South Jersey Band And SJBODA
Orchestra Directors Association
sjboda.org
Wednesday, October 11, 2017. This breakfast meeting will take place at “Seven Star Diner” in Sewell at 9:00 am. Please notify Rich Beckman (609- 457-0590 or
rbeckman@chclc.org) if you are able to attend. Audition in- formation and our online registration process will be explained. The new officers elected at our
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Spring meeting are: Ken Rafter, Pres- ident-Elect (Penns Grove HS); Joe Jacobs, Secretary (Ventnor MS); Tony Scardino, Treasurer (Retired); and Phil Senseney, Auditions Chair (Retired). Patrick O’Keefe (Smithville ES) will serve as Past President and Rich Beck- man (Cherry Hill Public Schools) is our President. Auditions for the 2018 All South
Jersey Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Junior High String Ensemble will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at East- ern Regional HS. Rhea Fernandez and John Stanz will host this event. Applications and directions are avail- able on our website. The first rehearsal for these ensembles will take place on Saturday, December 16th at Absegami HS. Jon Porco will be our host. Our 2018 Orchestra conductor
is Sal Scarpa (Rowan University). Sue Mark (Rosa International MS) will conduct our Junior High String En- semble. The Wind Ensemble will be conducted by Brian Balmages (Com- poser) and Ben Fong (Retired) will conduct the Symphonic Band. Rhea Fernandes (Eastern Regional HS) is our string coordinator and Amanda
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ur first membership meeting for this school year will be held on
Lakits (Hamilton Twp. Schools) is our high school band coordinator. The South Jersey Band and Or-
chestra Directors Association offers many opportunities for instrumen- tal music teachers to expand their involvement and expertise as music educators. We provide excellent ve- hicles for professional development including conducting and managing our ensembles. Many teachers have gained wonderful ideas and strategies by observing rehearsals and meet- ing with colleagues. You can enhance your school music program to include excellent performing opportunities for your students and ensembles. We encourage all music teachers to take advantage of the wonderful resources offered by SJBODA this year. Please contact Rich Beckman at rbeckman@
chclc.org or 609-457-0590 for addi- tional information. We encourage you to check our
website, which is maintained by Der- ek Rohaly, (Mainland Regional HS) for the latest SJBODA updates. www.
sjboda.org We wish everyone an exciting and
successful year. Joseph Jacobs
Secretary, SJBODA South JerseySJCDA
Choral Directors Association
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tors worked throughout the summer to plan our activities for the 2017- 2018 school year and we are looking forward to a successful year of choral activities in Region III. We began the year with our an-
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nual General Membership Meeting and Reception at “Villari’s Lakeside
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he South Jersey Choral Directors Association (SJCDA) Board of Direc-
Restaurant” in Sicklerville on Septem- ber 18th. Conductors for our honors choirs presented their programs and the executive board discussed new op- portunities and initiatives for SJCDA members. In addition, our member- ship had the opportunity to connect with their colleagues and share ideas about the upcoming school year. Our 60th Annual South Jersey
High School Choral Festival will be held at “Investors Bank Performing Arts Center” at Washington Town- ship High School on January 27 and 28, 2018. Our Senior High conductor is Aaron Krasting of Paulsboro High School and our Junior High conductor is Richard Tinsley of Oakcrest High School. Auditions for these choirs will be held on Saturday, November 18 at Woodstown High School. Our 35th South Jersey Elemen-
tary Festival Choral Concert will be held on March 3, 2018 and will be conducted by Lindsay Jackson of the Shipley School. Full concert programs for all three honors choirs as well as bios of our conductors are available on our SJC- DA website. The South Jersey Choral Directors Association offers many opportunities for choral music teachers to participate and in doing so, expand their knowl- edge as music educators. We encour- age all music teachers to get involved with the honors choirs and also to take advantage of the professional develop- ment opportunities offered. We look forward to another exciting year work- ing with the teachers and students of vocal music throughout South Jersey and encourage you to check our web- site for the latest updates.
www.sjcda. net
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