rectors Mark Donellan, Band; Judy Wilkes, Orchestra; and Stevie Rawlings, Chorus, led their music parent and student Tri-M mem- bers in providing wonderful hospitality for the day. We returned to Clifton HS for the junior auditions after a four year hiatus, enlisting the able assistance of hosts Robert Morgan, Band; Natalie Babiak, Orchestra; and Christina Paulin, Chorus, and also their music parents and Tri-M students. It’s a big undertaking to host these auditions and all should be commended on a job well done. Only a few schools have ever hosted – as far as I can remember: Clifton HS, Paramus HS, Boonton HS, Mahwah HS and Wald- wick HS/MS. Interested? March is a busy month for everyone
with many Region events taking place as well. It is not too late to sign up for some of our programs that remain in the school year or plan now for next year. Hopefully you will participate in some aspect, whether sending students to auditions, bringing your ensemble to a festival, volunteering to man- age, host or conducting a group, or even at- tending a concert. At any level you choose, you will surely come away with something to enhance your teaching in producing finer musicians and instill in your students a love of culture and the Arts. Mike Kallimanis, President
Band Division
Matthew Spatz/Gregory Mulford Division Co-Chairs
Congratulations to all students who
auditioned and were accepted for the All- North Jersey honor bands and thank you to all the directors that helped with auditions, rehearsals and concerts. The NJSMA would not be able to provide these wonderful op- portunities for students without the support and encouragement from their sponsoring directors. We are proud to have hosted our third
annual Chamber Music concert, Wednes- day, February 27 at Wayne Hills HS. This concert recognized the outstanding achieve- ments of North Jersey student musicians through chamber music. We would like to thank our chamber ensemble conductors and hosts for a great concert experience! The Junior High School concert will
be March 17. Michael Iapicca of Parsippa- ny Hills HS will conduct the Intermediate Band (7th and 8th Grades), and the Junior
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Band (9th Grade) will be under the direc- tion of Jonathan Harris from Northern Val- ley Regional HS at Demarest. This
year’s High School Region I
Concert Band Festival will be held March 19-21. Hosts include Verona, Bergenfield, Mount Olive and Randolph high schools. The Junior High School Festival will take place April 18 at Randolph and Westwood. Thank you to all our hosts and festival co- ordinators. Good Luck to all ensembles and their directors.
The second annual NJSMA Elemen-
tary Band Festival will take place Saturday, May 4 at Columbia HS, Maplewood. Stu- dents in fifth and sixth grades from NJSMA member schools who have been nominated by their directors will rehearse and perform a concert in a one day festival. Please check
www.NJSMA.com for updated and detailed information on all events. MSpatz@NJS-
MA.com;
GMulford@NJSMA.com.
Orchestra Division
Nate Lienhard/Michael Holak Division Co-Chairs
Congratulations to all students who auditioned and further, who were accepted for the All-North Jersey High School hon- ors orchestras. A special thanks goes to Judy Wilkes and Paramus HS for hosting the high school auditions and to Natalie Babiak and Clifton HS for hosting the Junior HS auditions. Also thanks to the orchestra audi- tion chair and Region I president, Michael Kallimanis from Waldwick MS. The Junior High School Festival will
take place Friday, May 3 at Randolph MS with Sherry Griggs as our host. The High School Festival will run on May 23 at Mill- burn HS with Karen Conrad as host. If you would like to participate in either festival, please contact an orchestra division chair or look for the applications on the Region website. Please volunteer your school as a pos-
sible rehearsal or concert site. We are always looking for a facility with a large rehearsal room such as a band room, stage or cafete- ria, for both the high school and junior high school orchestras. Please contact us with your possibilities! NLienhard@NJSMA. com;
MHolak@NJSMA.com.
Choral Division
Stephanie Quirk/Austin Vallies Division Co-Chairs
The annual All-North Jersey HS Cho-
rus concert took place February 9. Con- gratulations to the accepted students in the Mixed and Women’s Choirs on a job well done! The concert was held in the beau- tiful performing arts center at Secaucus HS. Many thanks to Lyle Leeson and the Secaucus School District for again provid- ing the NJSMA with a wonderful venue to perform our concert; to Chuck Linnell and the Kinnelon School District for hosting all the rehearsals prior to the concert; and to the many directors who come together each year to make this a successful event! The Junior HS concert took place
Sunday, March 3rd at Parsippany Hills HS, hosted by district choral directors Linda Clark, Parsippany Hills HS; Adam Aguan- no, Central MS; and Tiffany
Schifano,
Brooklawn MS. Donna Girvan, Tenafly MS, was the host for the Friday all day re- hearsal for the second year in a row. The Mixed Chorus was conducted by Billy Bak- er, New Jersey City State University, with accompanist Susan Braden, Ridgedale MS, Florham Park, and managers Irene Lahr, Ramapo Ridge MS, Mahwah, and Alison Caravano, Chatham MS. The Treble Cho- rus conductor was Jim Millar from Tenafly HS, and the accompanist was Janelle Heise from the Pequannock School District, and managers Joanna Scarangello, Briarcliff MS, Mountain Lakes, and Laura Kosmich, Leo- nia MS. Thank you to everyone involved in assisting with this concert. Our Junior HS festival will take place at Chatham MS Friday, May 10, hosted by Alison Caravano and Barbara Klemp. This was changed from the original date of May 9, due to a conflict with NJ-ASK testing. We are so excited to have Jamie Bunce from Columbia HS as our festival coordinator for this event. The cost is $100 per chorus and registration forms are now available on the Region website. Please take advantage of this wonderful event which is designed to provide valuable feedback to students and directors through written and taped adjudi- cation and onstage clinic. We need your help! It has become tougher and tougher to find schools will- ing to allow Region ensembles into their facilities without top dollar fees. Our orga- nization is made up of teachers willing to
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