THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION News From Our Division Chairs


Choral Festivals/Opera Festival Donna Marie Berchtold


firesongwed@gmail.com


NJMEA sponsors two Middle School Choral Festivals. The first event was held at Rowan University on March 21,


2018. The festival scheduled for Rutgers University will be held on May 30, 2018. Each event features middle school – junior high choral groups ranging from grade 5 – 9. Those choirs which participated at Rowan University were from the following schools: A 9th grade ensemble


from Moorestown H.S.; Haddonfield Middle School; William Davies Middle School; Buena Regional Middle School; Northern Burlington Middle School; Monroe Township Middle School; Assumption Regional Catholic School; William Allen Middle School; Greenbrook Middle School; Orchard Valley Middle School; and Glassboro Intermediate School.


The adjudicators for that event were Chris Thomas, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music


at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, and Charles Bass, Retired Choral Director, Oakcrest High School. Host was Rick Dammers, Dean of the College of Performing Arts. The program for the NJMEA Choral Festival at Rutgers is still in the process of completion. There will be two ad- judicators at the Rutgers Festival: Judith Nicosia, Associate Professor of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Brandon Williams, Assistant professor of choral music and choral music education at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. Judith Nicosia serves as Host for the event. The Coordinators for both Festival events are: Donna Marie Berchtold, NJMEA Choral Festivals Chairper-


son, (Retired) from Wm. Davies Middle School, Mays Landing, and Karen Blumenthal, Von E. Mauger Middle School, Middlesex. At the Festivals, each participating choral group receives written and aural evaluations by the adjudicators, along with a plaque from NJMEA which recognizes the commitment and involvement by the school, its chorus, and the director(s). Any schools interested in participating in the Middle School – Jr. High Choral Festival(s) next year, should be sure to complete the application form in the January issue of TEMPO magazine, or online at www.njmea.org. No dates have been scheduled yet for the Spring Choral Festivals of 2019. For more information, contact Donna


Marie at: firesongwed@gmail.com or 609-226-7751 or Karen Blumenthal, Von E. Mauger Middle School at: blumen- thalk@middlesex.k12.nj.us or 908.581.5053


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