Michael D. Russo, Director of Bands at Morristown High School, will conduct the Junior Symphonic Winds and the Junior Concert Band will be under the direction of Christopher J. DeWilde, band director at Anthony Wayne Middle School. This year’s High School Region


Concert Band Festival will be held March 19, 20, and 21, 2019. Hosts include West Essex High School, Verona High School, Parsippany Hills High School, Northern Valley Old Tappan High School, and Ber- genfield High School. The Junior High School Concert Band Festival will be held March 27 at West Es- sex High School and Westwood Jr./ Sr. High School. Thank you to all our hosts and all participating en- sembles. Special thanks to our fes- tival coordinators John Maiello and Pete Bauer. The seventh annual NJSMA


Elementary Band Festival will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at South Orange Middle School. Sixth graders from North Jersey who have been nominated by their directors will rehearse and perform a concert in a one-day festival. Directors who would like to


suggest a new high school or junior high school solos for future audi- tions are encouraged to do so. The process for having a new solo con- sidered is to contact the band chairs and provide a copy of the music for them. Your suggestion will be sub- mitted to a committee for review (NJ Band Procedures Committee for high school solos) and added to the rotation if deemed appro- priate. Region I Band Procedures


TEMPO


Representatives: Lewis Kelly and Jeffrey Bittner. Please


Lewis Kelly, Diana May, & Jen- nifer Wise


Band Division Co-Chairs band@njsma.com


Orchestra Division Attention All Region I Orches-


tra Directors We are looking for new division chairs for the 2019- 2020 school year. Please reach out to orchestra@njsma.com for more details.


Kim Nimmo


Orchestra Division Chair orchestra@njsma.com


South Jersey Band And SJBODA


Orchestra Directors Association sjboda.org


certs at Rowan University. T


he SJBODA will bring in the New Year with two very exciting con- On


Sunday, January 6th we will present our Orchestra and String Ensemble concert. This is the 65th anniversa- ry concert for the Orchestra which will be conducted by Tim Schwartz (Rowan University).


The Junior


High String Ensemble will be con- ducted by Joanne Erwin (Oberlin Conservatory, retired). The man- ager for the Orchestra is Alex Rones (Bridgeton Public Schools).


Car-


rington Thompson (Haddonfield HS) will manage the Junior High String Ensemble. Sunday,


January 13th the Wind 70 The following


check www.njsma.com


for updated and detailed informa- tion.


Ensemble and the Symphonic Band will perform in their 73rd anniver- sary concert. The Wind Ensemble will be conducted by Bill Berz (Rut- gers University) and Deb Knisely (Cinnaminson HS) will conduct the Symphonic Band. The man- agers for the Wind Ensemble are D. Michael Lynch (Cherokee HS) and Chuck Temple (Private Teach- er). Jonathan Porco (Monongahela MS) and Andrew Prettelt (Cherry Hill School District) will manage the Symphonic Band. Our concert hosts for these performances are Sal Scarpa and Joe Higgins. These concerts would not be possible without the commit- ment and dedication of our col- leagues. Phil Senseney (Southern Regional Schools, retired) and Deb Knisely (Cinnaminson HS) did an outstanding job in providing our students with a positive audition experience. Patrick O’Keefe pro- vided an excellent facility for our students, parents, and membership at the auditions which were held at Absegami HS. The first rehearsal for these en- sembles was held at Cinnaminson HS and hosted by Deb Knisely. Deb did a wonderful job in meeting the needs of our students. Our young musicians also benefitted from the efforts of Rhea Fernandes (Eastern Regional HS), our String Coordi- nator, and Amanda Lakits Porco (Hamilton Township Schools) our Senior High Band Coordinator. The Junior High Band audi- tions will take place on Saturday, January 26th at Southern Regional Middle School.


son and Andrew Wright


Jennifer Hodg- will be


JANUARY 2019


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