DISTRICT'S CONTEMPORARY A CAPPELLA GROUP SELECTED TO PERFORM AT SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Upper Dublin High School’s contemporary a cappella group, VOX, will perform at the prestigious Student Celebration Showcase, a feature event at the 2015 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference, which will be held in Hershey, Penn. VOX is one of only seven acts to be selected for the honor. The group will entertain more than 500 Pennsylvania school board members and administrators when it takes the stage on Oct. 14, 2015, at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center’s Chocolate Ballroom.

Under the direction of Choral Director Nathaniel F. Arnold, VOX sings a variety of contemporary a cappella music. Members of the mixed group are also members of the Upper Dublin High School Choir and audition to perform with VOX. Composed of approximately 20 ninth-through-twelfth-grade students, the co-ed ensemble employs beatboxing to mimic rhythms using only their voices.

This summer, PASA-PSBA launched a statewide search for exceptional groups or individuals from Pennsylvania school districts to dazzle the audience at the organization’s annual meeting. Applications from district dance teams, jazz bands, orchestras and glee clubs were submitted but only seven student acts were accepted. Each act will perform for 10 minutes as part of a celebration of public school students.

“The District is very proud of VOX,” said District Superintendent Deb Wheeler. “The students’ musical ability and enthusiasm is impressive and they are sure to thrill the audience, We are looking forward with excitement to see them represent Upper Dublin at such a prestigious event” she added.

The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) is an organization that is instrumental in developing successful school leadership through advocacy, professional development, support, sustainment of high quality school administrators, and a statewide collegial network. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) is a nonprofit statewide association of public school boards, which is committed to the highest ideals of local lay leadership for the public schools of the commonwealth.