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High School Band Brian Toth


hsband@cjmea.org The CJMEA Region Bands enjoyed


a wonderful concert on January 13th with Jeffrey Renshaw from UConn and Steven Rapp from Summit HS on the podium. Many thanks go out to our managers, Du- rand Thomas and Edward Gattsek as well as our hosts at Montgomery High School, Adam Warshafsky and Kawika Kahalehoe. Please consider managing one of the 2014 ensembles: It’s a great experience! Next on the docket is the CJMEA


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the conductors and the students for their hard work and for providing another year of remarkable performances. Additionally, I would like to thank all of the teachers, managers, and volunteers who have helped to make all of the ensem- bles a positive experience for all participat- ing students. Furthermore, I would like to give a big thank you to Brian Toth, Barbara Retzko, Hillary Colton, Nina Schmitter- er, Meg Spatz, Celeste Zazzali, and Chris Finnegan, the audition chairs who have worked tirelessly in order to ensure that the auditions are well-organized and that they ran smoothly. If you are looking to be more involved with CJMEA, we would love to have you! If you would like to conduct or manage a group or even host a rehearsal, please don’t hesitate to contact any of our division chairs. I hope that you participate in one of our many festivals! We have tons of per- forming opportunities for all ensembles. We have many elementary opportunities including the elementary honors days for band, orchestra, and chorus; we have a great intermediate band festival, and a splendid high school band festival. I hope to see you there!


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reetings! All of the concerts are just about completed and they were phenomenal! Thanks to


From left to right: Band Chair Brian Toth of East Brunswick High School and CJMEA Wind Ensemble Conductor: Jeffrey Renshaw, from the University of Connecticut.


High School Chorus Hillary Colton


hschorus@cjmea.org I’d like to welcome our new HS Wom-


en’s Choral Division Chair Jeffrey Wood- worth from Montgomery HS. He joined the CJMEA Board in January. We’ve recently finished our fabulous


HS Chorus Concerts. Isn’t this a good time for you to re-evaluate your commitment to CJMEA? Could you be doing more to help out the HS Choral Division? Would you be available to manage one of our choirs? Would you like to conduct? Think about your level of commitment and see if THIS is the year you do just a little bit more to help out CJMEA!


High School Orchestra Kawika Kahalehoe


hsorchestra@cjmea.org The region orchestra concert on Janu-


ary 6th was a complete success. I want to congratulate all of the students who partici- pated and made this concert so impressive. Additionally, I would like to congratulate Concerto Competition winner Tzuriel Tong for his impressive performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto (fourth movement). Thanks to Arvin Gopal for helping out with managing the ensemble and all the support and guidance you gave to the students dur- ing the festival weekend. Lastly, I would like to thank Viriginia Allen for conduct- ing the ensemble and inspiring musical creativity in all the students involved. Her musical expertise and mastery of the lit- erature inspired greatness in our students, the result of which was a performance of epic magnitude that I


will never forget.


I wish all our students good luck at all-state auditions and all our directors good luck with their upcoming performances.


From left to right: CJMEA Sym- phonic Band Manager Edward Gattsek, from Freehold Regional High School and Symphonic Band Conductor, Ste- ven Rapp from Summit High School.


Concert Band Festival at South Brunswick High School on March 18-20. Even if you aren’t bringing a group to perform, consider joining us as a spectator and enjoy some of our outstanding student-musicians.


TEMPO 54 Intermediate Band


Celeste Zazzali and Meg Spatz K8band@cjmea.org


As we are writing this, we are planning


for Intermediate Band and Orchestra Au- ditions. Student forms have been mailed in and auditions are mere weeks away. By the time you read this, the Intermediate Symphonic Band will have had a fantastic concert experience with Salvio Fossa from Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Edison


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