Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation was named among the 2024’s Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) in the country by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for the 11th year in a row! P-H-M is among only 17 Indiana school districts, out of about 300, that made the list.
Below are the results from the ISSMA Middle School Festival held at Penn High School the weekend of March 16:
Every P-H-M 5th grader who will be attending a P-H-M middle school as an incoming 6th grader in the Fall 2024 has the opportunity to join an instrumental music class, which includes either band or orchestra. “Instrument Selection Night” is when students and families get to make their choice!
Congratulations to the band and orchestra students that performed at ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest on February 4th, 2023. Students prepared music, performed for judges, and were scored on a 9-point rubric.
Judges can award students with Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Participation ratings.
54 Schmucker students received Gold ratings for solo performances and 2 students received Silver ratings.
90 Schmucker students received Gold ratings for ensemble performances and 4 received Silver ratings.
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation is nationally recognized as one of the “Best Communities for Music Education” offering choir, band and orchestra at Schmucker, Discovery and Grissom Middle Schools.
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7th graders Joshua Jong, violist, and Reah Frydrych, violinist, earned a GOLD rating at the STATE ISSMA solo and ensemble contest in Indianapolis, Saturday, February 26th.
Every P-H-M 5th grader who will be attending a P-H-M middle school as an incoming 6th grader in the Fall 2022 has the opportunity to join an instrumental music class, which includes either band or orchestra.
“Instrument Selection Night” is when students and families get to make their choice!
Incoming 6th graders can go to any of the 6 Instrument Selection Nights to try out instruments:
The Penn High School choir and Discovery, Grissom and Schmucker Middle School choirs will perform a free Viva Voce concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the Penn Center for the Performing Arts.
Penn's Viva Voce will perform 7 pieces together, including a medley from Nightmare Before Christmas. The middle school choirs will perform three songs together, and then all of the choirs will join together for the final two songs, one of which is entitled "Sisi Ni Moja" which translates to "We Are One."
March 2, 3 & 4, 2021
4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
