✉ Contact Brett Keith

Brett Keith currently serves as the Director of High School Choirs at the Altoona Area School District in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Previously he taught choral and general music for Grades 6 through 12 at the Northern Bedford County School District, Loysburg, PA. Prior to his tenure at Northern Bedford County, Mr. Keith taught instrumental, choral, and general music for grades 7 through 12 at Bishop Guilfoyle Academy, Altoona, PA. Mr. Keith is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, and has most recently served as the State President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) and Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Arts Education Leadership Coalition (PAELC).

Mr. Keith’s has facilitated coursework in piano, music theory, guitar, and musical theatre performance and tech, in addition to teaching high school and middle school concert and chamber choirs, modern music making and approaches, and concert and marching band. In addition, he has delivered presentations on leadership and community in music education, and has been invited to contribute to NAfME publications addressing small schools. As a PMEA State President, Mr. Keith has served on the NAfME Eastern Division Board.

As an an educator and conductor, Mr. Keith is a frequent guest conductor for choral festivals and also for musicals in the region and at local high schools, and also served as music director for the feature film and 2008 New York City equity staged reading of Ghosts: The Musical at the York Theatre Company. As an artist, Brett has performed as a solo vocalist with various performing ensembles and theatre companies. He has been a member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and National Association for Music Education for his entire career as an educator, where he has served as Festival Coordinator, two separate terms on the PMEA State Board, the PMEA State Bylaw Review Committee, and is currently facilitating the PMEA Strategic Planning efforts. Mr. Keith has been recognized at a Grammy Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist for 4 consecutive years.