School for hosting our auditions, as well as to the JPS Band Booster Club for organizing breakfast and lunch for our directors. Our concert season begins on
Sunday, January 6th with the High School Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble.
Central Jersey CJMEA
Music Educators Association
cjmea.org
Choir, Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble auditions on December 8th at JP Stevens High School. Congratulations to all directors who had students accepted into the high school ensembles!
T This
is a direct result of your hard work and dedication to quality music education. I’d like to thank our division chairs, Chris Vitale, Julianna LoBiondo, Arvin Gopal, and Yale Synder, as well as our band Audition Chair, Brian Toth and our choir Registration Manager, Barbara Retzko, for all of their hard work leading up to and on the day of auditions.
The CJMEA Board is
grateful to everyone who assisted in any way during this event. Special thanks goes to Andrew Denicola, Matthew Lee, Brian Verdi, and John Zazzali from JP Stevens High
TEMPO
he CJMEA officially kicked off its year with the High School Band,
CJMEA. We’re currently seeking nominations for president-elect, secretary, and treasurer.
If you are
interested in running for one of our elected positions or would like to learn more about the responsibilities and job descriptions, please contact our current president-elect, Wayne Mallette at
wmallette@cjmea.org. In an effort to assist with the
professional development of music teachers in Region II, CJMEA will continue to 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 professional development.
So much goes on
behind the scenes in order to ensure a smooth day for our directors and students.
• 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 available on our website. We will
68 The full calendar of
events and locations is available on our website,
www.cjmea.org. 2019 is an election year for
continue to approve grant requests until the funds allocated for this school year have been spent. It is a wonderful accomplish- ment to successfully audition into a Region Honors Group.
It’s es-
pecially impressive when students are able to do this four years in a row! This will be the 4th year that we will offer three $1000 scholar- ships to graduating seniors who have been members of a region en- semble all four years of high school. The scholarship application is avail- able on our website. Please encour- age your seniors to apply for these scholarships. CJMEA will once again hold a general membership meeting at the NJMEA conference in Febru- ary. The Board and I look forward to seeing you then.
In the mean-
time, please feel free to reach out to me or any other Board member if you have any questions or concerns. The contact information for every Board member is available on the website. We are here to promote a spirit of cooperation and fellowship among the music educators of this region and are always happy to hear from you.
David Westawski CJMEA President
dwestawski@cjmea.org
NJSMA North Jersey
School Music Association
njsma.com
A
s we enter the second half of the school year, I would like to send
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