2 - Partners in Music Concert - HS PAC. 7:00 pm
Wed, Nov 29 - HS Fall Bands Concert - 7:30 pm postponed
Wed Dec 6 - HS Fall Orchestra Concert - 7:30 pm
Mon, Dec 11- HS Winter Pops Choral Concert - 7:30 pm
Tues, Dec 12 - PFMS Winter Choral Concert - 7:00 pm
Tues, Dec 12 - MNMS Winter Orchestra Concert - 7:00 pm postponed
Wed & Thurs, Dec 13 & 14 - Master Singers & PCO @ PSU rehearsal
Thurs, Dec 14 – PFMS Winter Orchestra Concert – 7:00pm - postpones
Thurs, Dec 14 - MNMS Winter Choral Concert @ HS – 7:00pm
Fri, Dec 15 - Master Singers Concert with PCO @ Penn State Recital Hall - 7:30pm
Mon, Dec 18 - HS Choir - 24th Annual Maroon & Gray Concert - 7:30 pm postponed
Mon, Dec 18 - PFMS Winter Orchestra Concert - 7:00pm
Tues, Dec 19 - HS Fall Bands Concert - 7:30pm
Wed, Dec 20 - MNMS Winter Orchestra Concert - 7:00pm
Mon, Jan 8 - HS Rock Ensemble @ HS PAC - 7:00 pm
Tues, Jan 9 - HS Adv Rock Ensemble @ HS PAC - 7:30pmWed, Jan 10 - HS Adv Rock Ensemble @ HS PAC - 7:00pm
Wed, Jan 10 - PFMS Winter Band - 7:00pm
Thurs, Jan 11 - MNMS Winter Band - 7:00pm
Jan 11-13 - PMEA D4 Band - Glendale HS
Feb 6 - Annual Maroon and Gray Choir Concert - 7:30pm
Feb 8 - 10 - PMEA D4/6 Orchestra @ Richland
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 - 9th Grade Ensembles (Band, Choir, Orchestra)
Feb 15-17 - PMEA District Jazz @ East Juniata HS
Feb 22-24 - PMEA Region III Band @ Bald Eagle Area SD
Wed, Feb 28 - Sat, March 2 - ACDA Eastern Region Conference
March 7-9 - PMEA Region III Chorus
March 21-23 - PMEA Western Region Orchestra
Thurs-Fri, April 4-5 -HS Master Singers & SCCSociety - Dress Rehearsals - PAC - 7-9:30pm
Sun, April 7 - HS Master Singers and SC Choral Society - Concert 3pm
Friday, April 12 - 46th State College Jazz Festival - PAC
April 17-20 - PMEA All-State Conference - ERIE
Wed, April 24 - HS OMA, Cecilian, & Master Singers Concert - 7:30 pm
Fri, April 26 - One-Day Adjudication Festival - HS ensembles - Hershey Park
Tues, April 30 - 9th/10th/Concert Bands Spring Concert - 7:30pm
Wed, May 1 - HS Symphonic Band - 7:30 pm
Thurs, May 2 - Delta MS Spring Concert @ Delta - 7:00 pm
Mon, May 6 - Gray’s Woods Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert - 7:00 pm
Mon, May 6 - Radio Park Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert - 7:00 pm @PFMS
Wed, May 8 - Corl Street Band, Choir & Orch - 7:00 pm
Wed May 8 - Park Forest Band, Choir & Orch - 7:00 pm
Thurs, May 9 - MNMS 7th Grade Band & Choir Concert - 7:00 pm
Thurs, May 9 - PFMS Symphonic Band Concert - 7:00 pm
Fri - Sat, May 10 & 11 - Delta MS Spring Musical
Mon, May 13 - Spring Creek Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00pm
Mon, May 13 - Easterly Parkway Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00pm
Tues, May 14 - MNMS 6th grade Band and Choir - 7:00 pm
Tues, May 14 - PFMS Orchestra - 7:00 pm
Wed, May 15 - Ferguson Township Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00 pm
Wed, May 15 - Mt. Nittany Elementary Band, Choir, Orchestra - 7:00 pm
Thurs, May 16 - PFMS 7th Grade Choir and Band - 7:00pm
Thurs, May 16 - MNMS Orchestra - 7:00pm
Fri, May 17 - SC Jazz Night at HS - ( MNMS, PFMS, & HS) - 7:30pm
Mon, May 20 - HS Choir Pops Concert
Tues, May 21 - MNMS Symphonic Band Concert - 7:00 pm
Tues, May 21 - PFMS 6th Grade Band & Choir Concert- 7:00 pm
Wed, May 22 - HS Orchestra Concert- 9 Orch, Adv Strings, Chamber Orchestra - 7:30 pm
Thurs, May 23 - PFMS 8th Grade Band & Choir Concert - 7:00 pm
Thurs, May 23 - MNMS 8th Grade Band & Choir Concert - 7:00 pm
Sat, May 25 - HS Marching Band @ Boalsburg Memorial Day Parade
Mon, May 27 - Memorial Day -No School - HS Jazz Band I @ Memorial Day, Boalsburg
Wed, May 29 - HS Rock Ensemble Concert @ PAC
Thurs, May 30 - HS Adv Rock Ensemble @ PAC
Sat, June 1 - HS Music Formal
FRIDAY, June 7 - Commencement (rain dates Sat, June 8, Sun, June 9)
June 17 - July 13 - SCASD Summer Band, Choir, and Orchestra
SC High School Marching Band
State High Jazz Band on tour in Europe - July 2023On Sunday, April 16 The SCAHS Master Singers, State College Choral Society, & the PA Chamber Orchestra, led by Mr. Erik Clayton and Dr. Russ Shelley, performed the Mendelssohn Lobsegang and the Poulenc Gloria.The Delta MS Steel Drum Band, along with their teacher James Eldreth, were selected to performat the PMEA All-State Conference 2023. Here they are at the Kalahari conference center.PFMS Sylvan Singers and SCHS Chamber Singers performed as part of the8th Annual "Christmas with the Choral Society"The State College Choral Society, Centre Brass, SCHS Chamber Singers, and PFMS Sylvan SingersSCHS Master Singers, State College Choral Society, and PA Chamber Orchestraperforming Mozart's Requiem - September 11, 2022