Junior High Songfest (Grades 7-9)
Junior High Songfest (Grades 7-9) will be hosted by Amy Venkus at Colonial Middle School (Plymouth Whitemarsh SD) on April 8, 2025 as a 1 day fest with a concert at 7:00pm. The guest Director will be Arreon Harley-Emerson, conductor of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and CEO/Artistic Director of Elevate Vocal Arts.
Region VI Chorus Festival
Garnet Valley H.S. - Location
Krista Thomas - thomask@garnetvalley.org
Nicholas Harmantzis - nharmantzis@palcs.org
Festival Website: https://sites.google.com/garnetvalley.org/pmearegion6choirfestival2025/home
Ticket Link: https://pmead12.ludus.com/index.php?sections=events
Region VI Band Festial
Hosted by Joe Santanello
Director Packets and Information can be found here (password protected)
Elementary Songfest (Grades 4-6)
Elementary Songfest (Grades 4-6) will be hosted by Tyler Gibson at Springfield Township High School (Montgomery County) on April 10, 2025 as a 1 day fest with a concert at 7:00pm. The guest director will be Kendra Balmer from Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance.
Region VI Orchestra Festival
Girard Academic Music Program - Location
Mr. Mac Holcomb - mtholcomb@philasd.org
Tatyana Oksyuk - Tatyana.Oksyuk@rtsd.org
The PMEA Region VI Orchestra concert will take place at Girard Academic Music Program on Saturday, February 22 at 11:00am. Tickets for the concert will be $10 and can be purchased in advance at https://pmead12.ludus.com/index.php?sections=events
District 11 Chorus Festival
Director Information for this festival can be found here (password protected)
Student information for this festival can be found in your music folder.
Tickets for the DIstrict 11 Chorus Concert AT POTTSGROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, not High School, can be purchased here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/pmea-district-11/pmea-d11-choir-festival
Elementary and Middle/Junior High School String Fests
Morgan Gabel and Michelle Clausz of Indian Crest and Indian Valley Middle Schools, hosts.
Snow date and venue if needed: Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Indian Crest Middle School.
District 11 Band Festival
Director Information for this festival can be found here (password protected).
Student information for this festival can be found in your music folder.
Tickets for the District Band Concert can be purchased here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/pmea-district-11/pmea-d11-band-festival
District 11 Orchestra Festival
Director Information for this festival can be found here (password protected).
Student information for this festival was included in your music folder.
Tickets for the District 11 Orchestra Concert can be purchased at: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/pmea-district-11/pmea-d11-orchestra-festival
Instrumental Auditions
Instrumental Audition Excerpts
Click here for audition excerpts. Any corrections or updates will be marked on the file.
Click here to register students. Registration should be done by the DIRECTOR only.
Click here for the registration invoice. For all checks, please ensure they are made out to PMEA D11.
Click here to pay for your registration with a credit card.
To register, students should arrive at 8:00 A.M. There is no need to arrive early, as registration will be open from 8:00-9:00 A.M. A line will form at our stage. We have attached a map of our high school for your convenience. Students can park anywhere on campus and follow wayfinding signs to our auditorium. Directors can park in our Performing Arts Complex parking lot off Fort Washington Avenue. *There is a local 5K happening that morning, so please be mindful of any runners.
We will have refreshments and food available for purchase during the day.
Photocopies of the excerpts are permitted. Please disregard any references to using actual purchased sheet music on the forms. Photocopies of our excerpts are acceptable.
Choral Auditions
Click here to register students. Registration should be done by the DIRECTOR only.
Click view event for audition information.
