& News From Our Division Chairs Additionally, a roster of Special Topic presentations included hands-on instrument repair techniques by our resident repair specialist
Dave Kaplan; an extended presentation on classroom music pedagogies presented by Elizabeth Parker, Joel Perry, GianCarlo Sari, and Rich Beckman; all were entertained at lunch by the amazing “Rock N Roll Choru , directed by Joe Cantaffa, followed by the grand lunch wrapup with Rachel’s Raffle. The workshop participants included 80+ music educators from across the State, along with a roster of 20+ clinicians including: Lynell
Joy Jenkins, Malcolm Merriweather, Beth Moore (accompanist), Ory Brown, Tom Amoriello, Jeremiah Crowley, Andrew Lesser, Nick and Barb Santoro, John Palatucci, Chris Colaneri, Betsy and Elizabeth Maliszewski, Amy Burns, Marj LoPresti, Janet Cape, Robin Hodson, Lucia Marone, Kurt Zimmerman, Amanda Newell, Judy Barnett, and committee members. Commendations and thanks are in order for the members of the summer workshop committee, who share the workshop vision and commitment to the benefit of their statewide colleagues. The committee members include: Maureen Butler, Joe Cantaffa, Rick Dammers, Rachel Klott, Shawna Longo, Betsy Maliszewski, Susan Mark, and Nick Santoro. Likewise, I must publicly thank several members of the TCNJ Music Department, and Event staff, who were wonderful hosts. They
include: Bob McMahan Music Department Chair, and event staff members Rachel Reinhart, Richard Kroth, and Mark Kalinowski. The entire workshop program, along with pictures from this year’s event, can be found on the conference-workshop link at
NJMEA.org. Workshop Eight is tentatively scheduled for August 4, 2015. Additional information will be posted in the January edition of TEMPO.
Reserve the date now! Young Composers
Composition Competition Robert Frampton
rtframpton@comcast.net YCCC Coordinator
NJMEA 2014-15 Young Composers Composition Competition
The New Jersey Music Educators Association is proud to announce the seventh annual “Young Composers Competition.” The competi- tion, which is limited to New Jersey students, has continued to attract the finest young composers in the state. Many of our finalist composers have gone on to Eastern Division and National recognition. Recordings of the outstanding compositions from previous competitions can be found on the NJMEA website. One again the competition will be divided into two divisions: one for middle school students in grades 6 – 8; and one for high school students in grades 9 – 12 (graduating June 2015). All submitted compositions will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of music teachers and composers, and finalist composers will
be invited to attend a critique session to be held in conjunction with the NJMEA February Conference at the East Brunswick Hilton. The composition recordings will be played and the finalists will participate in the critique session. In addition, the winning composer(s) will be announced at that time and awards will be presented. All other participating student composers are welcome to attend. The exact date, time and location will be announced in January 2015.
The online application for the 2014-15 Competition can be located in the “Young Composers Competition” section under the Projects tab of the
njmea.org website. Teachers are encouraged to assist their students with the application process. The deadline for application sub-
missions is November 28, 2014. NOTE: The NAfME Eastern Division Call for Compositions is posted online at
www.nafme-eastern.org. &
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