Elementary Division Co-Chairs
Lisa Wichman and Carol Richardi The NJSMA Elementary Music
Division offers exceptional workshops and events for elementary music edu- cators. Elementary music educators and music education majors from all NJ regions are welcome to attend our events. Please join us! Complete de- tails and registration information can be found on our webpage. At a glance, our 2017-2018 events include: October 9th: Artie Almeida Workshop
November 4th: Elementary Choral Reading Workshop at Montclair State University.
January 15th: Professional Learning Community Sharing Session
Spring ‘18 (date TBD) - It’s Elementary, My Dear Saturday morning workshop
May 22nd: 3rd Annual Choral Celebration at Drew University.
Chorus Division Co-Chairs
Austin Vallies and Deana Larsen,
chorus@njsma.com
Welcome back! We hope your
school year has gotten off to a success- ful start! A Call for Help! We, your Divi- sion Chairs, work tirelessly to get these programs off the ground, but we can- not do it alone. We are always in des- perate need of Conductors, Site Hosts, Accompanists, Rehearsal Conduc- tors and most importantly MANAG- ERS. We give as much help as we can but we need NJSMA members to step forward. We understand; everyone is busy. We’re busy, you’re busy, your students are busy. We have no prob- lem divvying up the load, but volun- teers are needed to step forward. New members this is your chance. Veteran teachers, maybe it’s been a while since
OCTOBER 2017
you’ve stepped forward. This organi- zation cannot continue without your help. PLEASE, step up and offer even a little bit of your time. The High School Choir Concert is scheduled for January 27th, 2017 at 4:00 pm. The mixed conductor this year is renowned Composer/Ar- ranger and Conductor Russell Robin- son. The Treble Choir will be under the baton of Jamie Bunce of Columbia High School. The all-day rehearsal on January 25th will be hosted by Chuck Linnell. Additional rehearsals will need a host location. The Junior High Choir Con-
cert is scheduled for Sunday, March 18th, 2017 at 3:00 pm. Conducting the Mixed Chorus this year is tenta- tively J. Donald Dumpson. The Tre- ble choir will be conducted by Mary McGuire.
Heather Buchanan of Montclair State University. Junior High School Choral Fes-
tival We are planning on bringing this back this year. We know that PARCC testing is a big headache for all as far as planning spring activities. We are looking at a day mid to late May. If your school would be interested in hosting, please let us know.
Band Division Co-Chairs Lewis Kelly, Diana May & Gregory Mulford
band@njsma.com
We hope your first days back to The weeknight rehearsals
will again be hosted by George Glock in Fair Lawn. We are currently search- ing for a location for the Saturday rehearsal and concert. If your school can host, please let one of us know. High School Choral Festival. NJSMA will host three high school festival dates during the last week of November. The dates are November 28-30. Please check the website for updated information The registration fee is $125.00 per chorus and applica- tion forms will be posted on the Re- gion website. The postmark deadline is Wednesday, November 8, 2017, but the festivals will fill up on a first-come, first-served basis. The choral festivals are designed to be non-competitive and positive. Schools may perform whatever music they are preparing, including holiday music. The festivals are meant to provide valuable feed- back to students and directors through written and taped adjudication as well as an onstage clinic. Some of our ad- judicators this year will include Jason Bishop of Drew University, Brandon Williams of Rutgers University and
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school have been rewarding and suc- cessful and that you feel renewed for the upcoming year! We would like to take a moment to welcome a new Band Division co-chair to NJSMA, Diana May from Randolph Township Schools. Welcome aboard!
NJSMA is pleased to announce the conductors for its 2018 honor bands. High School: Justin Sedatole, Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and Chair of the conducting area at the Michigan State University College of Music, will conduct the Wind En- semble, and Jeffrey Bittner, Director of Bands at Mahwah High School, will conduct the Symphonic Band. Junior High: Joel Craig Davis, Director of Bands at William Paterson University, will conduct the Symphonic Winds and David Walsh, Band Director at Leonia Middle School, will conduct the Concert Band. The high school rehearsals and
concert will be hosted at Parsippany Hills High School on Sunday, Janu- ary 28, 2018 at 3:00 pm. The junior high school rehearsals and concert will be hosted at Nutley Middle School on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 3:00 pm at Nutley Middle School.
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