About

Karl A. Segletes currently teaches in the Manheim Central School District where he teaches 5th and 6th Grade General Music and co-directs the Middle School Band program including the 5/6 Concert Band, the 7/8 Concert Band, and the Middle School Jazz Band. He also teaches Evolution of American Music as an asynchronous online course option at the high school and serves as the High School Tri-M co-advisor. Karl also serves as the Director of Music Ministries at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mechanicsburg, PA where he conducts the Chancel Choir and Bell Choir and works with numerous ensembles including their Worship Band and various instrumentalists. He also serves as the Fest Coordinator for District 7 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA).

Karl earned his Master of Music in Music Education from Temple University, his Kodaly Level I & II Certification from Westminster Choir College at Rider University, and his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College. He holds Pennsylvania Instructional II Teaching Certificates in Music PK-12, Mathematics 7-12, and Grade PK-6 and is certified in the Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program (SAP) K-12. Karl is a Google Certified Educator Level II and a Noteflight Learn Certified Educator

Karl has completed graduate work at  The University of the Arts, St. John’s Seminary, and the Church Music Institute at Shenandoah University. Currently, Karl is working towards his Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Systematic Theology from Luther Seminary and is in candidacy with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to become a Minister of Word & Service (Deacon).

Karl previously taught three curricular choirs and a world music elective at Bermudian Springs High School as well as 4th Grade Vocal Ensemble at the elementary school under the guidance of Mr. Matt Carlson. Additionally, he taught K-5 General Music and 4th & 5th Grade Choir at Franklin Township Elementary School in the Gettysburg Area School District under the guidance of Mr. Bill Serfass. Karl also instructed music and visual technique for the Greencastle-Antrim High School Marching Band and visual technique for their Indoor Percussion Ensemble. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Substitute Teacher in numerous districts and county systems throughout central and southeast Pennsylvania and northern Maryland and Delaware.

While at Gettysburg, Karl performed and held leadership positions with numerous ensembles including the Gettysburg College Choir, Concert Choir, Symphony Band, Gamelan Gita Semara, and the Bullets Marching Band, where he served as drum major. Karl also performed with the conservatory’s Opera Workshop program as First Sailor in Purcell’s Dido & Aneas and L’horloge comtoise in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges. In addition to chorus roles in these operas he also sang in the chorus in scenes from Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. Karl studied voice with Mr. Jeffrey Fahnestock and Mr. Matt Osifchin. Outside of the conservatory, Karl was an active member and leader of the campus radio station 91.1 FM WZBT where he served as General Manager for two years. Additionally, his passion for service led him to serve on the college’s Student Conduct Review Board as well as the Honor Commission, where he served as Co-Chair for a semester.

Karl is passionate about interdisciplinary applications in education which prompted him to seek out unique educational opportunities during his undergraduate career. He completed several mathematics and mathematics education courses which included fieldwork and teaching in a secondary mathematics classroom. Karl studied language, culture, and music in Bali, Indonesia with a focus on learning teaching strategies to support English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Karl is an active member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA), the American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA), Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE),  the American Orff- Schulwerk Association (AOSA), and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM).