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Choir in New York City. Bonnie was the soprano soloist for many years at the Wyckoff Reformed Church, as well as a fea- tured soloist at many churches across the Tri-State area. She served as director of The Wyckoff Reformed Church Nursery School music program for over a decade, and a music teacher at Washington Elementary School in Wyckoff. Additionally, she established and was the director of The Wyckoff Reformed Church Handbell Choir, and the director of the Riverside Church Handbell Choir as well. Bonnie also developed an all- women A Cappella group, Sirène. She also taught privately out of her home studio.


Jerry Nowak


Gerald Chester Nowak, the prolific arranger/composer, author and music educator better known as Jerry Nowak, 79, died on Dec. 14, 2015, following a protracted illness. Jerry achieved an international following as an arranger, composer, conductor and teacher, known especially for his innovations in the techniques and teaching of conducting and phrasing. With his brother, Henry Nowak, he co-authored two innova- tive college textbooks published by Carl Fischer: Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians, and The Art of Expressive Playing, the latter being the first comprehensive textbook on expressive performance. His writing career began in the early 1970s as an arranger for Paul Simon’s publishing company, “Charing Cross Music.” Over a 40-year period, he went on to contrib- ute over 1,100 arrangements and compositions for publishers in the U.S. and abroad, making him one of the most widely published musicians of his generation. He arranged vocal and instrumental works in a broad range of styles for both youth and professional ensembles, including concert band, march- ing band, chamber winds, and jazz band. Through his ar- rangements, teachings and books, he influenced thousands of amateur and professional musicians, conductors, and music teachers around the globe. Born in Detroit, MI, and raised in Trenton, NJ, he achieved his bachelor of science in music and master of music composition from the College of New Jersey, formerly Trenton State College. Early in his career, Jerry worked as a woodwind player and session singer in New York and Philadelphia. He was a fixture on the Dixieland jazz scene in the 1950s and 1960s, and played with a diverse range of singers and groups, including “Big Bands,” jazz ensembles, and national pop and R&B groups, including Stevie Wonder, among many others. He also toured with Burt Bacharach and was a founding member of the Philadelphia Saxophone Quar- tet and New Jersey Saxophone Quartet. Jerry was a co-founder and the music director of the Delaware Valley Wind Sympho-


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ny and appeared as a guest conductor with the Delaware Val- ley Philharmonic Orchestra, and numerous professional, col- lege and high school ensembles across the U.S. Jerry started his teaching career at Hunterdon Central High School in Flem- ington, NJ, where he taught from 1959 to 1969. Thereafter, he taught at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA, until 2005, when he retired as professor emeritus of mu- sic. He traveled extensively as a clinician and adjudicator, and taught graduate level courses at colleges throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Jerry also served as an adjunct professor at the College of New Jersey and taught at The University of the Arts on the campus of Villanova Univer- sity for 20 years. In 2014, he completed his 30th consecutive season of teaching at the Jerry Nowak Summer Conducting School in Sydney, at the invitation of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association in New South Wales. He also taught at the summer school of Melbourne Youth Music for 26 seasons.


Tatyana G. Shestakova Tatyana G. Shestakova 56, died December 1, 2015. Taty-


ana was born in Russia and formerly of Highland Park before moving to Somerset in 2009. She graduated with a BA degree from the University of Russia and St. Petersburg Music Col- lege. She was employed as a kindergarten music teacher by the Morganville Board of Education for 40 years.


Dorothy S. Underhill Dorothy S. Underhill, age 86, of Ware Presbyterian Vil-


lage, Oxford, PA, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. She was the wife of the late Charles A. Underhill who died in 1996. Dorothy was a member of Penningtonville Pres- byterian Church, Atglen where she sang in the choir. Previ- ously she was a member for over 50 years and former elder at Manasquan Presbyterian Church in Manasquan, NJ. While she was at Manasquan she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and Bible School, and founded and directed the wom- en’s handbell choir. Dorothy received her Bachelor’s of Educa- tion Degree from Temple University. She was a music teacher in the public school system retiring from Brielle Elementary School in 1992. While living at Ware Presbyterian Village, she served on the Welcoming Committee and played in the Choir Chime Group.


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