it feels great to be back in Jersey and ex- ploring another area of the state! Just a heads up: Intermediate Region
Band Auditions are coming up on Satur- day, January 25th. By this time, your stu- dents who are planning to audition have already turned in their registration forms and are hopefully working hard with their final preparations. (Late applications are to be post-marked by Early January. For ques- tions about On-Site Registration, please write Seth Davis at
k8band@cjmea.org). This year we will be seating two ensembles – a symphonic band and wind ensemble. William Berz, from Rutgers University will be working with the Wind Ensemble and Ron Heller, director at Montgom- ery Township Upper Middle School will be working with the symphonic band. They’ve prepared very exciting programs for your students! Elementary band directors should
start thinking about Elementary Honors Band. The event will be held in Rahway on April 12th. Three bands representing all experience levels from 4th-6th grade will gather to rehearse and perform on this one Saturday. Prior to the big day, students will receive music in the mail so they can practice and prepare. It is an excellent way to challenge your advanced students, so stop by the CJMEA website and consider filling out an application. Questions about the event can be directed to Seth Davis at
k8band@cjmea.org. The Elementary & Intermediate
Band Festival will be held over four dates in April and May. Bring your young en- semble to Monroe or Freehold for an ex- perience which includes a performance opportunity, adjudication, a brief clinic with the judges, and the chance to hear other ensembles from the area. Continue to check the CJMEA website for more in- formation and the application. We invite you to get involved: come
to a rehearsal, run a sectional, usher at a concert. There are many ways to enhance your professional experience and benefit your students by becoming more involved with CJMEA! Remember, you only get out of CJMEA what you put into it, and if we work together, then we can provide some really high-quality experiences for our students!
JANUARY 2014
Nina Schmetterer - Intermediate Chorus
k8chorus@cjmea.org
The Treble Honors Choir is for stu- dents in grades 4 through 6, and will take place on May 3rd. Teachers will be able to nominate outstanding students to take part in this group. Please check the website as information will be available shortly.
The CJMEA Intermediate Choir is
off to a great start. Special thanks go to Sue Belly for hosting the auditions at Ave- nel Middle School. Please keep current with audition sites and rehearsal informa- tion on the CJMEA website. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 9th at 5:00 pm. Please come and support your students!
Penny Martin-Intermediate Orchestra
k8orchestra@cjmea.org
Thanks to everyone for volunteering
to be rehearsal hosts for our Symphonic and String Orchestras. CJMEA is grateful for the sacrifice of time and facilities that you all have made. Chris Finnegan and Susan Meuse are working hard to hone in on the many talents of our Region students this season. I can’t wait to hear their wonderful performances this March. I hope to see all of you there on March 10th and 17th at Monroe Middle School.
Yale Snyder - Percussion
percussion@cjmea.org
I hope everyone is well and having
a great school year thus far. There are plenty of great things happening involv- ing percussion around the state. For the fourth straight year, Chris Colaneri led Holiday Percussion, a group consisting of students from elementary school through college playing holiday music at shopping malls through the state. This continues to be a huge success as it gives students the chance to show off their “total” percus- sion skills by performing popular holiday music and really brings together a percus- sion community of all ages. Bravo Chris! Our region percussion ensembles continue to grow successfully. We had our sixth High School Region II Percus- sion Ensemble concert at Montgomery
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High School on January 5th.
Thanks to
New York City percussion virtuoso An- drew Beall for being a fabulous mentor and conductor this year. Our Intermediate Percussion En-
semble, now in its seventh year, will have its performance in March with our Band and Wind Ensemble. I am very excited to have Greg Gianniscoli from New Jer- sey City University as this year’s guest conductor. For the fifth straight year, Region II
was represented at the Percussive Arts So- ciety International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana in November. If you are interested in hosting a re- hearsal for our Intermediate Percussion Ensemble, please reach out to me ASAP. If anyone has any questions about anything going on in percussion in our region, please always feel free to email me. I look forward to seeing everyone at our region concerts!
NJSMA North Jersey
School Music Association
njsma.com
hope this finds you all well and having enjoyed a successful (albeit very busy) fall season of marching band, football games, concerts, and other activities with all of your students. It was nice to have a “normal” season without any major weather to contend with where we were able to focus on the most important thing we do: making great music with our students.
I I was speaking recently with one of
my music parent volunteers and we were remarking how in school music we seem to flow seamlessly from one “season” to another. The end of fall marks the end of a busy marching band season for many of us, while the transition to winter heralds concerts, jazz ensemble, chamber music, and honors ensembles. When you step back and look at the wealth of opportuni- ties we provide to our students, both in our own programs and through the region and state, you can’t help but be amazed at just how much great music making surrounds us. January brings honor ensemble season,
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