2008 District 7 Elementary Song Fest

Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Warwick HS, Lititz, PA

Host Directors: Michele Conrad, Todd Fulginiti, Amy Martin, Michelle Schmaldienst

Guest Conductor
Eileen Hower

Eileen Hower is choral conductor and general music teacher at Central Columbia Middle School in Bloomsburg, PA. Mrs. Hower holds a Bachelors degree from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, a Masters degree from Marywood University, and is currently a Ph.D. student at Penn State University. She is a member of MENC and ACDA and is president-elect of ACDA-PA.
Ms. Hower’s choirs have been invited to perform at state, divisional and national ACDA and MENC conventions. Ms. Hower is a guest conductor for various choral festivals and has presented sessions at state, division and national conventions on subjects pertaining to middle school choral music and the middle school voice. Her article, “Designing a New Paradigm for Selecting Music for the Middle School Choir” appears in the November 2006 issue of Choral Journal.
Ms. Hower’s 7th grade students write and perform an original opera each year. She and her students have presented sessions at all levels of MENC conventions, and she has published articles on the subject in Music Educator’s Journal and PMEA News. Ms. Hower is listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Who’s Who of American Women, and Who’s Who in America. She was named locally as 1995 “Teacher of the Year” and March 2002 “WBRE Teacher of the Month” and received the 2005 PMEA District VIII Citation of Excellence Award.

Email information should be sent to:
tfulginiti@warwick.k12.pa.us

All “snail” mail should be sent to:
Todd Fulginiti
Kissel Hill Elementary School
215 Landis Valley Rd
Lititz, Pa. 17543

Number of students will be determined after we receive responses from interested directors.
Deadline for directors wishing to participate is Monday, October 15.

For a printable registration form (identical to the form below), click here.

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2008 District 7 Elementary SongFest Registration Information

Please send the following information to the above contacts by October 15, 2007.

Director(s): _________________________________________________

School District ______________________________________________

School Name and Address __________________________________________

Phone # (School):________________ Phone # (Home):________________

e-mail (School):__________________________________ e-mail (Home):__________________________________

MENC number: _______________________You must be a member of MENC to participate.