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


sion Coordinator Chris Janney. Without their hard work, the rehearsals and performances would not have been a success. We would 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 Execu- tive 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 6 at Bridgewater Raritan Middle School. The application will be available soon, but please reach out to me if you would like to participate. The All-State Orchestra auditions (both Intermediate and High School) will also be in March. They will be taking place on


Saturday, March 16th. 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!


Retired Music Educators Frank Hughes


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Hello, Everyone! I hope that you were able to enjoy the fall weather…and now we look to the winter and a new year! As we


progress through this changing time, it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the changes in our families, our lives and the world. Speaking about the subject of change, we hope to have a representative from Aetna come to our February meeting at the


State Conference to give a presentation on the changes in our medical coverage and what this means to us. It will be an excellent time for you to ask your questions on how this change affects you and your family. There will certainly be time for questions and answers, so this is a meeting that you will not want to miss on Friday morning, February 22nd. Check your Conference program for the time and room location. The new NJMEA Strategic Plan should include a cooperative effort between the State Board, the Retired Board and you – the experienced music educators of our state. Joyce Richardson has been working very hard on developing this program on our end and we need as many of you to share your expertise with the new and nearly new music educators in New Jersey. Joyce, who is also our President-Elect, will be at the February meeting to update us and to add names to our Mentors’ List. Our May meeting will be an exciting one. It will be held, thanks to Dorian Parreott, at the Asbury Park Music Foundation


– 621 Lake Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ on May 8th. Come to the meeting, get a tour of the fabulous facility they have for music performance and education, have some “hands on fun” with their mobile recording studio and then have lunch at Clancy’s. The festivities start at 10:00 am. Our Master Music Teachers have been selected and will be honored at the February Luncheon. Congratulations to Lisa


Wickman and Thomas Paster. Even if you are retired, you may nominate a colleague for the Master Music Teacher Award. Ap- plications and criteria are located in your TEMPO Magazine.


TEMPO 28 JANUARY 2019


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