Welcome to the PMEA District 5 Home Page
District 5 includes over 250 school and private music teachers from Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties. District 5 sponsors high school band, chorus and orchestra for members' students who are selected either by tryouts or director recommendation and school size quotas. An honors band and honors chorus are offered to student-musicians by competitive audition. District 5 festival musicians may advance to Region, All State, Eastern Division and National MENC groups.
| District 5 General Information | Scholarship and Award Information | ||
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PMEA District 5 Scholarship for Music Education Major- Due Dec 1, 2009 |
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| Citation of Excellence Award-High School- Due Dec. 1, 2009 | |||
| PMEA District 5 Outstanding Principal Award - Due Dec. 1, 2009 | |||
| PMEA Outstanding Superintendent Award- Due Dec. 1, 2009 | |||
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Future Music Educators Honors Symposium Application- PMEA State Conference- TBA | ||
| Festival Information | Irene Christman PMEA Scholarship-Due Date March, 2010 | ||
| PMEA Hall of Fame Application -Due January 1, 2010 | |||
| 2009-2010 Honors Band Solo List | William Nash Continuing Education Scholarship- Due Jan., 2010 | ||
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2008-2009 Honors Band Time Limit Policies-Winds
Each wind player will have a maximum of five (5) minutes for the audition. A maximum of three (3) minutes to play the excerpts from the prepared solo, 30 seconds to review the sight reading piece, and 60 seconds to perform the sight reading piece. The room monitor will stop the student at the end of the time limit. The judges will select an appropriate amount of material that will take NO LONGER than 3 minutes if the tempo the student chooses is correct.
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2008-2009 Honors Band Time Limit Policies-Percussion:
1. Students must use the percussion equipment supplied by the host site 2. Students must bring their own snare sticks and appropriate mallets – only one set per selection to expedite the audition process. 3. Students must have their own copies of the audition music. 4. Students will have 1 minute to tune the timpani from a selected pitch. 5. The judging panel shall hear 1 minute from each excerpt snare, mallet, and timpani. 6. Students will have 30 seconds to review the sight-reading selection and 1 minute to perform the excerpt.
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| Honors Band Sight Reading Information-2007 adoption | PMEA District 5 Music Libraries | ||
| Band Festival Manual | |||
| Choral Festival Manual | |||
| Selection Rotation 2009-2010 District Festivals | |||
| Selection Quota Form 2009-2010 District Festivals | Misc. Music Links and Articles | ||
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PMEA District 5 Constitution and By-Laws (Updated September 2007) |
A Comparison of PSSA Scores between Music and Non-Music Students: Summary Report |
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Festival Paperwork |
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| PMEA Medical Form | District Jazz Band Paperwork | ||
| Code of Conduct Form | Elementary Song Fest Application/Information | ||
| Honors Band/Chorus, District Band/Chorus/Orchestra Contract - Due dates set by host | Junior High District Band | ||
| Region Band/Chorus/Orchestra Contract - Due dates ASAP after District Festival | |||
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You can find all other relevant forms at the PMEA.net website. Select the Member Login link. | ||