perience, time, and talents with our middle school students: String Orchestra: Sarah Donatelli, East Brunswick Public Schools Chamber Orchestra: Christopher Finnegan, East Brunswick Pub- lic Schools


Wind Ensemble: Todd Nichols, Rutgers University


Symphonic Band: Brian Wood- ward, Community Middle School


Central Jersey CJMEA


Music Educators Association cjmea.org


ried that warmer weather would never arrive. Mother Nature truly showed us who was in charge this year as many of our rehearsals had weather related cancellations and postponements. The amazing divi- sion chairs of the CJMEA Board got us through a tough winter through their great planning, organization, and coordination with our site hosts, conductors, and managers. After having to make quite a few weath- er-related decisions this year, I have a newfound respect for those who have to make these kinds of deci- sions for entire school districts. Throughout the month of


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March, CJMEA held its annual in- termediate region ensemble con- certs. Our


bands, percussion en-


semble, orchestras, and choirs had stellar performances. I’m grateful for our intermediate division chairs and ensemble managers who organized these tremendous events for our stu- dents. I’d like to thank our wonder- ful conductors for sharing their ex-


TEMPO


s the 4th Nor’easter tore through the area on the first day of spring, I wor-


Percussion Ensemble: Casey Beggs, South Brunswick High School


Treble Choir: Nina Schmetter- er, Monroe Township Middle School


Mixed Choir: Aida Gamboa, John Adams Middle School


We now move onto our festival


season. The full calendar of events is available at www.cjmea.org. As I mentioned in the fall, our


Webmaster, Anna Braun, will be stepping down at the end of this school year. I’m pleased to announce that Trevor Sindorf from Westfield High School will be joining the Board as our new Webmaster. While we will miss Anna, I have no doubt Trevor will be a great addition to the CJMEA Board. In an effort to assist with the


professional development of music teachers in Region II, CJMEA will once again offer grants to teachers/ music programs: • Grant awards will typically not exceed $750.


• Grant awards may be used to partially fund a project in conjunction with your school if we are not able to fully fund your proposed development.


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• All checks will be written to a school account. We are unable to write checks directly to teachers, presenters, companies, music booster clubs, or other individuals/companies.


• Grants cannot be requested for the purchase of equipment or supplies unless it directly relates to the PD session being proposed. The grant proposal form is avail- able on our website. We will con- tinue to approve grant requests until the funds allocated for this school year have been spent.


Also always, please do not hesi- tate to contact me or any other member of the CJMEA Board with questions, comments, or concerns. The contact information for every Board member is available on the website. We are always happy to hear


from our members. David Westawski CJMEA President


dwestawski@cjmea.org


NJSMA North Jersey


School Music Association njsma.com


ent our Spring concerts and end of year music activities, I would like to take this opportunity to congratu- late and thank everyone for another great year of activities within Region I. Each year, North Jersey is proud to host incredible events for all mem- bers and students within each of our divisions. This year has been no ex- ception. With that in mind, between


G MAY 2018


reetings! It is incredible how fast time flies. As we all gear up to pres-


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