Band Division
Matthew Spatz and Gregory Mulford Band Division Co-Chairs
The high school auditions will be held
Saturday, January 5, 2012 with a snow date of Sunday, January 8, 2013, at Paramus HS. We would like to thank Mark Donellan and Paramus HS for hosting and to the band audition chair, Jeff Brown from Bergenfield HS.
The High School Region Band Concert will take place at Randolph HS, January 27, 2013, at 3:00 pm. Glen Adsit, Director of Bands and Associate Director of the Instru- mental Studies Division at The Hartt School, will be conducting the wind ensemble and Lewis Kelly, Director of Bands at West Or- ange HS, will be conducting the symphonic band.
The Junior High School auditions will
be run Saturday, February 2, 2013. The junior high school battery percussion audi- tion will continue to combine the snare and traps requirements. This year the junior high school snare drum rudiments have been re- duced. Please print off a new copy for you and your students. Our Third Annual NJSMA Chamber
Ensemble Concert will take place Wednes- day, February 27, 2013 at the Shea Center for Performing Arts of William Paterson Univer- sity. Start time is 7:00 PM. The concert will consist of the region’s top high school band students performing chamber literature. Fea- tured will be the following ensembles and coaches:
Chamber Winds - Mark Donellan, Paramus HS
Flute Ensemble - Max Taylor, Vernon Twp. HS Clarinet Ensemble - Richard Summers, Pequannock Twp Schools
Saxophone Ensemble - Paul Cohen, William Paterson University
Brass Ensemble - Brian McLaughlin, West Milford HS
Percussion Ensemble - Erik Lynch, Verona HS
The annual NJSMA high school con-
cert band festival will be held March 19 at Verona HS, March 20 at Bergenfield HS, and March 21 at Mount Olive HS and Ran- dolph HS. On both March 20 (Bergenfield) and March 21 (Mt. Olive and Randolph) there will be separate day and evening times for the festival. The junior high school band festival will take place Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Randolph MS and Westwood Reg. Jr./Sr. HS. Please check the NJSMA website for details and performance applications.
TEMPO
The NJSMA Elementary Honors Band
Festival will be Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Columbia HS in Maplewood. Fifth and Sixth graders from North Jersey who have been nominated by their directors will re- hearse during the morning and present a concert in the afternoon. The festival will be a one-day event and the sponsoring teacher must be in attendance the day of the festival. This is a wonderful opportunity to feature young musicians as they grow and develop in their musical experiences. All student nomi- nations will take place electronically. Check the NJSMA website for details. Directors who would like to suggest new high school or junior high school solos for future auditions are encouraged to do so. The process for having a new solo considered is to contact the band chairs and provide a copy of the music for them. Your suggestion will be submitted to a committee for review (All- State Band Procedures for high school solos) and added to the list if deemed appropriate. Region I All-State Band Procedures Repre- sentatives are Lewis Kelly, West Orange HS; Gregory Mulford, Bergenfield School Dis- trict; and Mindy Scheierman, Millburn HS.
Choral Division
Stephanie Quirk and Austin Vallies Choral Division Co-Chairs
The Choral Division is pleased to an-
nounce the conductors for the 2013 High School Region Honor Choirs. Heather Buchanan, from the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, will conduct the Mixed Ensemble and Leslie MacPherson, director of choirs at Northern Valley Regional HS at Demarest, will con- duct the Women’s Chorus. Wilbur Baker, New Jersey City University, will be directing the Junior High School Mixed Ensemble. At the time of this writing, we are in the final stages of securing a conductor for our Junior High School Treble Chorus. High school honor choir auditions will
take place Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Para- mus HS. The junior high school honor choir auditions will take place Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Clifton HS. All audition mate- rials are available on the NJSMA website,
www.NJSMA.com. Thank you to Michelle Digaetano and Deana Larsen for kindly vol- unteering to be our audition managers again this year! High school choral rehearsals will again be at Kinnelon HS, and will return for the concert at Secaucus HS in their beauti- ful performing arts center. The junior high school evening rehearsals will be at Memorial MS in Fair Lawn, where George Glock has
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been hosting for several years. We are grateful to him and the district of Fair Lawn for vol- unteering their time and hospitality. At this time, we do not have a site for the all-day re- hearsal, dress rehearsal, or concert (March 1, 2, 3). We also do not have managers for the Junior Region Chorus. If we do not have a site host for these dates, or managers, by Jan- uary 5, unfortunately, we will not be able to run our Junior High School Honor Choirs. Our annual high school choral festival through the 29. Thank
ran November 27th
you to Viraj Lal, our festival coordinator, Matthew Swiss, Randolph HS, Barbara Kl- emp, Chatham HS, and Lisa Bagley, West- wood Reg. Jr./Sr. HS, for graciously hosting. Also thanks to adjudicators John Leonard, Patrick Gardner, Lucille Kincaid, Barbara Retzko, and Amanda Quist! We need your help! If you are interested in hosting an event or managing an ensem- ble, please e-mail Stephanie Quirk or Austin Vallies at
squirk@NJSMA.com and avallies@
NJSMA.com. We would hate to see events canceled due to the lack of volunteers for these groups. We look forward to your par- ticipation.
Orchestra Division
Nate Lienhard and Michael Holak Orchestra Division Co-Chairs
The Region I Orchestra Division is ex- cited to announce the events for 2012-13! Our guest conductor for the high school or- chestra will be Ken Lam, orchestra director at Montclair State University, resident conduc- tor of the “Brevard Music Center” in North Caro-
lina and the artistic director of the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra. Kim Chiesa, from the Randolph Township School Dis- trict, returns with a few years of managing experience to once again handle this impor- tant role. Our guest conductor for junior high
school orchestra will be Karen Pinoci. She is co-founder and associate conductor/director of the New Philharmonic of New Jersey, and also music director of the New Sussex Sym- phony and the Essex County Summer Play- ers. Mary Daly, from West Morris Mendham High School and a former orchestra division chair, will ably manage the junior orchestra this year. Her expertise will help in train- ing these young musicians in the rules and regulations of future Region and All-State ensembles.
The high school concert will take place
Sunday, February 10, 2013. The junior high school concert is set for Sunday, March 10, 2013. The Region I Orchestra Division fol-
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