Hopewell Valley Central High School Chamber Singers Director: Matthew Erpelding
Imperial Brass “British Brass Band” Director: Lawrence C. Markiewicz
Kawameeh Middle School World Music Drum Ensemble Director: Richard Grennor
Rowan University Wind Ensemble Director: John Pastin
Westminster Choir College “Warblers” Director: Kelsey Rose
Rutgers University Wind Ensemble Director: Kraig Williams
Garden State Saxophone Quartet Director: Ellis Jasenovic
NJ Intercollegiate Jazz Band NJ Intercollegiate Concert Band
All State Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble All State Women’s Choir
Tom Voorhis
Named Master Music Teacher by Beverly Robinovitz
NJRMEA President Elect
beviewgr@aol.com
festivals and competitions throughout the United States. His choirs have also per- formed on local, public and national televi- sion, at the New Jersey Teacher’s Conven- tion and at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. Over 1000 of his students have been selected for New Jersey honors ensembles since he began at the high school in 1996. Voorhis has previously conducted the Bergen County Chorus Middle
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field, NJ and is a graduate of Rowan Uni- versity. He has been a vocal music teacher for the past 28 years and has been on staff at Ridgefield for the past 25 years where over one half of the student population has performed in one of his performing groups. Tom curently directs four of the choirs in Ridgefield, which have continuously re- ceived superior and first place ratings at
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om Voorhis is presently the Di- rector of Choirs at Ridgefield Memorial High School, Ridge-
Chorus (1999), the Bergen County High School Chorus (2003, 2013), the Northern New Jersey Junior Regional Chorus (2002, 2011), the North Jersey High School Cho- rus (2007) and the Central Jersey High School Chorus (2012). He is the Past President of the Music Educators of Bergen County where he has also managed for 16 of their choirs. He is also a member of the NJ All-State Choral Procedures Committee and has been the rehearsal conductor for NJ All-State Mixed Chorus on two occasions. In 2009 he directed the New Jersey All State Mixed High School Chorus. Tom is a freelance composer and ar- ranger and has been published by Shawnee Press, Warner Brothers, Hal Leonard and Lawson Gould among others. He started his career as a music teacher with the Ber-
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gen County Special Services School District and continues to work each year with the learning disabled. The Northern New Jersey Newspaper Association has stated he is “An innovator in teaching the special learner.” He adjudicates workshops on including the special learner in the music classroom and issues in music education, has written nu- merous journal articles on music education techniques and has instructed other school districts in implementing curriculum for their music programs. He has been a conductor with “Ameri-
can Music Abroad Voices Tour of Europe” for four years, has also been a guest conduc- tor at the Lincoln Center “Messiah Sing-in”, has been a choral ensemble judge at many national competitions and has been sought after to workshop numerous collegiate per- forming groups. He has been selected for “Who’s Who of America’s Teachers” and “Who’s Who in America” along with receiv- ing the Governor’s Teacher Award and the Lifetime PTA Membership Recognition in the Ridgefield School District.
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