Marie Malara
Named Master Music Teacher by Kathleen Spadafino
NJRMEA President-Elect
kspadeb@aol.com
Sayreville as a Junior High School General Music teacher and Choir Director. Dur- ing her tenure, Malara also served as the High School Choral Director directing four choirs and the school musical. During these six years, her choirs received superior ratings and many of her students earned member- ship into the Region, All-State and Eastern Division MENC choirs. In 1993, Marie decided to return “home” to the Middle School where she currently directs the 7th and 8th 8th
grade Choir, teaches General Music, Grade Dramatic Arts and team teaches
36 years. A 1977 graduate of Kean College (Kean University), Marie began teaching at Maple Avenue School, Newark, NJ, as an elementary classroom specialist. Soon af- ter, she began a long and fulfilling career in
M
arie Malara has been a teacher
in the Sayreville Public Schools for the past
the Advanced Band. She has been on the field as Assistant Marching Band Director and is currently the Producing Director of the Middle School Musical. Malara is most proud of her many students who have gone on to become colleagues, sharing her love of music with their students. Marie has been actively involved in NJMEA and CJMEA since 1983 serving on the NJMEA State Board of Directors as Re- gion Representative, MS/JH Choral Festi- val Chairperson, Elementary Choral Chair- person and as State Conference Manager. She conducted the Region II Intermediate
Chorus in 1985 and received the Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts in 2002, and the NJMEA Distinguished Service Award in 2012. In addition, Marie continues to per-
form as a freelance musician. She has been a member of the Plays in the Park Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, American Repertory Ballet Orchestra, Edison Sym- phony Orchestra, and NJ Repertory Ballet Orchestra and has performed with Clay Aiken, Lee Ann Rimes, Anne Jillian, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Irish Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Whether behind the baton or playing in the pit she enjoys shar- ing her love of musical theatre with theatre companies in the Central Jersey area. Occasionally, Marie enjoys a quiet eve- ning at home with her husband of 25 years, Bill. She is the proud mom of two children, “Dr.” Jonathan, a Pharm. D Resident at RWJUH in New Brunswick and Elizabeth, a sophomore Business Management/Broad- cast Journalism Major in the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University.
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