2nd Semster Choir Calender

2/26  Drive thru Choir Breakfast  8am to 10 am @ Topside in Steilacoom

        Ordering information will be posted and sent on ParentSquare

3/5 Solo and Ensemble Contest @ Hudtloff MS - Adv. Choir Lg Ensemble

       Schedule wil be sent out on Parentsquare

3/29 Steilacoom Choral Festival @ Lagerquist Hall - Pacific Lutheran University 

       COVID Protocols will be posted and sent home in ParentSquare as soon as they are available.

4/21 Virtual Large Group Choral Festival - more info to come.

6/8 - Hello Summer Choir Concert 6:30 pm @ Pioneer Gym (AKA performing Arts Center)

My name is Katie Elshire and I am am starting my 28th year in education and my 8th year of teaching Choir and General Music/Appreciation at Pionner Middle School. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Choral Education from Pacific Lutheran University and a Masters in Instructional Technology from City University. 

I hold holds professional memberships in the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education. 

For the past 17 years, I have served on the Board of the Mountain Region Music Education Association where I'm serving as the acting Treasurer. For the past 12 years I have sang Alto 2 in the Symphony Tacoma Voices.

In 2018, I was humbled and honored to receive the “Middle Level Educator of the Year” award by the Washington Music Educators Association.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time chillin', floating on a lake in warmer weather, playing Pokemon Go with my husband, spending time with my daughter and playing with our corgi puppy.