THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION News From Our Division Chairs
Orchestra Performance Susan Meuse
732-613-6890
susanmeuse@gmail.com
It’s March, so we are once again preparing for the All Sate Orchestra auditions. They will be held on Saturday, March 19th at West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Both the high school (ASO) and Intermediate (ASIO) auditions will be taking place at this time. New this year is the NJ Honors Chamber Orchestra (HCO). It is a second high school ensemble made up of string players who are not in ASO. It will take place during the spring, so seniors may audition for this ensemble. I look forward to seeing everyone at March auditions! Recently we had our 2nd NJMEA Orchestra Festivals. The middle school festival took place on Friday, January 22nd, and the high school
festival took place on Friday, February 5th. Both events were small, but successful. I would like to thank Sandra Dackow and Sal Scarpa for adjudicating these events and doing a great job working with the young musicians. It would be great to see even more schools participate next year, so please let me know if you are interested! February was also the String Academy at the February Conference. Thank you to everyone who participated and made it a success. It
would not have happened without the hard work of Betsy Maliszewski and Marie Malara! At the end of April, the ASIO will begin rehearsing. As I write this, we are in the process of finalizing the conductor and program. Look for more information in the May issue of TEMPO!
Retired Music Educators Kathleen Spadafino
732-214-1044
kspadEB@aol.com
Congratulations to our two 2016 Master Music Teachers: Amy Burns (Far Hills Country Day School) and Lisa Lepore (Crossroads South
Middle School). Our Master Music Teacher Award committee observed these fine teachers last spring. They were presented with their awards at the NJMEA conference in February. Do you know an NJMEA Music Educator who is truly an outstanding teacher? Help recognize this person by nominating them for the
2017 Master Music Teacher Award. Please note that the application form for this nomination can be found in the January issue of TEMPO and also on the njmea website. The deadline is March 15th, so there still is a little bit of time to get your nomination in! Our General Membership meeting took place at the NJMEA conference on Friday, February 19th. It was great to see so many of you as
we continue to share our friendships and our experiences of how we stay involved in our profession! Our end of the year General Membership meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 11th at 10:15 a.m., place TBA. I will be sending out
a reminder in April, or you can email me for any further information. That includes YOU – anyone who joined our ranks in the middle of the year! Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2016. Yay, retirement!
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