Pinellas All County Middle School Orchestra
PCMEA
2023/2024 Pinellas All-County Middle School Orchestra Information
Performance Date: Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Performance Location: Mahaffey Theater - Duke Energy Center for the Arts
400 1st St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Performance Time: TBA
2023/2024 Pinellas All-County Middle School Orchestra Information
Performance Date: Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Performance Location: Mahaffey Theater - Duke Energy Center for the Arts
400 1st St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Performance Time: TBA
Coordinator Information
Jillian M. Savia, M.Ed.
Orchestra Director and Exploring Music Teacher
Largo Middle IB World School
PCMEA All-County Middle School Orchestra Coordinator
saviaj@pcsb.org
Audition Information and Materials
Please click the links below to view the Audition Materials and the Student Agreement Form.
Students and families, please review the Student Agreement Form. If you plan on auditioning, please sign and return the bottom of the form to your school Music Director before October 13th, 2023.
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Student Agreement Form
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Audition Music
Audition Date: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
Audition Location: Pinellas Park High School - 6305 118th Ave N, Largo, FL 33773
Audition Times for Students: To be announced. Directors will receive the audition schedule by November 5th, 2023.
Music Directors: Sign interested students up to audition through the PCSB Performing Arts Database.
Registration is due by 11:59pm on October 13th, 2023.
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Director Information Sheet
Permission Slips: Directors, please collect a signed permission slip for each student who plans on auditioning. If any of your students are selected to perform in the All-County Middle School Orchestra, you will also need a signed permission slip for all of the rehearsal dates as well as for the concert date.
Notification of membership in the orchestra will be made to directors before Thanksgiving break.
Click Here for the Audition Permission Slip
Click Here for the Rehearsal Permission Slip
Click Here for the Concert Permission Slip
Rehearsal Information
January 17th, 2024 Directors Rehearsal/Sectionals
Site: Largo Middle IB World School, 155 8th Ave. SE, Largo, FL 33771
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 18th, 2024 Clinician Rehearsal
Site: Largo Middle IB World School
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 19th, 2024 Clinician Rehearsal
Site: Largo Middle IB World School
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 20th, 2024 Dress Rehearsal/Concert
Mahaffey Theater, 400 1st St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Times are to be announced.
Performance Information
Date: Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Time: Performance time is to be announced.
Location: Mahaffey Theater - Duke Energy Center for the Arts
401 1st St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Clinician Information
Sarah B. Ball
Sarah Ball has been teaching orchestra for twenty-six years, currently at North Gwinnett Middle School in Sugar Hill, Ga, where she is one of two orchestra directors. The NGMS orchestra program has 475 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The 8th grade orchestra was selected to perform at GMEA in January (2012) and received the GMEA Exemplary Performance Award in 2009 and 2015. In December 2013, the NGMS Honor Orchestra was one of three middle school orchestras selected internationally to perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and has performed at Carnegie Hall. The NGMS music department was recently awarded the inaugural Exemplary Program Award from GMEA (2017-18).
Mrs. Ball holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Appalachian State University and a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University. She was named the NGMS Teacher of the Year for 2011-12 and was selected as the middle school Teacher of the Year for Gwinnett County. In 2018, Mrs. Ball was chosen as the GA ASTA String Educator of the year. She has served as state treasurer and president for GA-ASTA and has served nationally on the K-12 orchestra curriculum committee for and member-at-large.
She is currently a mentor for national ASTA and has supervised numerous student teachers during her career. Mrs. Ball was the GMEA Orchestra Division Chair and has held school leadership roles as curriculum and department chair at both Lanier MS and NGMS. She is currently the GMEA Vice President for All-State events. Mrs. Ball has presented professional development sessions at the school, county, state and national level including the national ASTA conference and The Ohio State University String Teacher’s Workshop.
She is active as a clinician, adjudicator, and conductor throughout the country. In addition, she has been on the staff of Encore Music Camp for twenty years as well as the GA-ASTA camp, and NGMS 6th Grade Bulldog Camp. She has served as conductor of the Kendall Youth Orchestra, a county-wide honor orchestra comprised of students in grades 6-8 for twelve years. Mrs. Ball started violin at the age of 10 in the Henderson County Strings Program (Hendersonville, NC) and currently resides in Johns Creek, Georgia with her husband Jerrod, and their cats, Topsy and Turvy.
Jillian M. Savia, M.Ed.
Orchestra Director and Exploring Music Teacher
Largo Middle IB World School
PCMEA All-County Middle School Orchestra Coordinator
saviaj@pcsb.org
Audition Information and Materials
Please click the links below to view the Audition Materials and the Student Agreement Form.
Students and families, please review the Student Agreement Form. If you plan on auditioning, please sign and return the bottom of the form to your school Music Director before October 13th, 2023.
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Student Agreement Form
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Audition Music
Audition Date: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
Audition Location: Pinellas Park High School - 6305 118th Ave N, Largo, FL 33773
Audition Times for Students: To be announced. Directors will receive the audition schedule by November 5th, 2023.
Music Directors: Sign interested students up to audition through the PCSB Performing Arts Database.
Registration is due by 11:59pm on October 13th, 2023.
2023/2024 All-County Middle School Orchestra Director Information Sheet
Permission Slips: Directors, please collect a signed permission slip for each student who plans on auditioning. If any of your students are selected to perform in the All-County Middle School Orchestra, you will also need a signed permission slip for all of the rehearsal dates as well as for the concert date.
Notification of membership in the orchestra will be made to directors before Thanksgiving break.
Click Here for the Audition Permission Slip
Click Here for the Rehearsal Permission Slip
Click Here for the Concert Permission Slip
Rehearsal Information
January 17th, 2024 Directors Rehearsal/Sectionals
Site: Largo Middle IB World School, 155 8th Ave. SE, Largo, FL 33771
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 18th, 2024 Clinician Rehearsal
Site: Largo Middle IB World School
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 19th, 2024 Clinician Rehearsal
Site: Largo Middle IB World School
5:30pm-8:30pm
January 20th, 2024 Dress Rehearsal/Concert
Mahaffey Theater, 400 1st St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Times are to be announced.
Performance Information
Date: Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Time: Performance time is to be announced.
Location: Mahaffey Theater - Duke Energy Center for the Arts
401 1st St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Clinician Information
Sarah B. Ball
Sarah Ball has been teaching orchestra for twenty-six years, currently at North Gwinnett Middle School in Sugar Hill, Ga, where she is one of two orchestra directors. The NGMS orchestra program has 475 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The 8th grade orchestra was selected to perform at GMEA in January (2012) and received the GMEA Exemplary Performance Award in 2009 and 2015. In December 2013, the NGMS Honor Orchestra was one of three middle school orchestras selected internationally to perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and has performed at Carnegie Hall. The NGMS music department was recently awarded the inaugural Exemplary Program Award from GMEA (2017-18).
Mrs. Ball holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Appalachian State University and a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University. She was named the NGMS Teacher of the Year for 2011-12 and was selected as the middle school Teacher of the Year for Gwinnett County. In 2018, Mrs. Ball was chosen as the GA ASTA String Educator of the year. She has served as state treasurer and president for GA-ASTA and has served nationally on the K-12 orchestra curriculum committee for and member-at-large.
She is currently a mentor for national ASTA and has supervised numerous student teachers during her career. Mrs. Ball was the GMEA Orchestra Division Chair and has held school leadership roles as curriculum and department chair at both Lanier MS and NGMS. She is currently the GMEA Vice President for All-State events. Mrs. Ball has presented professional development sessions at the school, county, state and national level including the national ASTA conference and The Ohio State University String Teacher’s Workshop.
She is active as a clinician, adjudicator, and conductor throughout the country. In addition, she has been on the staff of Encore Music Camp for twenty years as well as the GA-ASTA camp, and NGMS 6th Grade Bulldog Camp. She has served as conductor of the Kendall Youth Orchestra, a county-wide honor orchestra comprised of students in grades 6-8 for twelve years. Mrs. Ball started violin at the age of 10 in the Henderson County Strings Program (Hendersonville, NC) and currently resides in Johns Creek, Georgia with her husband Jerrod, and their cats, Topsy and Turvy.
