About

Karl A. Segletes currently teaches in the Manheim Central School District where he teaches 6th Grade General Music, conducts the 5th & 6th Grade Concert Band, and directs the 5th & 5th Grade Jazz Band. Karl also serves as the Director of Music Ministries at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mechanicsburg, PA where he previously served as the Chancel Choir Director. He also serves as the Public Relations & Music in Our Schools Month Chair for District 7 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA).

Karl earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College in May 2018. He holds his Kodaly Level I Certification from Westminster Choir College at Rider University and an Pennsylvania Instructional I Teaching Certificate in Music PK-12, Mathematics 7-12, and Grade PK-6. Karl is currently working towards his Master of Music in Music Education degree at The University of the Arts, a Graduate Certificate in Church Music at Shenandoah University, and his Level II Kodaly Certification from Westminster Choir College.

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).