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Best Communities for Music Education 2025

 

Music Department Vision

A 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  2025-2026

Winter. & SpringWed, Jan 28 - HS Choir - 27th Annual Maroon & Gray Concert - 7:30 pm

Sunday, Feb 22  - Adv Strings with NVS in Family Concert - 3pm 

Tues, Feb 24 - HS 9th Grade Concert - band choir, and orchestra - 7:30pm

Sun, March 22 - SC Choral Society  and Master Singers Concert

April 16-19 - HS Music Adjudication Trip

Tues, April 21 - HS 9th, OMA, Cecilian, & Master Singers Concert - 7:30 pm

Mon, April 27  - Delta MS Spring Concert @ HS LGI Auditorium - 7:00 pm

Tues, April 28 - 9th/10th/Concert Bands Spring Concert - 7:30 pm

Wed, April 29 - HS Symphonic Band - 7:30 pm

Thurs, April 30 - HS Orchestra  Concert- 9 , Concert, Adv, Chamber  - 7:30 pm

Wed, May 6 - MNE  Band, Choir & Orch - 7:00 pm  @ MNMS

Wed May 6 -  FTE  Band, Choir & Orch - 7:00 pm 

Thurs, May 7 - MNMS 7th Grade Band & Choir Concert - 7:00 pm

Mon, May 11 - Radio Park  Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00pm @ PFMS 

Mon, May 11 - Gray’s Woods Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00pm

Tues, May 12 - MNMS 6th grade Band and Choir - 7:00 pm

Tues, May 12 - PFMS Orchestra - 7:00 pm - FMX

Wed, May 13 - Corl Street  Band, Choir, Orchestra - 7:00 pm 

Wed, May 13 - PFE  Band, Choir, and Orchestra Concert - 7:00 pm @ PFMS

Thurs, May 14 - PFMS 7th Grade Choir and Band - 7:00pm

Thurs, May 14 - MNMS Orchestra  - 7:00pm - FMX

Fri, May 15 - SC Jazz Night at HS - ( MNMS, PFMS, & HS) - 7:00pm

Mon, May 18 - Spring Creek Band, Choir, Orchestra - 7:00pm

Mon, May 18 - Easterly Pkwy Band, Choir, & Orchestra - 7:00 pm

Tues, May 19 - MNMS Symphonic Band Concert - 7:00 pm

Tues, May 19 - PFMS 6th Grade Band & Choir Concert- 7:00 pm

Wed, May 20 - HS Choir Pops Concert - 7:30pm

Thurs, May 21 - PFMS 8th Grade Band & Choir  Concert  - 7:00 pm 

Thurs, May 21 - MNMS 8th Grade Band & Choir Concert - 7:00 pm

Sat, May 23 - HS Marching Band @ Boalsburg Memorial Day Parade

Mon, May 25 - Memorial Day -No School - HS Jazz Band I @ Memorial Day, Boalsburg

Tues, May 26 - PFMS Symphonic and Jazz Band Concert - 7:00 pm

Wed, May 27 - HS Rock Ensemble Concert @ PAC

Thurs, May 28 - HS Adv Rock Ensemble @ PAC

Fri, June 5 - Commencement (rain dates Sat, June 6, Sun, June 7)

June 15 - July 10 - SCASD Summer Band, Choir, and Orchestra

 

Fall & Winter

Wed, Sept 10 – UIS registration night –MNMS –7:00pm-8:30pm

Thurs, Sept 11 – Used Instrument Sale – MNMS – 7:00pm-8:30pm

Tues, Sept 30 - Fall Choral Showcase - 9th, Cecilian, OMA, Master Singers - 7:30pmCANCELLED Tues, Oct 21 - US Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants CANCELLED

Wed, Oct 22 - Partners in Music (PiM) - rehearsal #1 @PSU -  7:00am - 8am

Thurs, Oct 23 - How Saba Kept Singing - Music and LE

Tues, Oct 28 - Marching Band Indoor Concert - 7:30 pm

Wed, Oct 29 - PiM rehearsal #2 @ PSU - 7:00am - 8am       

Wed, Nov 5 - PiM rehearsal -#3 @ PSU - 7:00am - 8am

Wed, Nov 5 and Thurs, Nov 6 - CCMEA hosted by MNMS music

Tuesday, Nov 11th - HS 10th Grade and Concert Ensembles - 7:30 pm

Wed, Nov 12th - HS Master Singers, Sym Band and Symphony Orchestra - 7:30pm

Wed, Nov 12 - PiM final rehearsal - #4 @ PSU - 7:00am - 8am

Thurs, Nov 13 - Partners in Music Concert @ HS - 7:00 pm

Wed, Nov 19th - HS 9th Grade Fall Concert  - 7:30 pm 

Thurs, Dec 4 - Delta MS Winter Concert @ Delta LGI Pit - 7:00 PM

Thurs, Dec 11 - MNMS Winter Choral Concert @ HS  – 7:00pm 

Tues, Dec 16 - MNMS Winter Orchestra Concert - 7:00 pm

Tues, Dec 16 - PFMS Winter Choir Concert - 7:00 pm  

Wed, Dec 17 - HS Music 10-12 Winter Pops Concert - 7:30 pm

Thurs, Dec 18 – PFMS Winter Orchestra Concert  – 7:00 pm

Tues, Jan 6  - HS Rock Ensemble @ HS PAC  - 7:00 pm

Wed, Jan 7  -  HS Adv Rock Ensemble @ HS PAC   - 7:00pm

Thurs, Jan 8 - PFMS  Winter Band - 7:00pm  

Tues, Jan 13 - MNMS Winter Band - 7:00pm

Fri, Jan 16 - Sat, Jan 17 - PMEA Dist 4 Jazz Band & A Cappella Festival @ SCASD

Wed, Jan 28 - HS Choir - 27th Annual Maroon & Gray Concert - 7:30 pm

Sun, Feb 22  - Adv Strings with NVS in Family Concert