Christopher Kiver is associate professor and director of choral activities at Pennsylvania State University where he directs the Concert Choir and Men’s Glee Club, oversees the graduate choral conducting program and teaches classes in choral conducting and choral literature....

Chris Marra is currently the Director of Instrumental Activities at Seton Hill University. As a part of his duties, Chris is the conductor of the Westmoreland Symphonic Winds, the Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, and teaches courses in music education and conducting....

Messa di Voce is the a cappella chorus at Richard E. Strayer Middle School in the Quakertown Community School District, and it is comprised of students from grades seven and eight. Messa di voce, according to The New Harvard Dictionary of Music (1986), means "to place the voice" from the Italian mettere (to place)....

The Neshaminy High School Jazz Band is one of two high school jazz ensembles at Neshaminy high school. They rehearse two evenings as a week for a total of 6 hours each week from November to May. The jazz band performs approximately 12 times during the season, which includes performances at local jazz festivals, college jazz festivals, trips, community concerts and district events....

Daniel J. Keown serves as Assistant Professor of Vocal Music Education in the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in music education from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Keown spent six years as a music educator in the Chicago Public Schools and neighborhood choir conductor with the Chicago Children’s Choir....

Pennfield MS & North Penn SD are proud to present the 2017-18 edition of the Pennfield Middle School Jazz Band, one of eight jazz bands in the district. Members of the jazz program are selected by audition each fall from the 7th, 8th, and 9th Grade Concert Band program....

David Pope is Director of Orchestras for the Elyria City Schools near Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, he teaches string pedagogy courses for VanderCook College of Music, conducts the Philharmonia for the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras, and serves as a senior conductor and the co-director of Florida State University’s Summer String Orchestra Camp....