THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION News From Our Division Chairs
Guitar Education Thomas Amoriello
tom@tomamoriello.com
Thank you to Vin Downes for sharing his insight on guitar teaching in this issue. It is important to please spread the word to the teach-
ers who you know in NJ. Mark your calendars for May 5, 2018 as this will be the 5th annual NJMEA Guitar Festival at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ which will feature the chosen students conducted by Vincent Downes as well as a featured guest artist recital from Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd.
http://www.rupertboyd.com/
Orchestra Performance Susan Meuse
susanmeuse@gmail.com
Congratulations to the 2017 All-State Orchestra and Mixed Chorus for two great concerts in November! Both concerts exhibited the
students’ great talent. I hope that many of you had a chance to come to one of the concerts. The Orchestra Procedures Committee would like to congratulate all of the students involved in the All-State Orchestra. We would like to thank all of the people who worked very hard to make both concerts possible. First, we would like to thank our conductor, Mischa Santora who worked with the students to perform such high quality music. We would also like to thank our two managers, Sarah Donatelli and Deb Knisely, as well as our Percussion Coordina- tor Chris Janney. Without their hard work, the rehearsals and performances would not have been a success. We would also like to thank Production Manager Joe Cantaffa who made everything happen and run very smoothly. A big thank you goes to the rehearsal conductor, Jim Millar for preparing the students ahead of time. Thanks to all of the sectional coaches, rehearsal hosts, and chaperones for helping the students have a positive All-State experience. Thank you to the NJMEA Executive Board, particularly Debbie Sfraga, for helping to organize the events.
And finally, a big thank you to Housing Coordinator Mike Doheny and Transportation Coordinator David Westawski who
organized everything needed to get all of the students safely to and from Atlantic City. Festivals: Middle school orchestra teachers, please consider coming to the festival this year. The middle school/junior high festival
will take place on Wednesday, March 7 at Bridgewater Raritan Middle School. At the time I am writing this, the high school orchestra festival is still in the planning process. If you are interested in getting involved, please let me know. In addition, March will feature the All-State Orchestra auditions (both Intermediate and High School). They will be taking place on
Saturday, March 17. At this time the Procedures Committee will be meeting to discuss future conductors, solos, and scale requirements. As always, if you are looking to get involved or would like to share some ideas, please let me know!
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