los) and added to the rotation if deemed appropriate. Region I Band Procedures Representatives: Lewis Kelly, Gregory Mulford and Daryl Hendricks. Please check
www.njsma.com for up- dated and detailed information. Lewis Kelly, Diana May, Gregory Mulford Band Division Co-Chairs
band@njsma.com
Orchestra
I hope your school year is going well! A lot of planning has been happening to ensure that you and your students have the best Region I Orchestra experience this year. Our High School Orchestra Conductor is James Anderson, who is the Orchestra Director at the University of Delaware. Our Junior High School Orchestra Director is Jack Rosenberg, who is the Orchestra Director at Leonia High School. The selected concert programs are going to be enjoyed by students and audiences. There has also been a lot of planning
for this year’s HS and JHS Orchestra Festival, which will be held on April 19th, 2018. Please contact me if your orchestra(s) are interested in participating. Our Region I Elementary Honors Orchestra is going to be on April 28th, 2018 and applications will be available in early January. The Region I Orchestra Division is looking for another Division Chair. If you are interested in being more involved with the Region I Orchestra as a Division Chair, or in any other way please contact me. I’d love to talk with you at your convenience. See you all soon at auditions, rehears-
als, concerts, and festivals! Kim Chiesa
Orchestra Division Chair
orchestra@njsma.com
South Jersey Band And SJBODA
Orchestra Directors Association
sjboda.org
certs at Rowan University. On Sunday, January 7th we will present our Orchestra and String Ensemble concert. This is the 64th anniversary concert for the Orches- tra which will be conducted by Salvatore Scarpa (Rowan University). The Junior High String Ensemble will be conducted by Sue Mark (Rosa International MS). The managers for the Orchestra and String Ensemble are Alex Rones (Bridgeton Pub- lic Schools), Laura Kearney (Moorestown Upper Elementary), Carrington Thomp- son (Rowan University), and Sara Smith (Rowan University). The following Sun- day, January 14th the Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band will perform in their 72nd anniversary concert. The Wind Ensemble will be conducted by Brian Balmages (Composer) and Ben Fong (Re- tired) will conduct the Symphonic Band. The managers for the Wind Ensemble are Shannon Hughes (Northern Burlington County Regional MS) and D. Michael Lynch (Cherokee HS). Mark Kadetsky (Egg Harbor Township Schools) and Jon Porco (Absegami HS) will manage the Symphonic Band. Our concert hosts for these performances are Sal Scarpa, Joe Higgins, and Rick Dammers. These concerts would not be pos- sible without the commitment and dedi- cation of our colleagues. Phil Senseney (retired, Southern Regional Schools) and Deb Knisely (Cinnaminson HS) did an outstanding job in providing our students with a positive audition experience. John Stanz and Rhea Fernandes provided an excellent facility for our students, parents, and membership at the auditions which were held at Eastern Regional HS. The first rehearsal for these ensembles
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were held at Absegami HS and hosted by Jon Porco. Jon did a wonderful job in meeting the needs of our students. Our young musicians also benefitted from the efforts of Rhea Fernandes (Eastern
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JBODA will bring in the New Year with two very exciting con-
Regional HS), our String Coordinator, and Amanda Lakits (Hamilton Township Schools) our
Band Coordinator. The Junior High Band auditions will take place on Saturday, January 27th at Southern Regional Middle School. Jenni- fer Hodgson and Andrew Wright will be our hosts. Audition information is avail- able on our website. Rachel DiPilla (Mil- ton Allen ES) and Joe Jacobs (Ventnor MS) are the Junior High audition chairs. Joe Brausum (Mill Pond ES) is our Junior High Band Coordinator. The concert will take place on March 4th at Fernwood Ave. MS. Mark Kadetsky will be our con- cert host. The rehearsals will take place at Mainland Regional HS with Derek Ro- haly as our host.
The conductors for the 41st An-
nual Junior High Band Concert are Mi- chael Daly (Pleasantville HS) and Jeremy Leighty (Lacey Township MS). The 11th annual Chamber Ensemble
Concert will take place on Wednesday, February 7th at Cedar Creek HS. Jon Porco (Absegami HS) is our Chamber En- semble Coordinator and concert host. We were still in need of coaches at the dead- line for this article. Registration forms for our 24th an-
nual Concert Band Festival are available on the SJBODA website. The festival, co- ordinated by Mike Armstrong (Deptford Township HS) and Jon Porco (Absegami HS), will take place on Tuesday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 7th at Rowan University. Joe Higgins and the Rowan CNAfME will host this event. The 26th annual Elementary Honors
Band Festival will take place on Saturday, April 28th at Shawnee HS. Nick Rotindo will be our host. Our coordinators are Sue Moore (Mansion Avenue School) and Bill Trimble (Wenonah ES). Registration forms are available on our website. Our 3rd annual Elementary String
Festival will take place on Saturday, May 5th at Fernwood Ave. MS. Rhea Fernandes (Eastern Regional HS) will coordinate this event and Jocelyn Moore (Egg Harbor Twp. Schools) will be our host. Registra- tion forms are available on our website.
JANUARY 2018
Senior High
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