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Middle School Choral Festival

If you are looking for information for the MIDDLE SCHOOL portion of the County Choral Festival, you are at the correct page.
If you are looking for general information, common to all three levels of the Choral Festivals, then choose the Chorus Festival tab off of the drop down menu under festival.

 Festival March 23-25, 2023 Zembo Shrine

Site host - (Friday rehearsal arrangements)
Eric Hartranft, Susquehanna Township
 ehartranft@hannasd.org 
     

Co-Host - (music/guest director)


Chorus Selections

Guest conductor:
Selections: 

Jubilate Deo           by Jay Althouse—Shawnee Press SAB # D0411 
 
Kyrie              by Dvorak/Schram    SAB
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=Kyrie+schram 
 
Thistle and Rose            Wolfe/White - SAB 
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=Thistle+and+Rose 
 
Shoshone Love Song           arr. Emerson    SAB
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=Thistle+and+Rose 
 
This Is Me        arr. Mac Huff    SAB
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=This+Is+Me 
 
Maximum of 18 singers per school for Forum and Zembo Shrine years. (Suggestion: 6 singers per part-soprano, alto, baritone with an understanding that additional men may be added to allow for lower numbers in other schools.)  The singer allotment is 24 on years when we are at Founder's Hall. 2023 is a Zembo Shrine year. 

Guest Conductor Contract

The blank contract is located on the "For Director's Only" page.

Student Accompanists

Student accompanist auditionees should prepare ALL accompaniments (and be able to play two parts at a time for ALL accompanied pieces—SA and TB). Also, accompanist auditionees should be able to read all voice parts simultaneously for a cappella pieces. Please notify the festival co-host of your perspective accompanists so that you can be kept informed about audition times and places

Registration Invoice

registration_invoice__2023_.pdf
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Host & Co-Host Guidelines

The following file contains the guidelines for the host and co-host of the Middle School festival and the timeline for task completion and information disbursement.
dauphin_county_chorus_middle_school_guidelines_3-28-18.pdf
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Guidelines for acceptable attire

Girls:
  • Dress or
  • Skirt and blouse or
  • Nice pants outfit
  • Comfortable flat or low-heeled shoes
  • No High Heels, No Sneakers, No Jeans, No T-shirts
 
Boys:
  • Button down or polo style shirt
  • Dress pants or khakis
  • Tie optional
  • Comfortable shoes
  • No Sneakers, No Jeans, No T-shirts

Student Registration

4 easy steps
1. Email the names of students participating to both     and Clint Funk (funkc@hasd.us) by February-1  (all e-mails—no paper).
     A. Names of participating students should be alphabetized by last name
         (separate lists for ES, MS, & HS), again, by e-mail - no paper).
     B. Please indicate ES, MS, or HS for each list of students (by e-mail—no
          paper).
     C. The director’s name, name of school and name of school district should 
          also be included with each list  (by e-mail—no paper).
2. Print a copy of the “registration invoice” to include with your check (paper copy).  This document is at the left.  All checks should be mailed by March 1 to the DCMEA treasurer.      
​Treasurer: Matt Landrum
      mlandrum@raiderweb.org
      c/o Middletown Area HS
      1155 N Union St.
      Middletown, PA 17057             
​
3. Teachers should print and distribute the “DCMEA Student Registration and Medical Information form” to all participating students (hard copies on paper).
4. Teachers should bring a completed “DCMEA Student Registration and Medical Information form” for each participating student to the festival (hard copies on paper); these forms do not need to be submitted in advance.  This form is at the left.

Choral Festival Info – concert at The Zembo Shrine
Rehearsals
  • Elementary Rehearsal - Thursday, March 23, 2023     
    6:30 PM to 8:00 PM @ Susquehanna Twp. Middle School.
     
    (801 Wood St, Harrisburg, PA 17109)
  • Middle School Rehearsal - Friday, March 24, 2023
    8:30 AM to 1:45 PM @ Susquehanna Twp. Middle School 

    (801 Wood St, Harrisburg, PA 17109) 
  • Senior High Rehearsals 
    • Thursday, March 23, 2023  - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
      @ Susquehanna Twp. High School 
      (3500 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, PA)
    • ​Friday, March 24, 2023  - 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM
      @ Susquehanna Twp. High School
      (3500 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, PA)

Festival Day
  • Saturday March 25  @ The Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg.  
  • Rehearsal begins at 8:30 AM - Schedule below
  • Concert at 2:30 PM
  • Snow Day - ​​
​​
Each school may send up to up to 12 singers, total, for Forum years. 
        2023 is "Forum" year. Each school may send up to 16 singers,
        total, for Founder's Hall years.
zembo_breakdown_schedule_for_saturday_march_25_2023.pdf
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Permission slips and Medical forms 2020
 (Copy Back to Back!)

student_reg_and_med_info2023.pdf
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CD order form

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