Coming soon will be information about the CJMEA Elementary & In- termediate Band and Orchestra Festi- val, which will be held on April 13th and 14th at Neptune High School and also May 12th and 13th at Freehold Township High School. For more in- formation on dates or locations or to download registration forms, please visit
www.cjmea.org.
Heather Mount-Intermediate Chorus
k8chorus@cjmea.org
This spring season will bring many
exciting concerts! We are working hard with our Intermediate Choirs. SSA Choir will be conducted by Brian Sch- keeper and SSAB Choir will conduct- ed by Kale Thompson. A big thank you goes to the teachers who are host- ing rehearsals in February and March: William Alzaher (Green Brook); Dan- iel King (Lawton C Johnson Summit); Kathy Reid (Churchill); and Shannon Maddolin (South Plainfield) and to our two outstanding managers: Shan- non Maddolin (South Plainfield) and Rebakah Hamilton (Edison). Thank you to all the intermediate teachers for helping at each rehearsal. We wouldn’t be able to do this without you!
The Treble Honors Choir will
have a concert at the end of May at Edison High School. Check the web- site for more information.
If you are interested in getting
involved or more involved with any of the K-8 activities next year, please email me. Some fun activities you can volunteer
for are: the Intermediate
Choir, the Treble Honor Choir, K-8 General Music Workshops, and the Intermediate Choir Festival. We are looking for rehearsal hosts, and con- ductors. Thank you.
Penny Martin-Intermediate Orchestra
k8orchestra@cjmea.org
Greetings from the Intermedi-
ate Orchestra Chair. We are having a successful Region Orchestra season. I would like to thank everyone who stepped up to volunteer to make it all happen, including my fellow conduc- tor, Arvin Gopal, as well as our manag- ers, Susan Meuse and Dan Martinho. It has been such a pleasure conduct- ing the Chamber ensemble and seeing the String Orchestra in action and I can't wait for the concert on Satur- day, March 5th at the Neptune High School PAC. Thank you to the Nep- tune school district for providing this wonderful facility.
The New Jersey Youth Orchestra
facility in New Providence was used for our rehearsals this year and I would like to thank the teachers and adminis- trators at these schools for inviting the CJMEA Intermediate Orchestras to use their buildings. I would like to be prepared in advance for next year’s re- gion rehearsals, so if anyone would like to host a rehearsal for any of the or- chestra ensembles, please let me know right away. It’s a great opportunity to fundraise for your group by holding a baked goods/snack sale. Also, if you are interested in putting your name in the hat to conduct, please consider managing so you have the opportunity to work with the ensemble ahead of time.
Have a wonderful Spring Con-
cert Season! I would like to wish all students auditioning for the All-State Intermediate Orchestra to break a leg!
Yale Snyder-Percussion
percussion@cjmea.org
I hope everyone is having a fantas-
tic 2016 and that all Winter Concerts went well! I want to commend ev- eryone involved with our Region HS
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Percussion Ensemble this year. It was truly the finest concert the group has ever had in it's 8 plus year existence! Our concert at Montgomery HS on January 10th with the orchestra was amazing. I have never been so proud as a percussion educator to have such a legendary figure in the percussion world such as Jonathan Haas, timpani virtuoso and NYU professor of percus- sion as our guest conductor. Our stu- dents had an amazing weekend of mu- sic making and learned such valuable life lessons from Haas of what it takes to be a percussionist on a professional level. Watching the growth of the stu- dents in 48 hours was simply a joy from start to finish. The program of music was extremely difficult includ- ing a movement from renowned com- poser Eric Ewazen's "Palace of Nine Perfections" which may have been the most challenging piece the group has ever taken on. I also want to thank my colleagues involved with the HS or- chestra for allowing us to utilize some of the brass section to perform Frank Zappa's "Regyptian Strut" with the percussion ensemble. A big thank you goes out to Tom O'Hara for managing the group. Bravo to all of our fabulous percussion students!
I am looking forward to our Inter-
mediate Percussion Ensemble. We are thrilled to have Peter Saleh of the Exit 9 percussion group and director of the Rutgers Youth Percussion Ensemble as our guest conductor. Our concert will be with the intermediate chorus on March 13th at Monroe Township HS. I hope to see you all there. If anyone has any questions or is looking to get involved please email me at percus-
sion@cjmea.org.
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