Volume 66, No. 4


http://www.njmea.org FEATURES


18 Keeping The Beat With Adaptive Instruments, by Maureen Butler 24 Warm-ups For Choral Ensembles: Why Bother?, by Billy Baker 26 NJMEA 2012 Awards, by Joseph Jacobs 31 2011-2012 Young Composers Competition, by Jeffrey Lesser 32 What Guitar Students Have To Say!, by Thomas Amoriello 34-36


NJMEA 2012-2013 Calendar 38 To March Or Not To March? That Is The Question, by William L. Berz


42 Choral Programming: Choosing Music That Honors Tradition And Diversity, by Patricia Kelley Keith


46 A Plan Of Action: Aligning Curriculum Standards That Meet The 21st Century School & Beyond, by Suzanne M. Kane


FORMS AND APPLICATIONS


See NJMEA.ORG “Files and Documents” for downloadable copies of all forms


Summer Workshop 2012 ......................49 All-State Opera Festival .........................50 State Marching Band Festival ................51 All-State Int./HS Orchestra Scales & Solo Lists ....................................52-54


All-State Band Solo List ........................55 NAfME Application .............................64


TEMPO Editor - Thomas A. Mosher


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DEPARTMENTS AND NJMEA BUSINESS


Advertisers Index & Web Addresses ......63 Board of Directors ................................60 Division Chair News ......................... 6-14 Editorial Policy & Advertising Rates .....62 From The Editor .....................................4 In Memoriam .......................................59 Past-Presidents ......................................62 President’s Message ............................. 2-3 Resource Personnel ...............................61 Round the Regions ......................... 56-58


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TEMPO (ISSN 0040-3016) is published four times during the school year: October, January, March and May. It is the official publication of the New Jersey Music Educators Association. The subscription rate for non-members is $20.00 per year. The subscription for members is included in the annual dues.


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Volume 66, No. 4, MAY 2012 TEMPO Editor - Thomas A. Mosher, 80 Jumping Brook Drive, Lakewood, NJ 08701


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POSTMASTER: Please forward address changes to: NAfME


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NAfME SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMIES


June 22 - 25, 2012 Baltimore, MD


NJMEA SUMMER WORKSHOP August 7, 2012


NJMEA CONFERENCE February 21 - 23, 2013 East Brunswick, NJ


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