2017 October TEMPO by William McDevitt

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In This Issue:

“NJMEA Goes to Washington” - Hill Day, June 29, 2017 NJEA/NJMEA Convention Music Sessions All-State Chorus, Orchestra & Jazz in Atlantic City NJ Young Composer Finalists & 2018 Information

The Official Magazine of the New Jersey Music Educators Association a federated state association of National Association for Music Education

Volume 72, No. 1

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Eastern Division Encores, Marc Greene

NJ Young Composers Competition Finals, Andrew Lesser

Blackbyrd Fly, Thomas Amoriello

2017 Governor’s Awards, Joseph Jacobs

“Old Dogs” Can Learn “New Tricks”!, Who Knew?, Thomas McCauley

Quick Tech Tips For The Elementary Music Educator, Amy Burns

Virtual Choir: Building A 21st Century Ensemble, Zachary Gates

The Times Are Changing. Approach Teaching Differently. Create Student Lead Discussion And Student Lead Classes, Meghan Cabral

How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Practice, Man, Practice!, Jeanne Fasano

2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble, Thomas Amoriello

NJEA Convention Music Sessions & All-State Concerts, Nancy Clasen

OCTOBER 2017 DEPARTMENTS AND NJMEA BUSINESS Advertisers Index & Web Addresses ......71 Board of Directors ................................68 Division Chair News......................... 6-25 Editor’s Message ......................................4 Editorial Policy & Advertising Rates .....70 In Memoriam ................................. 64-66 Past-Presidents ......................................70 President’s Message ............................. 2-3 Resource Personnel ...............................69 Round the Regions ......................... 60-63

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2018 Young Composers Competition ...48 2018 Honors Guitar Ensemble ........52-54 2017 All-State Opera Festival ................55 2018 Region Jr. Jazz Ensemble ..............56 2018 Region Sr. Jazz Ensemble .............57 ATTENTION MEMBERS: Please go to nafme.org to record email and address changes. TEMPO Editor - Thomas A. Mosher 80 Jumping Brook Drive, Lakewood, NJ 08701 Phone: 732-367-7194 e-mail: tmosher@njmea.org Deadlines: October Issue - August 1 January Issue - November 1 March Issue - January 15 May Issue - March 15 All members should send address changes to: mbrserv@nafme.org or NAfME, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive Reston, VA 22091 Printed by: Kutztown Publishing Co., Inc. 1-800-523-8211 kpc@kutztownpbl.com

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president’s message JEFFREY SANTORO jsantoro@njmea.org Website: http://www.njmea. org

NJMEA Mission Statement:

he mission of the New Jersey Music Educators Association is to advance and improve the quality and accessibility of music instruction statewide. Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! I hope this message finds you with your feet on the ground after the excitement of a new school year. Before I go any further in my first message as NJMEA President, I want to thank Bill McDevitt for his service as President. Bill has led our organization with distinction over the past two years, and in his previous term as President. He has also been a great mentor to me and I look forward to his guidance during these next two years. I’d also like to thank and recognize Joe Jacobs, who just completed his time as Past President. Joe dedicated the past six years to NJMEA and we’re in a better position as an organization because of his leadership. In July, the NJMEA Board of Directors had its first meeting. As I welcomed the board, I asked them to consider themselves active participants in the leadership of NJMEA. And now I encourage every member who is reading this to view themselves in the same light. We all own this organization and we all have a part in making it great. With that being said, let me briefly lay two areas of focus for NJMEA.

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Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity & Access

ested in being part of this, please email me at jsantoro@njmea.org.

As many of you know, NAfME has made Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) a main focus of the national organization. This has sparked a renewal of conversations among state leaders all over the country. NJMEA’s leaders have seen this as we’ve participated in Eastern Division and National Assembly meetings over the past few years. The NJMEA mission statement (printed at the beginning of this article) aligns with this focus on IDEA, and our Board is looking to turn these conversations into actions. The topic of IDEA is multifaceted and not easily defined. It can mean different things to different people. It can refer to how we make our music programs welcoming to all students, or if we are offering opportunities that are relevant to our students. IDEA can speak to ensuring the experience of our students is meaningful regardless of their race, religion, cultural background, gender orientation, etc., or it can refer to the experiences of students in a rural district compared to students in an urban district. It speaks to the opportunities afforded to those who have financial stability and to those who struggle to get by. As each of you read this, I encourage you to think about how inclusiveness, diversity, equity and access impact your school, your district, and your students. To that end, NJMEA has created a IDEA Committee and we’re looking for members to contribute. If you’re inter-

Member Services

When I was a candidate for President Elect of NJMEA I was asked how NJMEA should respond to the major challenges in music education. In my response I wrote about relying on the expertise of all the members in order to make NJMEA the best it can be. In order for this to happen there needs to be a dialogue between the NJMEA leadership and the membership. For our part, you will start to see some changes that I hope will make NJMEA more transparent and accessible. I also want to make available more opportunities for your voices to be heard. By the time you read this, some of this work may have already begun, so I encourage you to visit our website, or check social media and your email for information on how you can be involved and make your voice heard. Additionally, you can always feel free to reach any member of the Board by using the contact information listed at www.njmea.org. I am humbled and honored to spend the next two years working for the music educators of New Jersey. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have ideas or questions.

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Eastern Division Encores Marc Greene NAfME Eastern Division President greene.nafme@gmail.com

elcome to what is the first of several columns from your Eastern Division President. It is the passion for making music and inspiring others to do so that has landed me in this challenging, yet rewarding position. My hope is to share with you, as fellow music educators, a few key ideas and perhaps an inspiration or two. During my two years as PresidentElect, it became apparent that there is a limited degree of awareness of the Eastern Division form and function among the music educators of our member states. As a result, my main goal in this issue is to “remove the veil” from the NAfME Division doings. (Yes, I’m in “father-of-the-bride” mode this month!) What is a NAfME Division?

The governance structure of the National Association for Music Education includes a National Executive Board consisting of the Presidents of six Divisions representing the geographical regions of the United States, specifically, Eastern, North Central, Northwest, Southwest, Southern, and Western. What is the NAfME Eastern Division?

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Division. Additionally, our Division membership elects a leader every two years who serves for a total of six years; two years each as President-Elect, President, and then Past-President. Our records show that the Eastern Division was formed in 1917. Happy 100th Birthday! What does the NAfME Eastern Division do?

There are two primary functions of our Division: 1. Governance. The Division leaders meet at least twice yearly (fall and spring) to serve as a conduit of ideas and information between the member states and the national association. Attendees include the Division President, PresidentElect and Past President and the Presidents, Presidents-Elect, Past Presidents and additional leaders of each unit, which may include State Managers, State Editors, and others. 2. Biennial Conference and Honors Ensembles. The Eastern Division is one of only two NAfME Divisions (Northwest being the other) that sponsors an in-service professional development conference and student honors groups. The Division leaders and the host states put in an inordinate amount of hours and professional know-how to plan and produce this hallmark of our Division. There will be more to come on this in future Eastern Division Encores!

Now, back to that father-of-thebride mode. In late August, I walked my daughter, Cassie, down the aisle and handed her off to her beloved Jacob as they start a new chapter of their lives together. While both are accomplished research scientists, they spend much of their free time arranging and performing as part of an a cappella vocal ensemble based in the Silicon Valley area. As proud as I am of their accomplishments in the fields of physics, chemistry and biology, it is their creativity and positive emotional energy as musicians that captures my rapt attention and makes my heart soar. They were both fortunate enough to be surrounded by families, communities and inspiring educators that supported their growth as musicians as well as their intellectual curiosity. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the many Eastern Division music educators who nurtured their talents. With the new school year under way, we are all faced once more with the promise of kindling a love for music in our students. Each of our students has the potential to be inspired by us to develop the sensitive, creative and most human and humane traits that accompany musical skills and knowledge. Please join me in this wondrous, annual cycle of renewal and our quest to launch our students into a future filled with a bountiful harvest of the shared joy of music!

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February NJMEA Music Conference The annual NJMEA Music Conference will be held at the East Brunswick Hilton Hotel & Executive Meeting Center on February 22-24, 2018. All information regarding registration, times, sessions, hotel rooms, etc. will be posted on the njmea.org website. We will try to have the necessary information posted on the website to begin requesting purchase orders by the end of September. Other updates will be added as new information is received. Articles Wanted Anyone who wishes to submit an article for publication should write it in Word, re-read it to be sure it says what you intended, and email the file, a high quality color headshot of yourself, and your contact information to tmosher@ njmea.org

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News From Our Division Chairs Past President William McDevitt billnjmea@aol.com

Non-Random Thoughts As I begin my final term as NJMEA Past-President, I would like to begin by discussing the 2017 NAfME Eastern Division Conference. This project was 4 years of hard work that culminated in an AMAZING Professional Development opportunity for music educators throughout the east coast and the US. I would like to, once again, thank Debbie Sfraga for all the work that she did behind the scenes. Very few people know the amount of time that she put into this project. For almost a year before the conference, she was putting in 5 days a week – full time – dealing with hotels, vendors, conductors, food services, performance venues, AV providers, managers, and the housing and feeding of 800 All-Eastern students and their parents! During the last two months, it became a 7 day a week job. This event would not have possible without her dedication. I have to say that this event was the highlight of all of my years on the NJMEA Board of Directors. We wanted to make it a unique New Jersey happening and I think that we succeeded. From the opening Organ Concert and New Jersey Reception to the All-Eastern Concerts we showed the attendees what New Jersey had to offer. With only a few glitches (most of which were dealt with very quickly) the entire 5 days went off with critical acclaim. I think that we’ll have it perfect again in 6 years! As we have done with our own conference for the past decade, we finished the discussion with a survey. There were 480 respondents which, if you have ever conducted a survey you know, is an amazing response. For the remainder of my space, I would like to discuss the results and some of the concerns that were raised. The great thing about the survey is that almost 60% of the respondents were from New Jersey. While the comments from other states were great to have, the ones from New Jersey are the ones that we can use to compare to our past and look to our future. As many of you deduced by our questions, we were discussing the possibility of permanently moving to Atlantic City for our February Conference. On the positive side, respondents viewed it as larger and better for our purposes, more hotel options, more food options, more parking, more opportunity for performances. On the negative side, respondents saw it a larger distance to travel, more expensive in some areas, more difficult to get to, a difficult area during a questionable weather month, and too big! We had to look at many factors before making any decision, but the main deciding factor for us was the economical one. This was a VERY expensive conference for us to run. Between the AllEastern ensembles and the Conference, we funneled almost a million dollars though our financial accounts. We know that there are problems in East Brunswick that we will never be able to fix. We also know from the survey that a move to Atlantic City would cause a large number of our members to not come to the conference. So – we will continue to work on improving the experience in East Brunswick with the hope that you will continue to participate in the Conference. Some interesting things that we discovered from the survey: • When asked if you preferred guidebook or the printed guide, it was almost an even split. I still prefer the printed program. I like to dogear the pages and see everything in front of me. • There were some concerns about the number of sessions that were “advertising” products. The clinicians are supposed to be up front in their application and we try to limit the number of sessions that are pushing products. If they are sponsored, it says so in the guide. Unfortunately, some clinicians aren’t up front and slip through the cracks. • For every person that loved Rita Moreno, there was a person that didn’t understand why she was there. I thought that her story of how she progressed thorough the entertainment business facing discrimination was especially relevant to the message of the conference. Sometimes our keynotes have messages that are indirectly related to the topic of music education. • Exhibits are always a mixed bag of comments. Respondents were pleased with the size of the hall. Some liked what was there – some didn’t. Some offered suggestions of who should have been there. We tried to get all the major vendors there. We sent out info to about 1000 vendors. Even though it was a major Eastern US Convention, many of them still save their $$$ for specific conventions or the ones that they go to annually. We can’t force them to come! continued on page 8 • There were mixed reviews for the performing ensembles also. Many were pleased with the number and quality of TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs the performances. Some thought that the performances were too short. Some thought that there were too many and they couldn’t see all that they wanted to see. The concert hour has been a staple of the ED Conference for decades. We discussed doing it at the NJMEA Conference, but we don’t have the space. We have the space on our Academy Day – and that’s why we do it! While we are still cleaning up a few items from April, it’s great to be able to say that it’s over. It went by so quickly that I find it difficult to remember everything that happened. I thank you all for the opportunity to have been NJMEA President during this memorable event. I hope that you took away some new techniques and ideas for your classroom. Welcome back to the new school year and best wishes for a wonderful start and even better end!

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Patrick O’Keefe Smithville School, Galloway o’keefep@gtps.k12.nj.us

This past June, I had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC, along with other members of the NJMEA Board, to attend NAfME’s National Assembly. This is the one time in the year where delegations from all 50 state MEAs come together with several purposes, the largest of which is advocacy. Some people join NAfME and NJMEA because they want to be eligible for their students to participate in region and state ensembles. Others join to attend the conference, or possibly network with colleagues. Beyond some of those reasons, I was not aware of what NAfME, and NJMEA as a result, actively did for its members. The National Assembly is a very powerful example of something behind the scenes to many members, but very much in the forefront of our profession’s advocacy efforts. Hill Day took place on June 29th, where state music educators from throughout the country started the day by rallying as a group in song outside of House and Senate offices before traveling to meet their representatives. As many of us know, it was a huge step to have music education included in the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act). In light of this accomplishment, the overarching goal of Hill Day was to voice our support for the full funding of Titles I, II and IV as part of that legislation. This would result in financial support for our content area and music education professionals as the bill was intended. Members of our NJMEA Executive Board, alongside representatives from the state collegiate board, spent the day meeting with education representatives in each New Jersey congressperson’s office. As someone going to the Hill for the first time, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Our Hill Day coincided with the health care bill efforts in the Senate, so I wondered if Congressional members would even care about appropriated funds for music education as a part of ESSA. As it turns out, the legislative assistants who met with us agreed with our message. A highlight included sitting with Donald Payne Jr. of our 10th congressional district and hearing about his own experiences with music education and his family’s dedication to education as a whole. It’s not often we get to meet with the actual congressperson, so hearing from Payne directly was appreciated. Beyond working on the Hill, the National Assembly provided the hundreds of state representatives the opportunity to come together, share their state’s successes and hear the goals of our national organization. One of NAfME’s core beliefs and focuses is the commitment to equity and access to music education for all students in all areas. NAfME stressed the idea of broadening our typical view of the classical continued on page 10 TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs music classroom and embracing a variety of styles and genres to best engage all populations of students. This is something very pertinent and important within our own state, and something the NJMEA board is actively working on. We heard from many leaders of music education organizations throughout the country in an array of conference-like sessions. Topics included governance, leadership, and of course, advocacy. Our own Debbie Sfraga sat on a panel to share about our state conference. As we know from networking with each other at district workshops or state conferences, it was similarly beneficial to interact and hear about new initiatives and work being done in other states. We also had the chance to meet with the state MEA leaders from the Eastern Division, share about the success of our Atlantic City Conference, and hear about the challenges and successes of our neighboring states. As I write and reflect on the National Assembly, I think it is important to identify the purpose of sharing all of this with the membership. I believe transparency in our organization is crucial to its success. It is valuable to see what NJMEA is doing for us as teachers, and that it continues to be open to hearing the needs, struggles and strengths of our state so we can advocate and react to what is happening every day. Advocacy is paramount, and while each of us serves as their own advocate in their school or district, NJMEA is working to be that advocate on the state and national level through visibility and clear messaging. As we start another school year, we should all work to ensure that our organization is a true representation of our teachers and students.

Administration & Advocacy Dennis Argul Elizabeth Public Schools argulde@epsnj.org

Administration “The summer went by so slowly”….said no teacher ever! The New Jersey Music Administrators Association would like to welcome back all returning music educators as well as all newcomers to the craft! We hope for a musically productive and enriching year for all members of the New Jersey Music Educators Association! Our Executive Board and Board of Directors have once again collaborated and prepared a series of relevant and important workshops for our membership. The meeting session dates, topics and presenters are as follows: • October 6, 2017 - Yearlong Student Teaching and Its Impact on K-12 Schools – presented by Joe Akinskas and Rick Dammers • December 1, 2017 - Rolling Out the New Arts Standards – presented by Jeff Santoro • February 2,, 2018 - Quantifying Creativity: Assessment and Data in the Arts – presented by Robert Hamm • April 13, 2018 - Collaboration Within The Arts: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work – presented by Matt Lorenzetti and Dennis Argul • June 1, 2018 - Your Music Tech Toolbox: Making Wise Choices for Instruction – presented by Joe Akinskas and Marge Lo Presti The NJMAA meetings begin at 9:00 am. with hospitality beginning at 8:30 am unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held at the Rutgers Club in the Livingston Dining Commons located at 85 Avenue E Piscataway, NJ. The club is on the second floor. The NJMAA Executive Board members are: President, Thomas Weber, Supervisor of Visual and Performing Arts for the Westfield Public Schools; Past President, Robert Pispecky, Supervisor of Music for the Edison Public Schools; President-Elect, Matt Lorenzetti, Supervisor of Music for the Linden Public Schools; Treasurer/Membership Chairman, Louis Quagliato, Director of Visual and Performing Arts for the West Orange Public Schools; and Secretary, Jonathan Harris, Supervisor of Music for the Northern Valley Public Schools; along with NJMAA Board of Directors members Joseph Akinskas, Rowan University and Cumberland County College; Robert Hamm, Supervisor of Music for the Neptune Public Schools; Advocacy Chair Dennis H. Argul, Supervisor of Music for the Elizabeth Public Schools; continued on page 12 TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs Webmaster Patricia Rowe, Supervisor of Arts and Technology for the Moorsetown Township Public Schools; and Ronald Dolce, retired Music Supervisor for the Rahway Public Schools. We are all encouraged by the commitment from our growing membership! We are continually inspired by our colleagues around the state as we share our thoughts, ideas and solutions to the challenges of being music educators. If you are a new administrator and are looking for a group with which to collaborate for information, ideas and networking, you are encouraged to join us! For more information, please visit our website at www.njmaa.org and/or reach out to our Board members with any questions or concerns you may have. We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Advocacy I can find no better blueprint for Music Advocacy than Nicholas Santoro’s article in the January 2017 TEMPO entitled: Dig the Well Before You Need the Water: Advocacy and You! In the article, Santoro offers salient advice on how to advocate for our programs at the school, district and community levels. Those of us who have enjoyed an education in music are aware of its many benefits. Besides musical abilities and a lifelong appreciation of music, music education develops creativity, responsibility, discipline, perseverance, dependability, composure, pride in results, group cooperation, confidence, social and communications skills, emotional maturity, and many other valuable traits and skills. In short, music education provides excellent preparation for life. Since the days of Lowell Mason, music educators have been faced with challenges such as budget constraints, scheduling trends, and public apathy. In many districts music educator positions are being reduced or eliminated. Music budgets, always inadequate, are being cut or allowed to diminish in real value. Scheduling changes in many schools are forcing students to drop music, or relegate music to extracurricular status. We all know the perils of standardized testing and the opinions of some, of the need for a rigorous curriculum to prepare our children for college and career readiness. How can our music programs, with such proven benefits be allowed to wither? Evidently, it’s not what the residents of NJ want. According to Arts Ed Now, 95% of NJ residents believe arts education is important for students in grades K through 12 and only 54% believe students receive enough arts opportunities in school. Politicians, administrators, and school officials find the funding and resources to provide the programs the public values, so why the disconnect? Perhaps the most telling number from Arts Ed Now is that only 30% of those polled have taken action to support arts education, The problem is that we are not consolidating this community support and expressing our views. We have to remind the decision-makers that we feel music education is important, and that the people in the community want their children to have the opportunity of a music education. So where do we start? How do we make certain the invested time and energy produces the needed results? Every individual will discover his or her particular style as time goes on, but there are many tried-and-true road signs that will be of aid along the advocacy journey. Coexistence - Never promote the music program at the expense of another organization. Music advocacy is a benefit to the entire school and community; it must live in harmony with the existing curriculum. It’s About the Students - Music education is centered on students. A music advocate’s platform must be focused on the academic importance of arts education. Everyone Is a Musician - Every student, faculty, staff, administrator and community member of the school is a potential music maker. Bringing this attitude to advocacy makes the message very potent. Relationships - Developing trusting relationships is the basis for group support. Listen to what your students, colleagues, administration and community members have to say and prepare information to share with them about the benefits of music education. Share Music with Everyone – Produce high quality musical events and invite everyone to attend. Everyone should be aware of the inherent values that music offers the performer as well as the listener. Be a Life-Long Learner - Attend workshops, read professional journals and magazines and above all, listen to outstanding music performed by the finest musicians of the day…..and then share the lessons with your students, colleagues, administrators and community members. Communication is the answer. Patience and Persistence – These are not new challenges we face. We are still here facing them because of all the others who have come this way before. Stay patient and continue to be persistent in your advocacy for music education. As we address the challenges we face day to day as music educators, let us remember what brought us here, what sparked the passion for the craft and what keeps us going each day. Let’s be sure to advocate for our craft, our programs, and most importantly, for our students. continued on page 14

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News From Our Division Chairs Choral Festivals/Opera Festival Donna Marie Berchtold firesongwed@gmail.com

The 65th Annual NJMEA Middle School – Junior High Choral Festival Dates are scheduled for the spring of 2018. Donna Marie F. Berchtold, chairperson, former choral/instrumental director at the William Davies Middle School, Mays Landing, along with Karen Blumenthal, choral director at Von E. Mauger Middle School, Middlesex, NJ will co-coordinate and host the Middle School Choral Festivals again for this year. The Festivals are currently scheduled to be held at two separate locations: • The first event (South Site) will take place at Rowan University on Wed. March 21, 2018. The deadline for applications is February 7, 2018. (Event time: 9:15 – 1:30 pm) • The second event (North Site) will be held at Rutgers University on May 30, 2018. The deadline for applications is April 18, 2018. (Event time: 9:15 – 1:30 pm) The application forms will be on the NJMEA web site, however, they can also be found in the January edition of TEMPO Magazine. A maximum of ten (10) registrations will be accepted at each site. The Registration Fee per school group will be $150.00 for either site. Each participating choral group will receive 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 either of these events next year, should be sure to complete the application form in the January issue of TEMPO Magazine, or online at www.njmea.org. Anyone with questions or concerns may contact Donna Marie at: firesongwed@gmail.com, or 609-226-7751 (cell)

The NJMEA Opera Festival Report By Mike Kallimanus 201.370.0423 mrkorchauditions@aol.com Opera dates are as follows: Auditions: Friday, Oct. 27th. 6:00 pm start, out by 9:00 pm at the latest. Festival/Concert: Saturday, Nov. 4th. 10:00 am start, 4:00 pm concert, out by 6:00 pm at the latest. Both events will take place at Red Bank Reg. HS, hosted by Kris Zook. continued on page 16

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News From Our Division Chairs Choral Performance Wayne Mallette wayne.mallette1@gmail.com

Welcome back and Happy New Year, new school year that is! As you look forward to the 2017-2018 school year, I hope you had a chance to relax and recharge this summer. While we know the work we do is important, we must also remember that our families and our own personal health must remain at the top of our priority list. Each summer NJ-ACDA and NJMEA offer summer workshops which will stimulate your mind and recharge your musical spirits. I hope you had a chance to participate in one or both of these events. Take the time to think back on these conferences as you shape your vision for the upcoming school year. Please keep your memberships current in both of these professional organizations for the most up to date information for you and your students. For me this school year is a year full of new beginnings. Not only have I changed schools and have a new administrative position, this is my first year as the Choral Procedures Chair for NJMEA. While I am extremely excited about this amazing opportunity I am also profoundly humbled by the legacy left by Kathy Spadafino. Her dedication as Choral Procedures Chair has left an indelible mark on the choral community in the state of New Jersey. We are grateful for her commitment and leadership. Enjoy your retirement Kathy! Our All-State Choruses (Mixed and Treble) are already rehearsing. Patrick Hachey of Roxbury High School has started rehearsing with our Mixed Chorus students, and they are having an amazing experience as they prepare for their two concerts in November. Our Treble Chorus began rehearsing in September with their conductor Mark Boyle of Seton Hill University of Pennsylvania. Their performance will take place as part of the NJMEA convention in February 2018. Please attend these rehearsals and/or performances, you will not be disappointed! While your students are getting a fabulous choral experience from you and your program, everyone will benefit more when you participate in your County, Region and All-State Choral groups. I have found that my students came back with more passion and a deeper appreciation for music due to their participation in the Honor Choir Experience. Your students will share a quality musical experience with other singers, make new friends, and come back to your choir with Choir Fire! Here is some basic information for the 2017-2018 school year: please continue to check the NJMEA website for updates, www.njmea. org. Mark your calendar for deadlines – they are 5-8 weeks BEFORE the actual audition. High School Region Choruses: New Jersey has 3 regions: I (North), II (Central) III (South). Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to audition. Each region has a link on the njmea website. Audition Dates: Region I (NJSMA) - Saturday, January 6, 2018 Region II (CJMEA) - Saturday, December 9, 2017 Region III (SJCDA) - Saturday, November 18, 2017 New Jersey All-State Chorus: Students in grades 9-11 are eligible to audition. Note: Students do NOT have to be accepted into their appropriate Region chorus to be eligible for All-State Chorus, unlike band and orchestra. There are 2 audition dates to choose from, and many schools split their students between the two dates/sites. All choral directors must help out at one of the audition sites each year, and MUST serve as a final room judge (both dates) once every four years. The All-State Chorus Audition Bulletin will be available online at www.njmea. org by the end of January. Please read all sections carefully – all the information you need is there, but there is a lot to read! The audition dates for 2018 are Saturday April 14, 2018 (North) and Saturday April 21, 2018 (South). Mark your calendars now! ACDA: In 2018, ACDA will hold Regional conferences throughout the United States. The Eastern Division conference is March 7-10 in Pittsburgh, PA. ACDA will hold its Jubilee 60th Anniversary National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, February 27- March 2, 2019. This is sure to be an amazing conference. Look for the audition process next spring. NAfME will have its National In-service Conference in Dallas Texas on November 13-15, 2017. The application process for the All National Choir took place in the spring, and students were chosen in June, however you can still register and attend the conference. As for the 2019 Eastern Division NAfME Conference, I will have more information in the spring! I hope to see you at these events, and please introduce yourself to me. We are always looking for help in the choral procedures world. Best of luck as you embark on this new school year. When you feel like you need that inspiration or find yourself stuck in the silo of your classroom don’t forget there is a state full of choral conductors like yourself...don’t be afraid to reach out. And remember, this can be the best year of your career...the choice is yours! continued on page 18 TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs Collegiate/Higher Ed/Research Colleen Sears quinnc1@tcnj.edu

My name is Colleen Sears and I am an Assistant Professor of Music and the Coordinator of Music Education at The College of New Jersey. Prior to my career in higher education, I spent ten years as a music educator in New Jersey’s public schools teaching general and instrumental music at elementary, middle, and high school levels. I’m very excited to join the NJMEA Board of Directors as the Chairperson of Higher Education, Research, and Collegiate Chapters. My interests include facilitating university and K-12 music partnerships, connecting music curriculum to the lived experiences of students, music teacher education, and social justice issues in music education. I am deeply committed to equity and access in music education and look forward to working with the Board and NJMEA members to explore how factors such as race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status impact the experiences of K-12 music education students and music teachers in New Jersey. Finally, I am well versed in the new requirements for teacher certification in New Jersey and welcome any questions that members might have in relation to music teacher certification, working with student teachers, and “EdTPA,” a performance based teaching assessment that is now required for certification. Best wishes to all as a new school year begins! I look forward to the work ahead! Please contact me with any questions you may have.

Early Childhood Education Amy Burns aburns@fhcds.org

Welcome back! NJMEA Early Childhood/Elementary are hosting some amazing webinars this year. Currently, we have two Webinars to earn PD in your PJS! The two fall webinars are “Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom” and “Assessment in the Elementary Music Classroom.” In both of these webinars, I will show how to use technological tools to showcase students’ musical works, how to get your music curriculum onto your parents’ mobile devices, and how to assess elementary music students. Go to this web address and follow the directions on how to receive PD credit: http://amymburns.com/webinars/. In addition, NJSMA Elementary will be hosting a Columbus Day Workshop with Artie Almeida on Monday, October 9, from 9:30 -3:30 pm at “The Mansion at Mountain Lakes,” 90 Rt 46 East in Mountain Lakes, NJ. It is a full day workshop with a continental breakfast, lunch, and swag bag included. In addition, there is a special guest of The fabulous Shull School Hot Marimba Group with Director John Gronert and Asst. Director Joann Szczesny from the All-Eastern Divisional Conference last April! Cost is $85. Online registration is required. Register at njsma.com or by emailing elementary@njsma.com. There will be more PD opportunities this year for elementary music educators. Please check your TEMPO Express, NJMEA Facebook group, and here in TEMPO in the near future for more information. continued on page 20

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News From Our Division Chairs Guitar Education Thomas Amoriello tom@tomamoriello.com

Happy 2017-18 school year! Thank you to Bill McDevitt and previously Joe Jacobs for supporting guitar education here in NJ. I look forward to working with Jeff Santoro during the next two years and I am thrilled to be aboard again. It is important to please spread the word to the teachers whom you know in NJ and mark your calendars for May 5, 2018. This will be the 5th annual NJMEA Guitar Festival at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ which will feature the chosen students conducted by Vincent Downes as well as a featured guest artist recital from Australian classical guitarist , Rupert Boyd: http://www.rupertboyd.com/.

Please see the October issue of TEMPO or visit the Guitars in the Classroom Portal at njmea.org for more information about the 2018 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Auditions. Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12 • The three files and application are on the website: • Waltz Op 7, No. 6 by Napoleon Coste • Scale Requirement: E Melodic Minor • Ensemble Excerpt: (Located on njmea.org in the Guitars in the Classroom Portal) • Sight Reading at the audition. Students will be judged on a point system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared piece, ensemble excerpt, scale and sight reading. We need to have student and teacher participation on many levels. Students will need to be sponsored by their K-12 music teacher who should be a member of NJMEA so communication with these educators is important. Please consider volunteering your time to help as an adjudicator, sectional coach, and other festival duties. Otherwise this will be unsuccessful! Students will be awarded the title through an audition process that is modeled after what the Virginia Music Education Association and their All State Guitar Ensemble guidelines are. It is important to spread the word to as many guitar educators and students as possible. A special note to students auditioning, teachers and parents: This is a commitment and 100% participation is required on all dates. If this cannot be honored please do not audition. In this issue you will find the appropriate sign up forms and audition requirements.

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News From Our Division Chairs 2018 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Auditions February 10, 2018 at The College of New Jersey (music dept), 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 9:00-1:00 pm (snow date Sunday, Feb. 11 @ Bayonne High School: Time TBA) Rehearsal 1: March 10, 2018 from 9-12 at Bayonne High School. 669 Avenue A, Bayonne, NJ 07002 ( snow date, Sunday March 11th: time TBA) Rehearsal 2: April 28, 2018 from 9-12 at Bergen County Academies. Room 5. 200 Hackensack Avenue. Hackensack, NJ 07601. Office phone: 201-343-6000 x2313 Rehearsal 3: May 5, 2018 at The College of New Jersey (music dept), 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 10:30-11:45 am Performance May 5, 2018 @ TCNJ (no snow date) ensemble performance 12:00 pm student showcase 12:30 pm guest artist 1:00 pm Audition Fee: $10 (non-refundable) Participation Fee (if selected): $50 Personnel: Vincent Downes, conductor NJMEA Guitar Festival Director: Thomas Amoriello

NJ Association for Jazz Educators Mike Anzuini manzuini.njaje@gmail.com

The NJAJE Board of Directors is excited for the upcoming school year. As you are reading this, the All State Jazz Ensemble and Honors Jazz Choir are hard at work preparing for their concert series in November. We are pleased to have Walt Weiskopf, of New Jersey City University, and Timothy Brent, of Rider University, directing these ensembles. A special thanks to ensemble managers Brian Height and Steven Bishop in their help behind the scenes as the ensembles prepare for performance. It should be a wonderful set of concerts, beginning at the “Claridge Hotel Theater” in Atlantic City on November 9th and concluding a week later at the NJPAC on November 17th. I encourage all of you to make an effort to hear these ensembles, you will not be disappointed! Our Vice President Jeff Haas is hard at work finalizing the details of the 13th Annual Jazz Conference on November 17th at the “Lucent Center” of NJPAC. The focus of this year’s conference is Jazz History. In addition to the Reading Band, we will be offering a Vocal Jazz Ensemble reading session led by Steve Bishop. NJAJE will also be honoring our Jazz Educator of the Year, David Thomas May of Burlington City High School, as part of the Conference. Attendance is included with membership! This past May, NJAJE was able to host the inaugural Vocal Jazz Ensemble Festival! Similar to our Big Band Festival, 6 High School Vocal Jazz Ensembles performed for a panel of distinguished Vocal Jazz Educators/Performers. Special thanks to Jeffery Lesser, Rowan College at Burlington County, for organizing the event and Randy White, Hopewell Valley Central Regional High School, for hosting. We will be holding the event again this coming spring. If you are interested in participating, please check our website! Membership has its privileges! Included with your membership is attendance for our Annual Conference, a subscription to Downbeat Magazine, and entrance to any all Jazz activities sponsored by NJAJE. Sign up today at www.njaje.org. TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs Orchestra Performance Susan Meuse susanmeuse@gmail.com

Welcome back to a new school year! The All-State Orchestra is currently preparing for the upcoming concerts in November. The conductor, Mischa Santora has picked a great program that the students are working very hard on with help from the rehearsal conductors. It should be a great concert, so we hope to see you in Atlantic City or NJPAC! Since the last issue of TEMPO, the All-State Intermediate Orchestra performed a great concert at Summit High School. Conductor Brian McGowan did a fantastic job preparing the talented students to perform an exciting program. I must also include a big thank you to Michael Saias for managing the group. The Honors Chamber Orchestra also performed on the same concert. The students did a wonderful job under their talented conductor, Jim Millar. Thank you also to Alex Dadon for helping out at all of the rehearsals and the concert. Orchestra festivals: be on the lookout for more information soon. I am working on finalizing sites and times. If you think you may be interested in participating and/or helping out, please send me an email!

Retired Music Educators Kathleen Spadafino kspadEB@aol.com

I would like to welcome all of the newly retired professionals who are relaxing this fall and not stressing over music, concerts, kids and parents. Please consider joining our group of Retired Music Educators. As members of NJMEA, you are still part of the myriad of events that occur during the year. Many of us still chaperone, attend concerts, manage, and even have seats on the NJMEA board! Our meetings this year are: February 23, 2018 at the NJMEA convention in East Brunswick and Wednesday, May 9, location TBA. If you would like to become more involved, contact me or Frank Hughes, president (bugle11@yahoo.com) to discuss this further. Our Executive Board also includes Joyce Richardson-Melech, president-elect; Beverly Robinovitz, secretary; Dorian Parreott, treasurer; Paul Oster, obituaries; Judy Verrilli, Ron Dolce and myself as NJMEA board representatives. Joyce will also be overseeing observations for 2017-2018 Master Music teachers. Frank has many exciting ideas that he will be sharing with you in a newsletter. We would love to see you all at our meetings!

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News From Our Division Chairs Special Learners Maureen Butler mbutler@mlschools.org

Although the school year is now in full swing, I’d like to take a moment to look back on our Summer Conference, and thank the presenters and participants in our special learners workshops. Brian Wagner and Lucia Marone, as always, shared wonderful activities and strategies that demonstrated their keen insight into our students with special needs. I was inspired once again by the participants who were eager to share and to learn more about teaching all of our students. By now you have met the special learners who will be in your classes until June. I encourage you to reflect on how well they are managing and to develop ways to make music more accessible to them. If you have questions or concerns about the students you teach, please feel free to contact me at the email address above. Similarly, if you have any topics you’d like to see addressed in TEMPO, send those ideas to me as well.

Summer Workshop Joe Akinskas akinskas@rowan.edu Summer Workshop Coordinator

Summer Workshop X Wrap-up The Tenth annual summer workshop was held in the Arts and Instructional Media building on the delightful campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Our tenth anniversary workshop addressed several Music Education content areas, based on an unprecedented round of new online session submissions and presenters, that included: Choral Music, Instrumental Music, Technology Applications, Classroom Music Techniques and Strategies, and Special Education implications in Music Instruction, along with well attended choral and instrumental reading sessions, and domain forums. Additionally, a roster of Special Topic presentations included hands-on instrument repair techniques by our resident repair specialist Dave Kaplan; AEANJ represented by Ennis Carter and Bob Morrison; A Standards Update by NJMEA President Jeff Santoro; Navigating Music On A Cart by Danielle Ingram; splendid lunch entertainment by the RockNRoll Chorus; and the day ending with our grand wrap-up coffee and dessert reception, sponsored by Ron Beaudoin for NEMC, with the always phenomenal “Rachel’s Raffle.” TEMPO

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News From Our Division Chairs The workshop participants included 80+ music educators from across the State, along with a roster of 20+ clinicians namely: Beth Moore, Carol Dory-Beadle, Nick and Barb Santoro, Betsy Maliszewski, Joseph Verdi, Robin Hodson, Maureen Butler, Lucia Marone, Shawna Longo, Kurt Zimmerman, Greg Roman from Quaver Music, Beverly Vaughn, Brian Hunter, Tom Maliszewski, Rachel Michel, John Palatucci, Tom Kamp, Dave Dashevsky, Jeff Santoro, Larisa Skinner, Aixa Burgos, Mary McGuire, Erin Price, and Zachary Gates. Commendations and thanks are in order for the members of the summer workshop committee, who for all ten years, have shared the workshop vision and commitment to the benefit of their statewide colleagues. The committee members include: Maureen Butler, Joe Cantaffa, Rick Dammers, Rachel Klott, Shawna Longo, Betsy Maliszewski, Susan Mark, and Nick Santoro. Likewise, I must publicly thank several members of the TCNJ Music Department, and Event Staff, who were wonderful hosts. They include: Alanna Gutchigian , Richard Kroth, and Mark Kalinowski. Their patience and hospitality is truly appreciated. The entire workshop program, along with pictures from this year’s event, can be found on the conference-workshop link at NJMEA.org. Workshop Eleven is tentatively scheduled for August 8, 2018. Additional information will be posted in the January edition of TEMPO. Reserve the date now!

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If you teach with technology, and your students compose, arrange or make cool projects, plan to attend the NJMEA Student Music Tech Expo. This is a student-centered event which features exhibits of adjudicated student works, as well as hands-on workshops and performances. Teachers are needed to help make this event possible, so please email me if you are willing to join the Expo committee and can spare an hour of time here and there. Mark your calendar now: Expo South will be held on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Rowan, and Expo North will be held on Monday, May 21, 2018 at Rutgers. Registration details will be announced in November. If you have attended in the past, you will receive an email with registration information and important dates. Need more information? Email njmeatechexpo@gmail.com. Do you use technology in your classroom? Got a great unit or lesson idea? Please share your expertise! Contact me about authoring an article for TEMPO. I’ll be happy to help if you are nervous about putting your ideas into print. New presenters are always welcome for the February NJMEA conference. Session proposals are due ASAP, so check the rest of TEMPO and njmea.org for details. Great sessions are also needed for the NJMEA Summer Workshop held in August. Fresh ideas and faces are always welcome at this low-key gathering.

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Interview with Progressive Funk-Rock Guitarist and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Inductee: DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight Thomas Amoriello Fleminton Raritan School District tamoriel@frsd.k12.nj.us

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ow Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Practice!” is a joke heard often amongst classical musicians. The same could be said for musicians of popular styles about Cleveland and getting to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The diversity of the guitar and the many styles associated with it are the factors that continue to allow the instrument to grow in stature. The guitar is the instrument that attracts youth well after the deadline for 5th grade band signups. Our subject, DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight has a resume that includes working with jazz giants such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Alphonso Johnson as well as funk legends George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He was a member of The Headhunters, a fusion band from 1975 through 1978 and then went on to be the musical director of George Clinton and the legendary Parliament/Funkadelic from 1980 to 2008. Thank you to McKnight for sharing his musical journey with us. You recorded with jazz icon Herbie Hancock on his Man-Child & Flood albums. What was it like to work with what many consider to be a musical genius during his funk experimentation period? It was quite an honor to work with someone of his caliber. I had 3 goals that I set for myself when I was young and playing with him was one of them. Truly one of the greatest experiences I could hope for in that time of my life. You serve as music director for “Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame” inductee ParliamentFunkadelic and have traveled the world. What are some of the tougher aspects of life on the road?

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Actually to me life on the road is not that tough. Performing for people makes me happy. I get to see friends and visit places I would not get to if I didn’t travel. It’s sometimes difficult to get healthier foods in some places. The whole traveling thing can get tiresome from time to time but it’s what the job entails. Traveling from city to city playing music for people who wish to listen and enjoy is special to me and one of the “get offs” of being a musician.

What were a few of your first guitar memories as a child? Dropping by the local music store and staring at the guitars through the window every day, hoping and wishing to play someday. Receiving my first guitar from my uncle; sitting on the steps of the back porch, plucking away learning my favorite songs. Of course my first electric guitar and amp; going over friends’ houses and jamming. There are many favorite episodes from that era that I am very fond of! Did you take guitar lessons and was there a mentor who helped you grow as a musician?

What is your favorite part? Obviously the shows. It is great to see people enjoy our shows, not to mention the landmarks you get to see like the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Buckingham Palace etc. For example, some years ago when the Berlin Wall was being torn down, we played Berlin and were able to visit the wall and participated in chiseling the wall down. I even brought a couple of pieces which I still have. How cool is that? I like to visit other countries and see how people live.

Yes, I did take lessons for a very short period of time. I also learned some music in grade school, junior high and high school (which they taught us in school then). I used to carry around a pitch pipe which I took everywhere. Every time I heard a sound or a note, I would find it on the pitch pipe until I remembered it. From there I developed a better ear, and started learning things on my own by watching other musicians on TV, radio, everywhere. I just became absorbed in music. I have a friend named Shuggie Otis who I learned a lot from by sitting with him and watching him play in his father’s band “The Johnny Otis Show”. Johnny, Shuggie’s father, also had some other really great musicians in his band whom I also learned from. I was very fortunate to have guys like Johnny and Shuggie Otis who let me go to gigs with them and hang out. A lot of other musicians helped me as well to develop and I always listened and watched as much as I could. Truth is I am still learning.

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You have performed on recordings that have influenced countless musical acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the hip hop samplings of Dre, what are your thoughts?

What is your definition of “Funk Guitar” playing? Please be specific to tone, fretboard concepts, equipment, and approach. As well as funk is a style, it’s also a way of life. It is a musical feeling and expression but more so than that it’s what you feel inside of you. Funk determines how hard you hit the open E and A strings when you chank a chord. Funk is the way you play a 9th chord, as in how hard you play it, your tone comes from all of that. Funk to one person is different to another person and everybody’s feel and approach are different. You have to understand the rules to know how to break them. Funk is all of that. Some people strum a chord, some chank which calls for a more aggressive approach. However there is the form of funk where you can use finesse such as a funky ballad. Everybody has the funk but needs to know how to interpret it their way. You can learn from somebody else but make sure you have your own identity. As much as funk is, don’t limit yourself to one thing. Listen to as much music as you can but never abandon what you love.

Well again, that’s the “get off.” When I started playing music, I did it to become a great musician, get fame and all of that. It is obviously a great honor to have influenced anyone. Part of the reason of picking up an instrument is to reach as many people as I can through my craft and I hope I am achieving this. Having said all that, I still have only to grow. This article will be read by many K-12 music educators and members of the National Association of Music Education. Do you have any words of advice or statements you would like to make to them? I would like to thank you, K-12 music educators, members of the National Association of Music Education and collaborators for allowing me to participate in this article and congratulate all of you on reaching out to people and helping them to develop the riches that music has to offer. Keep on doing what you are doing. I will do the same here. God knows we need music. Thomas Amoriello is the Guitar Education Chairperson for the New Jersey Music Education Association and also serves on the NAfME Council for Guitar Education as the Chair-Elect. He teaches guitar for the Flemington Raritan School District and Hunterdon Academy of the Arts. Tom graduated from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University with a Master of Music Degree in Classical Guitar Performance. He is the author of the children’s picture book A Journey to Guitarland with Maestro Armadillo, available from barnesandnoble.com. He recently recorded heavy metal tracks with a stellar roster of musicians including ex-Quiet Riot bassist Bjorn Englen, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist Michael Vescera and former TNT drummer John Macaluso that will be released in January 2018.

How do you see the future of “funk guitar” in the world of music? First let me say, to me, funk guitar will always have a place in funk music. From what I understand and don’t want to believe is that music is not being taught in a lot of schools. I hear in my state they are cutting music and art classes due to state budget. With schools not to have instruments to teach kids the fundamentals of music, funk and music itself looks bleak. We have to take it upon ourselves to expose our kids to music, put instruments in their hands, play different types of music for them so they can absorb and grow. We need to keep educating our children. From what I can see, there is a lot of talent out there and kids are willing to play music. Your organization supports kids, and I will keep on playing music for people. The future of funk guitar and any kind of music, art, everything, should be fine as long as we keep on doing what we are doing.

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2017 Governor’s Awards Joseph Jacobs NJMEA Past-President Ventnor Middle School jjacobs@veccnj.org

he 2017 Governor’s Awards in Arts Education Ceremony was a day of celebration and recognition of the artistic talent, dedication, and commitment of New Jersey’s students, teachers, and leaders. This event took place on May 24th at the Patriot’s Theatre in the Trenton War Memorial Building. The Governor’s Awards began in 1980 and is a collaboration of the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, the Department of Education, Art Pride New Jersey, the Department of State and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. This year three of our students were offered the opportunity to perform at the ceremony. Virginia Lafean (Ridge HS) opened the event with a beautiful acapella performance of the National Anthem. Blaze Dalio (Sparta HS), who was accompanied by his father Marc Dalio, performed “Corner of the Sky.” His musical interpretation of this Broadway classic was amazing. Alexandra Tasev (Rutherford HS) mesmerized the audience with her outstanding rendition of “Mercy on Me”. Alexandra was accompanied by her choir teacher and NJMEA member Patricia Blanchard. All three students did a remarkable job in representing our organization. The New Jersey Music Educators Association’s involvement in the Governor’s Awards in Arts Education has created an opportunity to recognize the musical achievement of our accomplished students. Every year thousands of NJ music students audition to be accepted into one of our prestigious ensembles. This includes All-State Band, All-State Chorus, AllState Orchestra, All-State Opera, and All-State Jazz. Students who are members of our All-State Ensembles have the opportunity to be selected to receive a Governor’s Award. Only 10 students are nominated from the many eligible All-State participants. These students display outstanding musicianship and dedication in the study of music. Congratulations to the following students on their success and achievement in music.

Alexandra Tasev – Rutherford High School, Rutherford – AllState Chorus Blaze Dalio – Sparta High School, Sparta – All-State Chorus Virginia Lafean – Ridge High School, Basking Ridge – All-State Chorus Tyler Seto – John P. Stevens High School, Edison – All-State Chorus Kristen Park – Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon – All-State Band Michael Wang – John. P. Stevens High School, Edison – All-State Band David Mosko – Cherokee High School, Marlton – All-State Jazz

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“Old Dogs” Can Learn “New Tricks”! Who Knew? Thomas McCauley John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University Mccauleyt@mail.montclair.edu

was “stuck.” Stuck in my ways of thinking, in my ways of teaching, and in my ways of conducting. And I knew it. What I didn’t know was how to get “unstuck.” It was time for a change, but what kind of change? After attempting some of my past methods of moving through my inertia that, this time, produced no real improvement in my situation, I decided to leap outside my comfort zone to search for answers. So, I went to Bulgaria. Yes, Bulgaria. It was my “American Band Director in Bulgaria” experience that rocked me from my safety net and the mind-numbing boredom of my cozy professional life, and gave me the insight and motivation to move forward. Why Bulgaria, you ask? Because that happened to be the site of the 2016 International Conducting Workshop Festival. The International Conducting Workshop Festival is held each summer in locations throughout the world. A vast majority of its participants are orchestral conductors, mostly young orchestral conductors, from around the globe who come to the festival to deepen their knowledge of the orchestral repertoire, refine their conducting technique, and to make professional connections that will serve them well throughout TEMPO

their careers. This was no place for an aging, college band director with only a surface-level familiarity of orchestral repertoire. But, if I was to break through the chokehold of apathy that had me tightly in its grasp, I had to try something out of the ordinary. So, I submitted an application to participate in the festival. Never believing, even for one minute, that I would be accepted to participate, for reasons that are still not entirely clear to me, I was. This particular workshop was especially attractive to me because one of my long-time musical heroes would be one of the teachers at the festival. Maestro Larry Rachleff has been an inspiration to me since I first became aware of him in 1991. I have observed dozens of hours of Rachleff ’s rehearsals, both in Chicago and Rhode Island, over the course of many years. But, other than having the opportunity to work with him in two wind conducting symposia, I never had the chance to work with him in a setting like the ICWF. The prospect of conducting a professional orchestra, engaging with repertoire that I’ve never before conducted, and doing it all in front of Rachleff (and his colleague, Donald Schleicher, from the University of Illinois) excited and terrified me all at once. It was certainly enough of a 34

motivator to study and prepare the festival repertoire (Brahms, Mozart, and Mahler) to the highest degree I was able. Armed with as much confidence as someone like me could muster (and still scared to death!), I set off for Eastern Europe. My ten days in Sofia, Bulgaria were simultaneously enlightening, uncomfortable, and exciting. Rachleff ’s influence was, as always, incredibly motivating, and the professional musicians—both in the sextet and full orchestra setting—were a joy to work with. I learned many lessons, too numerous to mention. However, here’s the most important of them. Over the years, areas of my teaching and conducting have improved and have become “mine” (as opposed to me trying to be a bad imitation of someone else). This is a good thing, but like all things worth having, it had come at a cost. The price I paid was an imbalance in my use of energy on the podium. I was working hard, to be sure, but not in the most effective and efficient manner. With his hand literally on my shoulder, Rachleff continuously urged me to “calm down”—to use my energy more effectively and efficiently. The professional musicians were a huge help with this, although they probably weren’t aware of it. OCTOBER 2017

The orchestra and I got along swimmingly; they seemed to like me, and I certainly liked and respected them. But it became increasingly clear that, at points when I would give too much energy and motion, they would reflexively respond by holding back. It was as if they were saying: “We’re with you, but we can’t allow ourselves to make sounds that are less than beautiful, so we have to pull back a bit.” What those wonderful professionals reinforced in me was, in part, something I already knew: that my students at home were amazing, and that they always “give their all” to try to honor any musical request. However, my students aren’t yet professionals and, because they haven’t yet developed that sense of knowing when enough is enough, they are always willing to try to follow me to the “top of the mountain,” no matter the cost. It became clear that, perhaps, I had been musically leading them to places that were not always in their best interest, and, at times, less than beautiful sounds were the result. In other words, to quote a great teacher I once knew: “Be careful…the group might actually be watching you!” OCTOBER 2017

It appears that this “old dog” still has many “new tricks” to learn, and it has been both a pleasure and a challenge for me to try to incorporate a more refined, focused, and balanced use of energy while on the podium during the past academic year. Thanks to my 10 days in Bulgaria, I am no longer “stuck.” In fact, I’m more excited then ever to get back to work! I will forever be grateful to all those wonderful teachers, students, and professional players during my short time there. It’s easy to become comfortable, even complacent, about how we music educators work. After having lived in several places across the country, I have observed that it’s particularly easy for that to happen in New Jersey. I have grown to love New Jersey, though our state is divided into 584 different school districts; most with their own school boards, administrators, and educational standards. It can be quite safe and comfortable to simply remain in our own, small worlds, ignoring most of what happens beyond them. Because our state is so fractured, it’s particularly here in New Jersey that each of us must constantly strive to expand and deepen our view of mu35

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sic, teaching, conducting, and the outside world in general. This is why organizations like the National Association for Music Education, the New Jersey Band Association, and many others can be extremely helpful in raising our awareness and expanding our view of the musical and educational worlds. These organizations constantly offer conferences, workshops, concerts, symposia, and other opportunities for personal and professional growth. Nearly every major college and university in New Jersey offers the same kinds of opportunities. Taking the time, money, and effort to attend workshops, conferences, and symposia can be challenging. Sadly, many school administrators TEMPO

don’t place a great deal of emphasis on the professional growth and development of their faculty. Therefore, it’s up to us to teach our bosses about the need and value of attending such events. Happily, most organizations provide a rationale for attendance, and some even provide a letter to school administrators explaining the educational value of their conferences and workshops. So, you needn’t “reinvent the wheel” with regard to educating your administrators. You just need to buy a ticket, get on the bus headed for self-improvement and reflection… and enjoy the ride! If we expect our students to continually grow and improve as musicians and human beings, so must we. 36

There is no real growth without risk. And it’s never too late for all you “old dogs” out there. Make yourself uncomfortable on occasion…it’s worth it! Thomas McCauley is the Director of University Bands in the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He is the New Jersey State Chair of the College Band Directors National Association, and the author of the book, “Adventures in Band Building” published by GIA Publications. McCauley is also a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician.

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Quick Tech Tips For The Elementary Music Educator Amy Burns Far Hills Country Day School aburns@fhcds.org

hen I present a session on tech resources for the elementary music educator, I usually showcase items that are music-related. In the past, I have written and blogged about websites that promote note reading, music curriculum, orchestral sites, recording music, and much more. In this article, I highlight tech tips that are not centered on music, but you might be able to use daily in your classroom. This past summer, I spent two days attending the New Jersey Association for Independent Schools (NJAIS) Innovation Symposium. The two days included numerous sessions and keynote speakers that provided resources, support, and tools for any educator and administrator, no matter what subject or grade level they teach. It was an excellent conference, which provided many wonderful experiences. One of the most practical sessions I attended was titled, “Resource Round-up” with presenters, Stephanie Hammond, Instructional Technologist from Newark Academy and Kristine Scharaldi, Educational Technology Consultant. Tech Tips: Whenever I present a resource session at a music education conference, I begin by showing a dessert buffet. I remind those who are listening that even though there are many yummy treats to eat, do not eat them all or, as my youngest daughter would say, “you will get a very bad tummy ache!” Stephanie and Kristine showed us some amazing tech resources. I had to remind myself to not eat the entire dessert buffet. Here are some that I found would be helpful for elementary music educators: • OneTab (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnih all?hl=en) – Does your computer slow down when you have several tabs open in the “Google Chrome Browser?” This google chrome extension converts all open tabs into one tab so that Figure 1: http://bride.com.au/4-wedyou can save up to 95% memory. This will result in your computer not slowing down as much ding-cake-alternatives and will reduce clutter. • Google Keep (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-keep-chrome-extens/lpcae dmchfhocbbapmcbpinfpgnhiddi) – This is like Evernote, as it syncs your notes across all devices, including “web,” “Android,” “iOS,” and “Wear.” However, it is a much simpler alternative. It shows everything on the front page. You can also easily take notes. With the extension, you can save web pages. In addition, you can use the search bar to filter your notes, you can add labels, and you can color code your notes. • Google Docs (Forcing a copy) – Has someone ever sent you a google doc and asked you to make a copy of it before you fill it out, but you open it to find out that someone else did not do that and it is already filled out? This ends that problem. Change the last word of the url from ‘edit’ to ‘copy’. When the person clicks on the link, google will ask them if You can also replace ‘edit’ with the following: they would like to make a copy. • ‘preview’ - presents the document without menu bars or buttons • ‘template/preview’ - allows the user to see the document before making a copy of it • For a downloadable PDF o ‘export?format=pdf ’ - for Google Figure 2: Force a Copy Docs and Sheets o ‘export/pdf ’ - Google Slides and Create a Tasks List in Gmail – There are many times when I am quickly reading an email Drawings that requires my attention or assigns me a task and I tell myself that I will check it again later. The next time I check my email, I have 20+ more emails and I end up forgetting the email I TEMPO

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read hours before. Gmail can assign emails as tasks and create a tasks list for you. When you are reading an email that you feel needs to be assigned as a task, click on “More” at the top of the page, and scroll down to “Add to Tasks”. A new menu will pop up and the email will be on the list. If you click the > next to the email, you can assign the task a due date and make a note. To find your Task list the next time you login, go to the “Mail” at the top left-hand corner and scroll down to “Tasks”. The Tasks list will appear and you can click on that certain task, which will open the email that had the task listed. I learned about this when earning my Google Level 1 Certification and it has assisted my organization greatly. Zamzar (http://www.zamzar.com/) – Convert audio, music, video, image, document, and other files into other formats for free with no added software. They state that they support over 1200 different conversions. For example, convert an “.m4v” file into a “.mov” file with a click of a button and no added software. They will send you a link to the email address that you provided so that you can simply download the converted file. There are paid versions which give you more file size, online storage, faster conversion speed, no expiry limits on files, and more. Non-Music Tech Tools for Elementary Music Educators: • Adobe Spark (https://spark.adobe.com/) – Post, Page, and Video – Create beautiful posts, pages, and videos. This product is very intuitive for educators and students to utilize for creating musical stories, web pages, and videos. In addition, it is cross platform and free!

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• Nearpod (https://nearpod.com/) and Pear Deck (https://www. peardeck.com/) – Students connect to your presentation on any device and answer your interactive questions. This is another way for 1:1 schools (one device per student) to gauge their students’ learning throughout the lesson. These are paid services and something that your schools would subscribe to for you to use in your classroom. • Socrative (www.socrative.com) and Plickers (www.plickers.com) - Need a free assessment tool and your students do not have access to their email addresses? Then “Socrative” or “Plickers” could be what you need. With “Socrative”, you can create multiple choice, short answer, Figure 4: An Example of Adobe Page and T/F pre- and post-tests. I have used this with a 1:1 classroom and a classroom with a few devices. It is free and can work on multiple devices. With “Plickers”, you can create a multiple choice or a T/F assessment using one iOS device that scans the “Plickers” cards and records the students’ answers. There is no need for the students to have a device because you can download the free “Plickers” cards from the “Plickers” website. To read more about how I use these two free applications for assessment in the elementary music classroom, please visit here: http://mustech.net/2017/03/using-technology-assist-assessment-elementarygeneral-music-classroom/ • Smithsonian Learning Lab (https://learninglab.si.edu) – Teachers can utilize the Smithsonian’s resources from their 19 museums, 9 major research centers, the zoo, and more. They created this learning lab to inspire the discovery and creative uses of its rich digital materials—more than a million images, recordings, and texts. When I searched music, I found learning labs about Jazz, Opera, Hip Hop, and more. • Flippity (www.flippity.net) – Turn a google spreadsheet into a Bingo Game, Hangman Game, crossword puzzles, and more! Create a musical hangman game using only the letters of the musical alphabet. • Book Creator (www.bookcreator.com) – Create ebooks and videos of ebooks for iOS and webbased devices! My students have easily used “Book Creator” for creating books about composers and books about recorder tips to show the next year’s students about how to play the recorder. Please visit my website, amymburns.com, to see some examples from second and third graders (Click on “2nd Grade” and Figure 5: This is a “musical “3rd Grade”. hangman” game I created • Padlet (www.padlet.com) – This is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers with Flippity can collaborate, reflect, and share links and pictures in a secure location. “Padlet” allows users to create a hidden wall with a custom URL. This is wonderful for your older elementary students who hesitate to ask or answer questions during class because they can participate using “Padlet.” There are many other tools that assist in showcasing students’ works like Seesaw (web.seesaw.me) or Class Dojo (www.classdojo.com). There are also wonderful websites that highlight music and curriculum. To find more websites like these, please visit my website and click on “Websites/Resources”. Amy M. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for 21 years at Far Hills Country Day School. She has authored 3 books on how to integrate tech into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including 3 keynote addresses in TX, IN, and AU. She is the recipient of the TI:ME Teacher of the Year, NJ Master Music Teacher, & Governor’s Leader in Arts Education Awards.

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Virtual Choir: Building A 21st Century Ensemble Zachary Gates Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick, NJ Zegates93@gmail.com

With this in mind, how do you use technology to completely transform a choral classroom? How do you make it meaningful and fun for students? These were questions I asked, and questions someone had already answered. In 2009, popular composer Eric Whitacre embarked on a mission to create and produce a “Virtual Choir” in which multiple videos of singers were virtually displayed and together performed Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque.” This process invited singers with a webcam, headphones, and internet access, to record and upload videos of them singing with Whitacre conducting them. After this process, a team of people stitched together the 243 videos from 12 different countries to create quite a captivating video. In September, 2016, with the help of a team of administrators, teachers, and with the generosity of the East Brunswick Education Foundation, we set out to make our own “Virtual Choir” for East Brunswick Public Schools. There were quite a few things that inspired us to take on this challenge. First, our district has a 6-7 middle school, 8-9 junior high, and a 10-12 senior high school. While our choral curriculum is vertically aligned and articulated, enrollment is not. We found ourselves lacking a consistent, engaging, and shareable platform where students were able to sing with peers from around the district regardless of grade-level, enrollment history, or ability level. In short, we wanted to simultaneously build recruitment and community, while redefining the way tech is integrated into the classroom. To help achieve our goal of making a “Virtual Choir”, we were awarded a grant from the East Brunswick Education Foundation for four “iPad Pros” and four “Shure condenser microphones that would allow us to have multiple devices across our schools. These devices would either be able to play the conducting video that we made and students would sing along, or students would record their actual singing. In retrospect, we should have also asked for professional video-editing software and a website domain that would be free of the

n a recent conversation with a fellow colleague, he asked me why it seems like choral education is always the slowest moving field in terms of integrating new technology into the classroom. I’ve heard the common choral critiques before: not enough literacy, always chewing gum, and “choral-ography” that all but drowns out the sound of the choir. In all honesty, this critique was a new one for me. Is choral education behind the times relative to the rest of music education? I tried to think of my peers who would argue against that—the ones who video record assessments, teach units on GarageBand, and help kids stay in tune with the InTune app. Those people might disagree that we are behind. There is, however, a large population that believes all their classroom needs are risers, a piano, and a chalkboard. For many teachers, regardless of belief, this is all that they are provided. It’s important to see that the quality of how we integrate technology in the classroom is more important than the quantity or frequency that integration is occurring. A good resource to self-assess the quality of tech integration is Ruben Puentedura’s “SAMR Model” (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition). While “substitution” and “augmentation” are common positive enhancements, if we want education to be transformative, we need to consider “modification” and “redefinition” as higher quality levels of tech integration that seek to transform learning itself.

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“.weebly” -- a free website builder. Free tools were fine though, and we were able to get creative putting the videos together with iMovie. We felt that it was important for the first “Virtual Choir” to be assigned a song that we knew would be successful. There is an arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner that we knew was easy, and that many students had already learned from singing at various award ceremonies, football games, and graduation. Our website (ebpsvirtualchoir.weebly.com) was organized so that students could easily navigate and complete the three steps: Practice, Record, and Upload. Practice The practice page consisted of PDFs of the sheet music, as well as practice tracks where each part (SATB) could choose their corresponding track and hear their part in one side of their headphones, while the other voices played on the other side. These were the same tracks that would play during the conducting video. Record To ease the task of having to try and edit out extraneous noise and to avoid rejecting a video submission due to the audio having something that continuously distorted it, there were clear instructions throughout the whole process. The very first instruction was to try and get away from any loud ceiling fans, traffic, or zoos. This really helped us keep all the recordings that were submitted. To sync up all of the videos and audio, we asked students to clap at a certain point before singing so that we could easily pinpoint where the singing started based off of the clap. Perhaps we should have asked them to clap twice like Eric Whitacre did because very often the clap was slightly late and only marginally helped syncing up the audio.

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Submit Having singers submit their video in a controlled and uniform way was highly imperative. Luckily, we were able to embed a link to a “Google Form “where students were able to attach a file. Only students, teachers, or administrators from our institution could attach a file (a restriction by Google), so alumni and community members had to send the video via email. Production At first, we were highly concerned with the quality of the “performance.” With only 9 singers added, the sound was very exposed, cold, and honestly unpleasant. With 163 more tracks to add, it wasn’t looking good either. But something strange and truly choral happened. As we added more and more voices, their sound supported each other, the tone warmed up, and what was once exposed was now sounding more balanced: a lot like an actual choir! We added an appropriate amount of equalizing, compression, and reverb to the sound so that it would have a more professional sound. In addition, each voice part was grouped together in the software, so the volume of each voice part could be individually controlled without having to painstakingly edit dozens of tracks for one effect. Unveiling It was decided that the “Virtual Choir” should be debuted at the junior high school and senior high school concerts. Instead of just releasing the video on a digital platform, it meant a lot to be able to share it with the community who made it. As usual, we invited our building and district level administrators to see the concerts, but for those who could not attend, we were able to send this quick video of students using technology to engage in the arts! All were able to see that the senior high school principal was prominently displayed crashing the cymbals after “land of the free”. 41

While I watched the videos of students singing together, I saw more than just videos of singing alone in bedrooms. I saw them perhaps singing for the first time ever at home. Perhaps that was the first time a family member heard them sing at home too! I wondered what effect that might have down the line when it comes to community support and perhaps little siblings wanting to join choir. Custodial staff and security personnel who were in attendance really enjoyed the video as well. One security guard even went up to our supervisor exclaiming, “Wow! They are really good! How long did they rehearse together?” After explaining that they never practiced together once, they could not believe it, and to a degree neither could I. This was a project that our team had seen accomplished at a very professional level by a highly skilled and connected conductor and composer. Apart from that, there was no blueprint, guide, or “Virtual Choir for Dummies” to refer to. Instead, we had energized students, incredible administrators, and dedicated educators who were not afraid to try something new and go the extra mile. That extra mile made a huge difference for our program and for our students. What’s next... We’ll be continuing the “Virtual Choir” this year with a few modifications. First, we’ll be exploring a middle school and elementary “Virtual Choir”. A few changes will have to be made to the practice, record, and upload process, but with a fun, easy, and engaging song selection, and with extremely positive support from all corners of administration, it’ll be sure to make quite the impact in the musical community of East Brunswick. To see the 2017 EBPS “Virtual Choir” and the website, go to ebpsvirtualchoir.weebly.com. & TEMPO

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The Times Are Changing: Approach Teaching Differently. Create Student Lead Discussion And Student Lead Classes Meghan Cabral musicmegs@gmail.com

ave you heard this lately? Have you thought to yourself how does this apply to my music classroom; How can you change the introduction to an instrument; or teaching vocal pedagogy; or teaching folk songs in general music classes? It may sound very cliché but I constantly am trying to find new ways to approach teaching differently. How? I started “flipping my classroom.” Has anyone in your school or district begun doing this? I was not a believer until I started doing some research and then decided just to try it out. Now, not only do I believe in it and utilize it in my class but I was to continue to strive to find different ways to incorporate it into my classroom and tweak the lessons so they hold students more accountable. So what is “flipped learning?” In a nutshell, it takes a classroom lesson and instead of teaching the students during class, students watch a recorded video or listen to a podcast the night before class to learn the lesson. Students then come back to class and the teacher reinforces the lessons learned at home. In our beginning band class we reinforce embouchure from the first time we play our instruments. Students are asked to take home their instrument from the first time we put our mouthpieces and barrels together. We want the students to have good reinforcement on the techniques we went over in school, or an introduction for anyone who might have been absent. When students watch a video such as this one, we created, Clarinet Mouthpiece With Barrel. We utilized these videos for every instrument. Now you might be thinking, I don’t teach band, I teach choir, orchestra, or general music. How can this pertain to me? Teachers can flip these classrooms with lesOCTOBER 2017

sons on solfege, introductions to new songs, introductions to rhythms. We have recorded lessons on how to count dotted quarter notes, so students can watch the video, understand how to count dotted quarter notes, and then come to class the next day to review and reinforce. Lessons can be created on how to read chord charts, theory lessons about scale creation, half vs whole steps. Students could even do listening lessons with YouTube or other video or audio recordings of professional orchestras. These lessons do not have to all be recorded by you but could be recordings of Boston Pops, NY Philharmonic, or professional choirs, orchestras or even Army bands. Students at home listen to a recording, and through a guided worksheet, write down specific adjectives describing the piece and what they hear. In class the next day, the entire group can spend a few minutes discussing good techniques used by the group that you want your own students to model. Instead of spending 10 minutes listening in class, and having students write notes, they’ve already done the initial part at home. Students who are very interested could have additional listening activities if they wanted to and it also gives the students time to start and stop the recordings if you wanted them to listen to specific things. The “flipped classroom” model is about putting the learning onus on the student so that classroom discussions can be lead during school. The teacher becomes the facilitator and the students begin leading the class. “Flipped classrooms” don’t need to happen every class period; they could happen as frequently as once a week or as in frequently as once a quarter or semester. As we continue with the APPR and Danielson Rubric in so many schools, “flipped learning” can give teachers an opportunity to achieve the Level 4’s. For ex43

ample, 3c; “Enganging students in learning, the “flipped classroom” model would allow for many opportunities for students to be “provide(d) (with) suitable scaffolding and challenges (to) students to explain their thinking.” A student could do a listening lesson at home and have to (through a guided worksheet created by the teacher) explain what they hear, how it makes them feel, and give detailed musical reasons why. For another example, students could listen to a professional recording and then create standards and an assessment they could use against their own performance. This would fit directly with 3d, “using assessment in instruction.” As musicians we always want our students to strive to do better and there is no better assessment then self-assessment. If students have an exemplar to model after students can find ways to achieve higher goals. Meghan Cabral is a Middle School band teacher in Carmel, NY. She is an active guest conductor as well as clinician. She has guest conducted for Dutchess County, as well as both Suffolk and Nassau counties on Long Island. Meghan has presented at Connecticut Music Educator’s Association Conference, New York State School Music Educator’s Association Conference as well as had her clarinet choir perform at New Jersey Music Educator’s Association Conference. Meghan is an active author for MEJ, Teaching Music, the Instrumentalist as well as state publications in Connecticut and New York. If you have any additional questions feel free to e-mail at anewbanapproach@gmail.com, and checkout www.payhip.com/musicmegs Follow on twitter @band_mcabral and Instagram @band_ cabral

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How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Practice, Man, Practice! Jeanne Fasano Wall Township High School imjf2u@aol.com

ractice, practice, practice…and spend a lot of money! But it is worth it! In 1967, a gallon of gas cost 33 cents, the Beatles were a big hit, I’m a Believer was a top song and a small community band was born. The Greater Shore Area Community Band, as it was titled for six years, held its very first rehearsal on a warm September evening at the Meadowbrook School in Eatontown under the direction of Henry Melnick. Today, now known as The Greater Shore Concert Band, this diverse group of almost eighty musicians continues to meet at the Vetter School in Eatontown under the direction of James R. Bast, who has directed the band for 29 years and Tom Mosher who has been the assistant director for 14 years. There are two members who were present at that very first rehearsal fifty years ago: Bob Arnts and Susan Mast. This remarkable group has a lot of history, and continues to entertain audiences near and far. During Bast’s tenure, the band has performed throughout coastal New Jersey and has taken two tours to Europe. Working in central Jersey, the band has played in all sorts of weather and venues which include the Pollak Auditorium at Monmouth University, boardwalks, churches, and most notably, embarked on a 9-day tour in 2003 where they performed concerts in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Each year, the band performs several holiday and spring concerts in local venues and a final concert is performed in May. Ronald Cohen, president of the band, saxophone player and band announcer/narrator, engages the audience with an interesting and sometimes amusing history of each selection and its composer. Well-rehearsed compositions earn standing ovations at most performances. The band celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2007 by featuring Scott Shelsta, TEMPO

a trombone soloist for “Pershing’s Own,” (The US Army Band), as a guest artist. A colorful and dramatic performer, he delighted the audience as he authentically portrayed the legendary Arthur Pryor known as “The World’s Oldest Musician”, from 1890’s Americana. In 2010, one of Jim’s first and most accomplished students, Jeffrey Lang, a French horn instructor and member of the Philadelphia Orchestra, came home to his alma mater, Wall High School, NJ to perform Mozart’s Second Horn Concerto with the band. The members enjoyed his musical insights during rehearsals as much as the audience embraced his remarkable talent during

Jim Bast, GSCB Director the year-end performance. When the band was organized in 1967, it was decided they would be a non-profit band dedicated solely to the audience’s enjoyment of music. So far, it appears, the band has not lost sight of its goal. From the beginning, the ensemble was comprised of musicians from all walks of life, including lawyers, salespeople, housewives, music instructors, physicians, and students, just to name a few. What draws them? Surely, it’s a love of music. At any given concert, you 44

can expect to hear well-known Broadway musical medleys, jazz, compositions by such greats as Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, and Henry Fillmore, military marches and selections that feature soloists or sections. Holiday concerts feature well-known Christmas and Hanukkah selections, with a few military marches that the band plays enthusiastically in up-tempo. The common denominator, regardless of age, is that all players exercise their best efforts to have fun while playing challenging music of all periods and styles. Apparently, they’re doing a fine job, as evidenced by the fact that they were given an opportunity to share their talents, at what many deem to be the greatest concert hall in the world. As publicist and flutist for this remarkable group, I will never forget the day we were given the news of being considered by the Board of Directors of Carnegie Hall to play our 50th Anniversary Concert there on May 20, 2017. It all started a year and a half prior to the anniversary when Jim decided it would be a fantastic experience for the band to perform at Carnegie Hall. He contacted the people there for information on how to proceed. Contrary to popular opinion, unless you are a big name that will draw a passive audience and make them a lot of money, Carnegie Hall does not invite people to perform there. The hall is offered for rent, but the renter gets to keep the ticket sales. They informed him that he needed to send recordings of the band to let them see how we performed and that the rental cost was approximately $60,000. Jim informed the band of his plans at our September meeting in 2015. There was OCTOBER 2017

The Greater Shore Concert Band at Carnegie Hall, May 20, 2017 Photos by Paul Wasserman

shock at hearing about where we were to perform and even greater shock at the amount of money we would need to fundraise. Once the date was selected and the contract signed, we needed to get serious about raising funds. As a non-profit organization, there is no fee to be a member of this group, so we rely on concert venue fees and generous donations from sponsors and patrons to support us. For this, we needed to get creative. We started a Facebook page that attracted dozens of followers each week, which increased our donations through Amazon Smile. We held fundraisers at Houlihans & Boscovs, sold ads in the Playbill, and offered premium seats to donors of $300 or more. We were most fortunate to have an anonymous donor who matched our funds up to $21,000. In record time, we had reached our goal and even surpassed it. The next order of business was to adhere to the strict deadlines set by Carnegie Hall to have everything pre-approved and in writing way ahead of time. A dedicated executive board and staff of volunteer officers took care of every last detail up to and including the day of performance, and helped make a dream into a reality for so many. Assistant Director, Tom Mosher, Solos on “Benny Goodman: The King of Swing” OCTOBER 2017

When the big day we had been planning for over a year finally arrived, we excitedly boarded the bus and were on our way to NYC.

Not five miles down the road, the bus glided to a stop and the driver announced that we were broken down and had to wait for another bus. In a state of disbelief, we all stood on the side of the road wondering if we would arrive in time for our rehearsal. Lo and behold, another bus arrived within an hour, and we were once again on our way. Disaster averted. As we pulled up to the stage door of Carnegie Hall, our excitement grew. In record time, we were on the great stage about to begin our rehearsal/sound check. The feeling I had as I stood there, gazing up at the tiered rows of red velvet seats is almost indescribable: awe, disbelief and utter excitement knowing the audience of over 1,100 people would soon usher in to hear us play. Minutes later, when we finished our opening number, we listened to that final note resonate throughout that magnificent hall, and that’s when it hit me: we had made it to Carnegie Hall! It’s the moment I will never forget! As Tom Mosher eloquently said as he rested his baton after his run through of West Side Story, “We sound pretty good. We should play here more often!” Our performance was remarkable and with the help of worldclass acoustics, exceeded our expectations. Standing ovations and having to wait for the clapping to die down before beginning our next selection was a testament to the hours and hours of preparation the entire group had accomplished to achieve the goal of celebrating our golden anniversary at Carnegie Hall. The Greater Shore Concert Band has thrived for half a century and will hopefully continue to bring enjoyment to musicians as well as fans for another fifty. Interested musicians are welcome to email Leeann Arnts at laherryar@ gmail.com about joining this exceptional group. Each year, this selfsupporting, non-profit organization awards scholarships to collegebound high school seniors who have shared their talents. Concert venue fees and generous donations from sponsors and patrons continue to support the band, and a dedicated executive board and staff of volunteer officers provide guidance for the band’s continuance and success.

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2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Thomas Amoriello Fleminton Raritan School District tamoriel@frsd.k12.nj.us

ongratulations to these students for being chosen as 2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble participants. The festival performance took place May 6, 2017 at TCNJ led by conductor Loren Fortna. Participants included: Aidan George, Jessica Leek, Nahria Cooper, Matthew Agresta, Nathan Gonzalez, Tatiana Maxwell, Ebony Payne, Miccah Pobre, Andres Ramirez, Elise Smith, Louis Testa, Nourel deen Ragab, Sara Morgan, William Hsieh, Brandon Leus, Juston Munoz, John Ferrante, Srikanth Raguraman, Benedykt Skwarek & Bryan Levi. The top four scores were awarded to Bryan Levi, William Hsieh, Ebony Payton and Benedykt Skwarek. They were featured in a special quartet piece during the festival.

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2017-18 NJMEA Young Composers Competition Information & Registration

he New Jersey Music Educators Association is proud to announce the 2017-18 Young Composers Competition. The competition will include two divisions, one for middle school students in grades 6 – 8, and one for high school students in grades 9 – 12 (graduating June 2018). Finalist composers will be invited to attend a critique session to be held in conjunction with the NJMEA State Conference at the Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick from February 22-24, 2018. The composition recordings will be played and the finalists will participate in the critique session. In addition, the winning composer(s) will be announced at that time and awards will be presented. All other participating student composers are welcome to attend. The exact date, time and location will be announced in January 2018. The deadline for online application submissions is November 28, 2017. Endorsement page and application fees must be postmarked by November 28, 2017. Questions about the competition may be directed to Robert Frampton at: rtframpton@comcast.net Categories For Submission Composers may submit works in the following categories. All works must be 100% original. No arrangements or transcriptions will be accepted. Compositions may include combinations of instrumental and vocal parts: • Solo Player (including piano) • Small Instrumental/Vocal Ensemble (2 – 10 parts/performers) • Large Instrumental/Vocal Ensemble (11 or more parts/performers) Competition Guidelines 1. Applicants must be New Jersey residents and must be sponsored by a current NJMEA/NAfME member. TEMPO

Andrew Lesser Burlington City Public Schools NJ-YCC Executive Committee andrew.lesser@yahoo.com 2. Students may submit multiple selections in each category. However, a $20 application fee is required with each selection. Each entry must have a separate completed application form and entry fee in order to be considered for eligibility. 3. All compositions must have a title or opus number, and all names must be omitted from the score, program note and audio file so that submissions may be judged anonymously. 4. Students must include a brief program note that includes the composition title with composer name omitted, describing the composer’s intention of the work. 5. All scores must be submitted as PDF’s using a standard notation program, such as Sibelius or Finale. No handwritten scores will be considered for entry. 6. All measures must be numbered in the score. 7. Students must submit an audio recording of their composition in MP3 format, a PDF (digital copy) of their score and PDF of composition description/program note. Submissions without recordings or PDF score will not be considered for entry. 8. While the applicant will retain ownership of their submission, all submissions will be kept by the NJMEA. No materials will be returned to students. NJMEA reserves the right to use student submissions for publicity and/or display. Finalist compositions will be posted on the NJMEA website. 9. Submissions must be no longer than 7 minutes in length and within the difficulty range of Grades 2-4. Evaluation Criteria Evaluation of all submissions will be received by NJMEA approved Competition Judges. This panel will judge all works according to the following guidelines:

• Originality: Demonstrating a personal/ unique style showing individual creativity. • Compositional Technique: Must have identifiable form, structure, and development. Correct usage of musical notation and score markings. • Accessibility: Must be playable by student ensembles on limited rehearsals. • Compositional Maturity: Knowledge of medium, effective use of instruments/voices, and look of professionalism in score and recording. • Overall Appeal: Must be innovative, imaginative, and enjoyable. Suggestions For Students And Teachers • Remember that the submission must be able to be played by a student ensemble on limited rehearsal time. Make sure to adhere to the grade level and length specifications listed in the guidelines. • Parts must adhere to the generally accepted instrument and voice part ranges for grade 2 to 4 music. • Remember, neatness counts! An excellent piece will lose credibility if the score is sloppy or shows careless errors. • Consider all aspects of a good piece when writing: dynamics, articulation, variety of melodic and harmonic ideas, orchestration and timbre, etc. • Above all, this piece should be personal and meaningful to you. You must consider your creative ideas above anything else combined with your musical knowledge. More information at: http://njmea.org/young-composerscompetition/

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NJEA Convention Music Sessions November 9- 12, 2017 – Atlantic City Sponsored by

New Jersey Music Educators Association An affiliate of the New Jersey Educators Association

• Thursday 9:30 - 11:00 pm Ambassador Room, Sheraton Hotel

• Friday 9:30 - 11:00 am Convention Center - Room 421

New Jersey All-State Band Procedures Open Meeting

Creative Composing: Embracing Creativity, Nurturing Musicality. Presenter: NANCY MODEL

• Thursday 11:30 - 1:00 pm Convention Center - Room 419 Front-Loading Your Choral Rehearsal: Constructing For Success Presenter: CHRISTINE C. BASS

• Friday 1:00 - 2:30 pm Convention Center - Room 419 Communicating With And Involving Parents In Your Music Program Presenter: MELANIE R. NOLAN

• Thursday 12:00 - 2:00 pm Ambassador Room, Sheraton Hotel New Jersey All-State Choral Procedures Open Meeting Presenter: WAYNE MALLETTE This meeting is open to all choral directors in New Jersey. We will discuss current and future procedures for the New Jersey All-State Chorus.

• Friday 1:00 - 2:30 pm Convention Center - Room 421 Visual & Performing Arts Standards Update. Presenter: JEFFREY SANTORO.

• Thursday 1:30 - 3:00 pm Convention Center - Room 419 • Friday 3:00 - 4:30 pm Convention Center - Room 421

High School Choral Reading Session Presenters: THOMAS C. VOORHIS & HILLARY B. COLTON

A Virtual Danielson Toolbox For Music Educators. Presenters: LARISA A. SKINNER & AIXA BURGOS

• Thursday 1:30 - 3:00 pm Convention Center - Room 421 Fill Your Bucket With Fun Games That Build Musical Excellence Presenter: ELIZABETH A. PERRYMAN

• Thursday 3:30 - 5:00 pm Convention Center - Room 419 The Joy of Gospel Music As An Innovative Learning Tool! Presenter: BEVERLY VAUGHN OCTOBER 2017

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Patrick G. Hatchey, Chorus New Jersey All-State Chorus and Orchestra The Eighty-Sixth Annual Program THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Chorus, Orchestra and Audience Conducted by Jeffrey Santoro, President New Jersey Music Educators Association

Mischa Santora, Orchestra Conductor Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor......... A. Borodin Firebird Suite (1919) ......................... Igor Stravinsky Orchestra PRESENTATION OF PINS TO THE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Marie Blistan, President New Jersey Education Association Patrick G. Hachey, Chorus Conductor Wonder ................................................ Mack Wilberg Spaseniye sodelal.....................................P. Chesnokov No Time ............................................Susan Brumfield Baba Yetu.......................................................... C. Tin Nyon Nyon ............................................Jake Runetad Song to the Moon ................................. Z. R. Stroope Signs of the Judgment ................................. M. Butler Chorus Gloria (Movement 1) .......................................... John Rutter Combined Orchestra & Chorus

Friday, November 10, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall and Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. NJ-PAC Prudential Hall Newark, NJ

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Patrick Hachey is the Associate Choir Director at Roxbury High School in Succasunna, New Jersey. Hachey holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. While studying at IU, he served two years as the assistant director of the world renowned Singing Hoosiers and was a founding member of the well-known men’s a cappella group, Straight No Chaser. In 2011, Hachey was awarded the Singing Hoosiers Alumni Council Distinguished Alumni Award. Before coming to Roxbury Township, Hachey held choral directing positions at Pequannock Township High School, Pompton Plains, NJ, and Hanover Park High School, East Hanover, NJ. Now in his twelfth year at Roxbury High School, he has conducted the Roxbury Chorale, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Melodies, Madrigals, Concert Choir, Freshman Women’s Ensemble, and the Eighth Grade Chorus at the district’s middle school. The Roxbury Melodies, Hachey’s select women’s choir, was selected as performance ensemble for the 2014 ACDA Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore. In addition, Hachey serves as Drama Advisor at Roxbury High School, directing both the Fall Drama and the Spring Musical, and has a studio of private voice students. Still active as a lyric baritone in the New York metropolitan area, he has vast experience in solo performance, including classical, opera, musical theater, jazz and pop styles. Hachey was the guest conductor of the 2006 & 2012 Sussex County High School Honors Choirs, the 2008 NJ Region I Mixed Choir, and the 2013 NJ Region II Women’s Choir. He is a sought-after choral clinician throughout the Northeast, having adjudicated in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, and is currently the Treasurer for the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association Executive Board.

Mischa Santora, Orchestra Born to Hungarian parents in the Netherlands, Santora moved with his family of musicians to Switzerland where he began to study violin with his father, a member of the Lucerne Symphony. After he received a diploma in violin and teaching from the Academy for School and Church Music in Lucerne, Santora continued his violin studies with Professor Thomas Brandis, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. He subsequently undertook conducting studies with Otto-Werner Mueller at the Curtis Institute of Music. Mischa Santora has established an impressive track record of creative programming and frequently acting in a conductor/stage director role. Santora was the associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra between 2003 and 2009, where he conducted numerous subscription concerts and fully staged operatic performances. As the music director of the International Opera Festival Miskolc (Hungary) for three seasons starting in 2002, he has collaborated with many of the most established singers from Europe and Russia. Between 1997 and 2002 Santora held the post of music director of both the New York Youth Symphony and the Juilliard PreCollege Orchestra, with performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In addition, he has worked with some of the finest young orchestras around the world, including the New England Conservatory’s Philharmonia, the Chamber Orchestra of the Curtis Institute, the Australian Youth Orchestra, the RIAS Orchestra in Berlin, and the Jeunesses Musicales Orchestra Switzerland. 50

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Timothy Brent, Jazz Choir Director The New Jersey Music Educators Association proudly presents The 2017 New Jersey All-State Jazz Ensemble and Honors Jazz Choir Timothy Brent, Jazz Choir Conductor Program to be selected from: Spinning Wheel.................................... arr. Tim Brent Stardust ................................................ arr. Tim Brent Smack Dab in the Middle .................... arr. Tim Brent Love Makes the World Go ‘Roundarr. Darmon Meader More I Can Not Wish You ............... arr. Phil Mattson Waters of March .............................arr. Gerhard Guter Cold Duck ..................................... arr. Rosana Eckert The Very Thought of You .................... arr. Jeremy Fox Walt Weiskopf, Honors Jazz Ensemble Conductor Program to be selected from: Interloper .................................................. Thad Jones Best Coast ...........................................John LaBarbera Gentle Piece ....................................... Kenny Wheeler Three Sets for Jazz Ensemble ................Walt Weiskopf ‘Round Midnight ....Thelonious Monk, arr. Dave Lieb Little Pixie ................................................. Thad Jones Manteca .............................................. Dizzy Gillespie

Finale NJ Honors Jazz Choir & All-State Jazz Ensemble TBA Thursday, November 9 , 2017 Claridge Hotel Theater 7:30 p.m. and Friday, November 17, 2017 NJ-PAC Chase Room 7:00 p.m.

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Tim Brent is a 9-time DownBeat AwardWinning vocal jazz educator, pianist, arranger and performer. Currently, he is the visiting assistant professor of popular music studies at Westminster College of the Arts at Rider University (Princeton, NJ). Most recently he was the director of the vocal jazz/contemporary program at Miami-Dade College Kendall campus. Tim is active as a performer and works regularly as a vocalist and pianist. Before accepting the position as the director of vocal jazz studies at the University of North Texas (2009-2010), Tim completed his doctorate at the prestigious University of Miami and was teaching at both UM and MiamiDade College. Previously he was the Assistant Professor and Director of Jazz Vocal Studies at The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) and was the director of the vocal jazz program at Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL). Tim received his bachelor’s degree in choral music education from Western Michigan University where he was a member of the internationally renowned vocal jazz ensemble Gold Company under the direction of Steve Zegree before obtaining his master’s degree in jazz pedagogy from the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) where he was a teaching assistant under program director Larry Lapin. Tim has had vocal arrangements published by the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press and Sound Music Publications, and has had numerous works performed/recorded by high school and college vocal groups throughout the country including Gold Company (Western Michigan University) JV 1 (University of Miami), Jazz Singers (University of North Texas) and SUNY Potsdam (New York).

Walt Weiskopf, Jazz Ensemble Director Saxophonist, composer and author Walt Weiskopf has made an impressive mark as both a leader and sideman with over a dozen critically acclaimed albums and countless sideman credits. A dynamic player with enormous technical prowess, Weiskopf is equally well-regarded as a composer, with albums containing predominantly original work. Born in Augusta, Georgia, Weiskopf grew up outside Syracuse, New York. He took up his first instrument, the clarinet, at age 10 and began his saxophone studies four years later. After graduating from Rochester’s Eastman School of Music in three years, he moved to New York City in 1980. He began his professional career performing with the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21. In 1983, Weiskopf began a fourteen-year association with jazz pianist and arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi. Weiskopf was a visiting Associate Professor part-time at the Eastman School of Music from 2001 to 2008, then taught at Temple University, and is currently the Coordinator of Jazz Studies at New Jersey City University.

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2018 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Audition Application Form The NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Audition will take place in person on Saturday, February 10th from 9:00 - 1:00 pm at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ (Music Building). Those accepted as Honors Guitar Ensemble members (see dates on website: www.njmea.org) must attend all rehearsals and prepare music with conductor Vincent Downes for the Saturday, May 5th festival date at TCNJ at 12:00 pm. Concert dress is semi-formal. The non-refundable Audition Fee is $10.00 per student. All applicationts send check payable to the NJMEA and enclose a copy of your school music teachers current NAfME membership card postmarked by January 15, 2018 to Tom Amoriello, Guitar Festival Director, PO Box 651, Lambertville, NJ 08530. Each participating student must fill out an application and if accepted will pay $50 acceptance fee. Be sure to bring your music and footstool! Please Print Legibly Using Ball Point Pen Only

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Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12: • Waltz op 7. No. 6 by Napoleon Coste which can be found in this issue and at www.njmea.org (Ensemble Excerpt found on NJMEA.org Website (Guitars in Classroom portal) • Scale Requirement: E Melodic Minor edited by Matthew S. Ablan can be found in this issue and at Ensemble Excerpt: (Ensemble Excerpt found on NJMEA.org Website (Guitars in Classroom portal)Ensemble Excerpt: http://www.njmea.org/classroom.cfm?subpage=479 (Ensemble Excerpt found on NJMEA.org Website (Guitars in Classroom portal) • Students will be judged on a point system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared piece, ensemble excerpt, scale and sight reading. CONTRACT ENDORSEMENTS: I am aware that I must attend the entire Festival, Saturday, May 5, 2018. STUDENT SIGNATURE: _______________________________________________________ DATE: __________________________________ As parent/guardian, I give permission for my child to apply to the 2018 NJMEA Honors Guitar Festival. I understand that the NJMEA does not assume responsibility for illness or accident. I further attest that I will assist my child with obligations related to this activity. I am aware that any photos of me that are taken at the festival may appear in TEMPO Magazine or on the website. PARENT SIGNATURE: _________________________________________________________ DATE: _________________________________

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2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Auditions: February 11, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 9:00-1:00 pm (snow date Sunday, Feb. 12th @ Bergen Academy 12:00-3:00 pm) Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12 Set Piece: II of Two Lullabies by Kevin J. Cope Scale Requirement: E Melodic Minor Ensemble Excerpt: May be downloaded from: http://njmea.org/classroom/guitar-in-the-music-classroom/ Sight Reading at the audition. Students will be judged on a point system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared piece, ensemble excerpt, scale and sight reading. Rehearsal 1: April 1, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location TBA ( snow date, Location TBA, April 2nd from 4:00 -7:00 pm) Rehearsal 2: April 29, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location TBA. Rehearsal 3: May 6, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 11:00-11:45 am. Performance May 6, 2017 @ TCNJ (no snow date) Ensemble Performance 12:00 pm Student Showcase 12:30 pm Guest Artist 1:00 pm Audition Fee for NJMEA : $10(non refundable) Participation Fee (if selected): $50.00 Personnel: Loren C. Fortna, conductor NJMEA Guitar Festival Directors: Thomas Amoriello & Keith Calmes Thank you to Kevin J. Cope for providing the set piece for the audition. TEMPO

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2017 NJMEA ALL-STATE OPERA FESTIVAL Michael Kallimanis, Festival/Audition Chair Solo/Ensemble Auditions: (no costumes) Fri., Oct. 27, 2017, 6:00 PM Festival/Concert Date: Sat., Nov. 4, 2017, 10:00 AM, Concert at 4:00 PM Audition and Festival Site: Red Bank High School, hosted by Kris Zook The NJMEA Opera Festival provides a unique opportunity for the most talented students in your chorus to perform opera literature, receive a critique, and attend a clinic and workshop. An aria from any opera is acceptable. To be considered for performance on the Festival day, soloists and ensembles must audition on the separate audition day. The term “ensemble” is used to designate any group other than a solo, e.g., duet, trio, and so on. A student may attend only the clinic and workshop on the day of the Festival and not perform a solo or in an ensemble selection, and therefore does not have to audition. We do require all students to sing in the chorus performances on the Festival day. The audition also serves as a competition for the designation of the highest scoring male and female soloists; highest scoring small and large ensembles; and also to vie for the C. Scripps Beebee Scholarship of $500 and The Governor’s Award in Arts Education for Opera. The chorus will sing three selections, the titles of which will be sent out via e-mail to sponsoring directors upon receipt of applications. Judging results (scores and written comments) and those accepted to perform on the Festival day will also be e-mailed to directors. Teachers, please prepare your students for the chorus numbers as time is limited on the Festival day. Concert dress is semi-formal or in character costume, your choice. Audition/Participation Fee is $20.00 per student. Each participating student must fill out an application. Any voicing and any number of students may register. Directors, send all applications with ONE check payable to the NJMEA and enclose a copy of your current NAfME membership card postmarked by Saturday, October 16, 2017 to Michael Kallimanis, All-State Opera Festival Chair, Box 92 Waldwick, NJ 07463. After Oct. 16, applications will not be accepted. Sponsoring directors need not attend the audition but must be present from 10:30 AM until the end of the concert on the Festival day to assist with events. More info, e-mail only - MrKOrchAuditions@aol.com. Phone for emergencies on 10/27 or 11/4 only: 201-370-0423. STUDENT INFORMATION: (Please print neatly, use ball-point pen only). FIRST NAME ________________________________________

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Check all that apply: Solo (audition required) ____________ Ensemble (audition required) ____________ Chorus______________ Write the aria/ensemble selection title, opera name, composer and your accompanist’s name on the back of this application. A professional accompanist is available for $25.00 cash for each day of service, to be given directly to the accompanist. (DO NOT MAIL THIS FEE with your application - bring it with you in a sealed, labeled envelope with your name.) Check here if you will need a professional accompanist: ___________________ BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MUSIC! CHORAL DIRECTOR INFORMATION: FIRST ________________________________ LAST ____________________________________ NAfME # ________________________ SCHOOL______________________________________________________ E-MAIL__________________________________________ ADDRESS___________________________________________TOWN_________________________________ ZIP__________________ SCHOOL PHONE _______________________ HOME PHONE_________________________ CELL PHONE _____________________ CONTRACT ENDORSEMENTS: I certify that I will accept the decision of the judges as binding and if selected, will memorize my music, (chorus music need not be memorized) and dress appropriately. I am aware that I must attend the entire Festival, Saturday, November 4, 2017. STUDENT SIGNATURE: ______________________________________________ DATE: ____________________________________ As parent/guardian, I give permission for my child to apply to the 2017 NJMEA Opera Festival. I understand that the NJMEA does not assume responsibility for illness or accident. I further attest that I will assist my child with obligations related to this activity. Further, I grant to the NJMEA the right to take photographs of my child in connection with the 2017 NJMEA All-State Opera Festival as well as solo and ensemble audio/video recordings. I authorize the NJMEA, its assigns and transferees, to copyright, use and publish the same in print and/or electronically. I agree that the NJMEA may use such photographs of my child and the ensemble recordings with or without name and for any lawful purpose, including for example such purposes as publicity, illustration, advertising, and Web content, without compensation. PARENT SIGNATURE: ________________________________________________ DATE: _____________________________________ We endorse this applicant as an outstanding member of our school choral program. The director will attend the entire Festival day or provide an approved substitute who is also a current NAfME member. SCHOOL DIRECTOR: ________________________________________________ DATE: ____________________________________ PRINCIPAL’S SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________ DATE: ____________________________________

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2018 Region Jazz Ensembles Junior Jazz Ensemble Audition Requirements (Grades 7 - 9) All Solo Etudes, Scales, Applications, and Locations may be found on the NJAJE Website: www.njaje.org ***IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL REGIONS*** Audition Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 Rehearsals: March 19, April 16 (4 - 8 PM) April 20 & 21 (9 AM - 3 PM) Concert: April 22 (3 PM) ***Audition Requirements for ALL INSTRUMENTS***

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All Saxophones: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Saxophone Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Alto/Bari : G & D Blues - 2 Octaves, A Blues - 1 octave. G & A Dorian mode - 1 octave, D Dorian mode - 2 octaves. Tenor : C, D, & G Blues - 2 octaves. C & D Dorian mode - 2 octaves, G Dorian mode - 1 octave. Trumpet: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Trumpet Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Blues & Dorian mode C, D, & G - 1 octave. Trombone: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Trombone Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Blues & Dorian mode C, F, & Bb - 1 octave. Piano: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Piano Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED and 2 HANDS]: Blues & Dorian mode C, F, & Bb - 2 octaves. Guitar: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Guitar Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Blues & Dorian mode C, F, & Bb - 2 octaves. Bass: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Bass Etude No. 4A *Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Blues & Dorian mode C, F, & Bb - 2 octaves. Drums: *Required solo: NJAJE Junior Drum Etude No. 4A *Styles [ALL STYLES MEMORIZED]: Swing (slow w/brushes, medium w/sticks, fast w/sticks), Jazz Waltz, Shuffle, 8th Note Rock, 16th Note Rock (Funk), Latin (Samba). Students must be able to play 2, 4, & 8 bar phrases with a fill at the end of each phrase. *Free Improvised Solo included as part of the solo etude. Students should demonstrate creativity, technique, and musicality.

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2018 Region and All State Jazz Ensembles Senior Jazz Ensemble Audition Requirements (Grades 9 - 12) All Solo Etudes, Scales, Applications, and Locations may be found on the NJAJE Website: www.njaje.org ***IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL REGIONS*** Audition Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 Rehearsals: March 19, April 16 (4 - 8 PM); April 20 & 21 (9 AM - 3 PM) Concert: April 22 (3 PM) ***Audition Requirements for ALL INSTRUMENTS***

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2018 Region Jazz Choir Vocal Jazz Audition Requirements (Grades 9 - 12) All Solos, Scales, Audio Tracks, Applications & Audition Submission Guidelines may be found on the NJAJE Website: www.njaje.org ***IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL REGIONS*** Audition Video Submission Deadline: Sunday, January 28, 2018, BY MIDNIGHT Rehearsals: March 26, April 16 (4 - 8 PM) April 20 & 21 (9 AM - 3 PM) Concert: April 22 (3 PM) Audition Video Information

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Each application video must contain the following audition materials in the order below: 1. SLATE: studentÕ s full name & school 4. Chromatic Scale 2. Low Major Scale 5. Solo 1 3. High Major Scale 6. Solo 2

Videos and online registration must be submitted NO LATER than MIDNIGHT on 1/28/18.

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Must be sung in one of the two keys provided (Bb or F) Must be accompanied (Student may use either the track provided online or their own accompanist. If choosing the latter, accompaniment must be consistent with recorded track.) Student may include vocal stylings to demonstrate understanding of this jazz style. Must be sung in one of the three keys provided (Eb, F or G) Must be accompanied (Student may use either the track provided online or their own accompanist. If choosing the latter, accompaniment must be consistent with recorded track.) Student may sing the solo in any of the following manners: Ø Sing as written Ø Sing the melody as written with studentÕ s own syllables Ø Sing an altered version of the melody using syllables of the studentÕ s own choosing. Ø Sing an entirely improvised scat solo. 58

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CJMEA

Central Jersey Music Educators Association cjmea.org

elcome back to another school year! I hope you had a relaxing summer and feel invigorated to start fresh. September always brings change and challenges for us as we begin to navigate our new year. In my 17th year of teaching, I still get those first day jitters and feelings of apprehension. This year, I also have the opportunity to begin my tenure as CJMEA President. I’m grateful for the trust you’ve placed in me and look forward to continuing our tradition of excellence in Region II. I’d like to thank our Past-President, Adam Warshafsky, for all he has done over the past two years. Adam started our Professional Development Grant Program as well as our Senior Scholarship Program. Information regarding both of those programs is available on the CJMEA website. I’d also like to welcome and congratulate our President-Elect, Wayne Mallette. Wayne brings a great deal of experience to our Board and I look forward to working with him.

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We have some changes and additions to the CJMEA board. First, I’d like to welcome our new High School Choir Chairperson, Julianna LoBiondo. Julianna is the choir director at Hillsborough High School and is excited to begin her work on the Board. I’d like to thank Hillary Colton for her many years of service on the CJMEA board, both as a past-president and as HS Choir Chairperson. Our Intermediate Band Division has a new co-chairperson, Sandy Olson. Sandy is the band director at Crossroads North Middle School and has graciously filled the vacancy left by Seth Davis’ move out of state. I’d like to thank Seth for his years of service on the CJMEA board and wish him all the best in his new endeavors. We also have a new Intermediate Choir co-chairperson, Rebekah Hamilton. Rebekah is the choir director at Thomas Jefferson Middle School and has some great new ideas for our elementary and middle school choir division. Penny Martin, our Intermediate Orchestra Chairperson, resigned effective June 2017. Penny has done great work for the Region serving as a chairperson and conductor. Unfortunately, we have not found a replacement for her. The CJMEA Board is looking for a teacher who is willing to serve in this capacity. It’s important that the new chairperson has been active as a sending teacher during the past few school years. If we don’t find a qualified chairperson soon, our Intermediate Orchestra events will be in danger of not running during the 2017-2018 school year. We understand that everyone is extremely busy with his or her own orchestra programs, but we’re hopeful that the right person will step up to fill this vacancy on our Board soon.

Please remember to check the CJMEA website at www.cjmea.org frequently. We post information regarding concerts, audition requirements, application deadlines, and other important information as soon as it becomes available. Also, 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 also 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. I look forward to seeing and meeting you at our auditions and concerts throughout the year. David Westawski CJMEA President dwestawski@cjmea.org

NJSMA

North Jersey School Music Association njsma.com

reetings to my colleagues in Region I and around the state! On behalf of the entire NJSMA Executive Board, I am excited to welcome everyone to another exciting school year. It is with great optimism and enthusiasm that I begin my 2 years as President. In that same sentiment, I would also like to take a moment to thank now Past President, Russ Batsch, for his service to our organization and welcome President-Elect, Anna D’Achille. Please take a few moments to read over all the exciting happenings from our divisions around the region! Regards, Joseph Spina, President NJSMA

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Elementary Division Co-Chairs Lisa Wichman and Carol Richardi The NJSMA Elementary Music Division offers exceptional workshops and events for elementary music educators. Elementary music educators and music education majors from all NJ regions are welcome to attend our events. Please join us! Complete details and registration information can be found on our webpage. At a glance, our 2017-2018 events include: October 9th: Artie Almeida Workshop November 4th: Elementary Choral Reading Workshop at Montclair State University. January 15th: Professional Learning Community Sharing Session Spring ‘18 (date TBD) - It’s Elementary, My Dear Saturday morning workshop May 22nd: 3rd Annual Choral Celebration at Drew University. Chorus Division Co-Chairs Austin Vallies and Deana Larsen, chorus@njsma.com Welcome back! We hope your school year has gotten off to a successful start! A Call for Help! We, your Division Chairs, work tirelessly to get these programs off the ground, but we cannot do it alone. We are always in desperate need of Conductors, Site Hosts, Accompanists, Rehearsal Conductors and most importantly MANAGERS. We give as much help as we can but we need NJSMA members to step forward. We understand; everyone is busy. We’re busy, you’re busy, your students are busy. We have no problem divvying up the load, but volunteers are needed to step forward. New members this is your chance. Veteran teachers, maybe it’s been a while since OCTOBER 2017

you’ve stepped forward. This organization cannot continue without your help. PLEASE, step up and offer even a little bit of your time. The High School Choir Concert is scheduled for January 27th, 2017 at 4:00 pm. The mixed conductor this year is renowned Composer/Arranger and Conductor Russell Robinson. The Treble Choir will be under the baton of Jamie Bunce of Columbia High School. The all-day rehearsal on January 25th will be hosted by Chuck Linnell. Additional rehearsals will need a host location. The Junior High Choir Concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 18th, 2017 at 3:00 pm. Conducting the Mixed Chorus this year is tentatively J. Donald Dumpson. The Treble choir will be conducted by Mary McGuire. The weeknight rehearsals will again be hosted by George Glock in Fair Lawn. We are currently searching for a location for the Saturday rehearsal and concert. If your school can host, please let one of us know. High School Choral Festival. NJSMA will host three high school festival dates during the last week of November. The dates are November 28-30. Please check the website for updated information The registration fee is $125.00 per chorus and application forms will be posted on the Region website. The postmark deadline is Wednesday, November 8, 2017, but the festivals will fill up on a first-come, first-served basis. The choral festivals are designed to be non-competitive and positive. Schools may perform whatever music they are preparing, including holiday music. The festivals are meant to provide valuable feedback to students and directors through written and taped adjudication as well as an onstage clinic. Some of our adjudicators this year will include Jason Bishop of Drew University, Brandon Williams of Rutgers University and 61

Heather Buchanan of Montclair State University. Junior High School Choral Festival We are planning on bringing this back this year. We know that PARCC testing is a big headache for all as far as planning spring activities. We are looking at a day mid to late May. If your school would be interested in hosting, please let us know. Band Division Co-Chairs Lewis Kelly, Diana May & Gregory Mulford band@njsma.com We hope your first days back to school have been rewarding and successful and that you feel renewed for the upcoming year! We would like to take a moment to welcome a new Band Division co-chair to NJSMA, Diana May from Randolph Township Schools. Welcome aboard! NJSMA is pleased to announce the conductors for its 2018 honor bands. High School: Justin Sedatole, Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and Chair of the conducting area at the Michigan State University College of Music, will conduct the Wind Ensemble, and Jeffrey Bittner, Director of Bands at Mahwah High School, will conduct the Symphonic Band. Junior High: Joel Craig Davis, Director of Bands at William Paterson University, will conduct the Symphonic Winds and David Walsh, Band Director at Leonia Middle School, will conduct the Concert Band. The high school rehearsals and concert will be hosted at Parsippany Hills High School on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 3:00 pm. The junior high school rehearsals and concert will be hosted at Nutley Middle School on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 3:00 pm at Nutley Middle School. Continued on next page TEMPO

As in the past, students choose which ensembles they are selected to on the check boxes on the application. By signing the application the student elects to participate in the ensemble(s) selected and they should reserve the dates on their calendars. Once a student is placed in that ensemble there should be no reason for a student to drop out. Once the ensembles are selected, after the day of auditions, and a student declines participation, that student will not be eligible to audition for All-State and/or for an NJSMA ensemble the following year. Students may change their ensemble selection prior to their audition through the audition chair. Once a student leaves the audition site the day of auditions there is no chance to change their ensemble selections. Directors are asked to help in stressing to students the importance of accepting commitments that they elect to participate within. The junior high school scale and solo requirements have been updated from past years. Please download a new copy from the website for your records. Please note that the junior high flute solo was originally listed incorrectly. The correct solo is the Pepusch Sonata that is now on the website. The audition requirements for grades seven/eight and nine will be the same for all students. Students will be placed in either Symphonic Winds or Concert Band based on their overall audition score. The junior high school percussion requirements will continue to combine the snare and traps requirements to create a battery percussion audition. Students may not audition for snare and traps as separate auditions. It with great excitement that we can announce that the 1st Annual NJSMA North Jersey Regional Marching Band Competition will be held at Verona High School on OctoTEMPO

ber 14th, 2017! We are thrilled to say that this inaugural event has been met with great excitement among the band directors of North Jersey, and there are not many spots left! Our judges will include: Professor Darryl Bott, Music Performance; Professor Todd Nichols, Music Individual; Dennis Delucia, Overall Effect; Jeff Neiman, Visual Effect; Mickey Kelly, Visual Performance. Competition Classifications will be based on school size, will be open to Festival Class classifications and awards will be designated via group size (minus Festival bands), with Overall Captions awards and a Best Overall Band Award given at the end of the night. A big thank you to our Festival Coordinator Erik Lynch, band director from Verona High School. The high school concert band festival will be held on March 20, 21 and 22, 2018. There will again be day and evening times for participation. The junior high school band festival will take place on March 28 at two locations. Please check the website for details and performance application. NJSMA will be continuing the elementary band festival for those students in sixth grade. Students and directors will have an opportunity to participate in this one-day festival to represent the high quality of instruction. The festival will be Saturday, May 5, 2018 at South Orange Middle School and will feature two sixth grade bands. Directors will be able to nominate their students for participation online and will need to be present the day of the festival. Jenna Hanratty, band director from Eric S. Smith Middle School in Ramsey, NJ and Brian Michalowski, band director from H.B. Whitehorne Middle School in Verona, NJ will conduct the honor bands. All audition, festival and concert information can be found online at the region website, www.njsma.com. If 62

you would like to get more involved with the organization, there are many opportunities available. We are always looking for schools to host rehearsals, concerts and festivals in addition to individuals to conduct, manage, and volunteer for the many different jobs that need to be accomplished on a yearly basis. Anyone interested in conducting one of the region bands should complete the application found on the website. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. We look forward to working with you this year. Orchestra Division Chair Kim Chiesa Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! My name is Kim Chiesa, and I am the new Region I Orchestra Division Chair. I have been teaching and involved in the Region I Orchestra Division for the past seven years, and I am looking forward to beginning this year as the Paramus Middle School Orchestra Director. I am looking forward to ensuring that you and your students have a musically rewarding year. We have adjusted our previously scheduled dates to better serve you and your students. Please be sure to check our calendar for the changes. We will be holding festivals for HS and JHS Orchestra on Thursday, April 19th, 2018 and will also be holding the Elementary Honors Orchestra on Saturday April 28th, 2018. More information will be sent out as these festivals get closer. If you are interested in assisting the Region I Orchestra Division by hosting an event, managing an orchestra, or coaching a sectional, please email me at orchestra@njsma.com. I look forward to collaborating with you on a fantastic year of Region I Orchestra in 2017-2018!

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SJBODA

South Jersey Band And Orchestra Directors Association sjboda.org

ur first membership meeting for this school year will be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. This breakfast meeting will take place at “Seven Star Diner” in Sewell at 9:00 am. Please notify Rich Beckman (609457-0590 or rbeckman@chclc.org) if you are able to attend. Audition information and our online registration process will be explained. The new officers elected at our Spring meeting are: Ken Rafter, President-Elect (Penns Grove HS); Joe Jacobs, Secretary (Ventnor MS); Tony Scardino, Treasurer (Retired); and Phil Senseney, Auditions Chair (Retired). Patrick O’Keefe (Smithville ES) will serve as Past President and Rich Beckman (Cherry Hill Public Schools) is our President. Auditions for the 2018 All South Jersey Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Junior High String Ensemble will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Eastern Regional HS. Rhea Fernandez and John Stanz will host this event. Applications and directions are available on our website. The first rehearsal for these ensembles will take place on Saturday, December 16th at Absegami HS. Jon Porco will be our host. Our 2018 Orchestra conductor is Sal Scarpa (Rowan University). Sue Mark (Rosa International MS) will conduct our Junior High String Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble will be conducted by Brian Balmages (Composer) and Ben Fong (Retired) will conduct the Symphonic Band. Rhea Fernandes (Eastern Regional HS) is our string coordinator and Amanda OCTOBER 2017

Lakits (Hamilton Twp. Schools) is our high school band coordinator. The South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association offers many opportunities for instrumental music teachers to expand their involvement and expertise as music educators. We provide excellent vehicles for professional development including conducting and managing our ensembles. Many teachers have gained wonderful ideas and strategies by observing rehearsals and meeting with colleagues. You can enhance your school music program to include excellent performing opportunities for your students and ensembles. We encourage all music teachers to take advantage of the wonderful resources offered by SJBODA this year. Please contact Rich Beckman at rbeckman@ chclc.org or 609-457-0590 for additional information. We encourage you to check our website, which is maintained by Derek Rohaly, (Mainland Regional HS) for the latest SJBODA updates. www. sjboda.org We wish everyone an exciting and successful year. Joseph Jacobs Secretary, SJBODA

SJCDA

South Jersey Choral Directors Association sjcda.net

he South Jersey Choral Directors Association (SJCDA) Board of Directors worked throughout the summer to plan our activities for the 20172018 school year and we are looking forward to a successful year of choral activities in Region III. We began the year with our annual General Membership Meeting and Reception at “Villari’s Lakeside 63

Restaurant” in Sicklerville on September 18th. Conductors for our honors choirs presented their programs and the executive board discussed new opportunities and initiatives for SJCDA members. In addition, our membership had the opportunity to connect with their colleagues and share ideas about the upcoming school year. Our 60th Annual South Jersey High School Choral Festival will be held at “Investors Bank Performing Arts Center” at Washington Township High School on January 27 and 28, 2018. Our Senior High conductor is Aaron Krasting of Paulsboro High School and our Junior High conductor is Richard Tinsley of Oakcrest High School. Auditions for these choirs will be held on Saturday, November 18 at Woodstown High School. Our 35th South Jersey Elementary Festival Choral Concert will be held on March 3, 2018 and will be conducted by Lindsay Jackson of the Shipley School. Full concert programs for all three honors choirs as well as bios of our conductors are available on our SJCDA website. The South Jersey Choral Directors Association offers many opportunities for choral music teachers to participate and in doing so, expand their knowledge as music educators. We encourage all music teachers to get involved with the honors choirs and also to take advantage of the professional development opportunities offered. We look forward to another exciting year working with the teachers and students of vocal music throughout South Jersey and encourage you to check our website for the latest updates. www.sjcda. net

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This column salutes the lives and careers of recently departed colleagues. It is the way NJMEA and NJRMEA can express appreciation for the work that they have done and the lives that they have touched. We mourn their passing and salute their contributions, which are the basis for music education in the state of New Jersey.

ter he retired from teaching, Richard sang in the choir at the Frenchtown Presbyterian Church in Frenchtown, NJ. Other interests included hunting and fishing, gardening and wood carving. He belonged to the Woodcarver’s group at the Flemington Senior Center for many years.

Anthony James Conti Anthony James Conti passed away on May 25, 2017. Living in North Bergen,N.J., age 89. He was born on July 7, 1927 in Fairview, NJ and was a member of the NJ Education Association and Local 802 New York Musicians Union. Anthony “Jimmy” Conti was born into the depression era with a passion for music and devotion to his idol Benny Goodman. Paying his own way for clarinet lessons he grew up to travel the country as a musician and entertainer with his wife Patricia Conti in the musical act “Marlow, Conti and Sam”. Anthony performed in the lounges of many famous Las Vegas hotels and for Vegas stars Liberace, Jimmy Durante, etc. Anthony also performed as a musician with the Nat Brooks Orchestra at many society weddings and affairs throughout New York and New Jersey. At age 39 Anthony went to Montclair State University and after earning his degree began a second career as an Instrumental Music Teacher in the Cliffside Park, NJ School District.

Loren D. Donley Loren D. Donley, 83, of Jupiter, FL, formerly of Point Pleasant, passed away, Sunday, August 6, 2017 at the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Hospice Unit. Born in Shadyside, Ohio to the late Millard and Daisy Donley, Loren spent his youth in Ohio. After graduating college he moved to Point Pleasant where he raised his family. Two years ago Loren moved to Jupiter, Florida, to enjoy the sun. Loren was a veteran of the United States Army Reserves and a graduate of Kent State University and Ohio State University. He became a true “Buckeye” and followed Ohio State’s football team closely, attending many of their games. He received his Supervisors Certificate from Jersey City State College. Loren worked as teacher, choral director, as well as Performing and Fine Arts Supervisor at Point Pleasant Borough High School for almost 39 years. He retired in 1997 where they honored him by naming the high school auditorium “The Loren D. Donley Center for the Performing Arts.” He was the choir director for Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church for many years. Loren was known for his beautiful baritone voice and was a member of many choirs including the St. Peter-by-the-Sea Orchestra Choral, The NJ Chamber Singers and the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church Choir. He enjoyed adjudicating music festivals and volunteering for All Shore Chorus. The organization that was near and dear to him was America Sings where he participated with his show choirs through the years and then continued to volunteer after his retirement.

Richard Stephen Donelon Richard Stephen Donelon, 78, of Richland Township, PA, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Gardens for Memory Care at Easton in Easton, PA. Born August 5, 1938 in New Brunswick, NJ, Richard grew up in Sayreville, NJ. He attended the University of Miami in Florida where he obtained his BS in Music Education and the College of New Jersey where he obtained a Master in Music. Richard was a teacher in the Sayreville, NJ school system for 40 years. He served as band director at Wilson School, Sayreville Middle School, and Sayreville War Memorial High School. He also served as orchestra director at the middle school and the high school. Music was his passion, and afTEMPO

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Marie Florence Fabiano Marie Florence Fabiano, 91, of Naples, Fla., died Friday, June 23, 2017. Marie was born in the “Ironbound” in Newark, N.J., on July 25, 1925. She was a longtime resident of Cedar Grove, raising her family there, and a recent resident of Naples, Fla. The first of her family to go to college, she received her B.A. from Montclair State University, and her M.A. from Columbia University in music. An accomplished pianist, she performed at Carnegie Hall and worked her way through college playing in a quartet in jazz clubs. After marrying the love of her life, Anthony Fabiano, she became a music teacher at her alma mater, East Side High School, in Newark, and in East Orange, NJ. While her children were young, she was a private piano teacher, and later went back to teach music at George Washington Junior High School in Wayne, NJ.

Richard D. Johnson Richard D. Johnson died Thursday, June 8, 2017 in Lafayette Hill, PA. He was a beloved music teacher of Perth Amboy High School who had retired after 39 years of service. During his tenure he served as President of The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was awarded “Teacher of the Year” and was most noted for directing the Perth Amboy High School Choir. A nationally renown award winning choir for many years, the choir even performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. Teaching music was his life and his motto was “once you believe, you can achieve!” He served as “father figure” to many students.

Donna L. Kaufman Donna L. Kaufman, age 69 of Eatontown, formerly from Somerset, PA, died Sunday, May 21, 2017. Donna was a music teacher for the West Long Branch School System for 30 years. She was in charge of vocal and instrumental music, and her students performed in many programs OCTOBER 2017

for the school during her career. Donna traveled extensively throughout Europe. Her favorite trips were cruises to Alaska and trips to Bermuda. She loved teaching music and will be missed by students, colleagues and friends.

Mary Louise Lee (Barrett) Mary Louise Leen, nee Barrett, of Toms River passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 25, 2017 after a brief illness. Mary graduated from Misericordia College, in Dallas, PA with a Bachelor Degree in Music. After graduating, Mary came to Toms River in the early 1950s to accept a teaching position at Saint Joseph Catholic School as the music teacher. She met her husband, James F. Leen, shortly thereafter. Mary obtained her Master’s Degree from Monmouth University and went on to work towards her Doctorate by commuting to Temple University, while working full time and raising her family. In June of 1992, she retired from the Dover Township Board of Education. After retirement, she continued to pursue her love for music. Mary was also a private piano teacher from the time of her marriage into her retirement. She was a communicant of Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Toms River where she was also a member of the Rosary Altar Society.

Robert G. McLain Instrumental music teacher, baseball and football coach Robert G. McLain, 65, of Lincoln Park, N.J., passed away on May 13, 2017. Born in Paterson, N.J., Bob resided in Lincoln Park for 28 years. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree at William Paterson College (1976) and his Master’s Degree at New Jersey City University (1989). Bob taught instrumental music at Kinnelon High School and coached baseball and football. He was an active 3rd Degree member of St Joseph’s Knights of Columbus for 28 years. Bobby’s life was an incredible blessing that shined through everyone he encountered. He began his musical journey carrying his trombone two miles uphill in both directions through the snow, and shared his father’s love for music. continued on next page

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Kenneth Howard Phillips, 77, of Langhorne, PA, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017, at St. Mary Medical Center. Born in Titusville NJ, Phillips resided in the area for many years before moving to Pennington, NJ, and retiring in Langhorne. His career as a music educator included band director in the Flemington and Hopewell Valley regional school districts. As a professional musician, Phillips played trumpet in society big bands, brass ensembles, and orchestras in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including more than 30 years with the Trenton Symphony.

Armond Frank Turiello, 83, was a musician, music teacher in Newark, and a flight instructor who passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ. Armond was a musician and music teacher for the Newark Board of Education for many years. He was also a flight instructor, owned his own airplane and as a musician and educator, he taught many students to play music and fly. Besides his passion for music and aviation, he loved to travel and spend time with his family. Armond was known for his quick wit, amusing stories, jocular manner and worldly knowledge.

Jasper L. Powell Ralph “Hassan” Williams Jasper L. Powell, 85, died on March 15, 2017, at his home in Verona, NJ. Born in Winston Salem, NC., he lived in East Orange, NJ, prior to moving to Verona in 1973. He had a BA in music and education from Winston Salem University and an MA in administration and supervision from Kean University. Jasper taught music and was the band director at Lincoln High School in Jersey City, NJ, for 30 years, retiring in 1992.

Ralph “Hassan” Williams, 79, chief warrant officer (retired), whose music compositions could be heard on the soundtracks for “Mo’ Better Blues” and “The Cosby Mysteries,” passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, surrounded by his family. “Hazz,” as he was affectionately known, was a child prodigy and classically trained musician whose early interest in music led him to play alongside music legends. “Hazz” dedicated his life to proudly serving his country for more than 22 years as band director, then as music educator at Trenton and Newark public schools, where he remained for 24 years. He was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Birmingham, Ala., and received “Teacher of the Year” award at Malcolm X Shabazz School in New Jersey.

Patricia L. Root Patricia L. Root was an elementary school music teacher, a woman of faith and an integral member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Patricia, 85, a long-time resident of Madison, NJ, died on Monday, April 3, 2017, at the Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc. in Delray Medical Center following a very brief illness. Patricia was raised in West Orange, NJ, where she lived before settling in Madison, NJ, in 1956. Her love of music was evident through her career as an elementary school music teacher in Verona and Madison, and through her involvement in the NJ All-State Orchestra and the NJ Symphony.

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NJMEA 2016-2017 Board of Directors Executive Board President, Jeff Santoro W. Windsor-Plainsboro District jsantoro@njmea.org

Past-President, William McDevitt Vineland High School billnjmea@aol.com

President-Elect, Patrick O’Keefe Smithville School o’keefep@gtps.k12.nj.us

Executive Secretary-Treasurer Deborah Sfraga Ocean Township Schools debnjmea@aol.com Communications (TEMPO/Web) Thomas A. Mosher, Retired tmosher@njmea.org

Region Executive Members NJSMA President, Joseph Spina Hanover Park High School president@njsma.com

CJMEA President, David Westawski West Windsor-Plainsboro HS So. dlwestawski@gmail.com

SJCDA President, Kahlil Gunther Woodstown High School gunther.k@woodstown.org

SJBODA President, Richard Beckman Sharp Elementary, Cherry Hill richbeckmanii@gmail.com

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Band Festivals/Classroom Music Nancy Clasen Thomas Jefferson Middle School nancydidi@hotmail.com

Early Childhood Music Ed. Amy Burns Far Hills Country Day School aburns@fhcds.org

Guitar Tom Amoriello Flemington Raritan Schools tamoriel@frsd.k12.nj.us 908-284-7650

Band Performance Todd Nichols Rutgers University tbnichols21@yahoo.com

NJ Association For Jazz Ed. Mike Anzuini Steinert High School manzuini.njaje@gmail.com 609-631-4150 x3412

Choral/Opera Festivals Donna Marie Berchtold William Davies Middle School berchtoldd@hamiltonschools.org

NJRMEA Kathy Spadafino, Retired kspadeb@aol.com

Chorus Performance Wayne Mallete Scotch Plains-Fanwood District wayne.mallette1@gmail.com

Orchestra Festivals/Performance Susan Meuse Hammarskjold Middle School susanmeuse@gmail.com

Chorus/Orchestra/Jazz Joseph Cantaffa Howell High School jcantaffahhs@hotmail.com

Special Learners Maureen Butler Lake Drive School mbutler@mlschools.org

Collegiate/Research/Higher Ed. Colleen Sears The College of New Jersey quinnc1@tcnj.edu

Technology Marjorie LoPresti East Brunswick High School marjorielopresti@gmail.com

Conferences Marie Malara, Retired malara97@aol.com

Corporate/Industry James Frankel jim@musicfirst.com

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Administrative Matters .......................................................... Jeff Santoro ............................................................... jsantoro@njmea.org All-State Band Coordinator .......................................................Vacant .................................................................................................. All-State Chorus, Orchestra, Jazz Coordinator ....................Joseph Cantaffa .................................................. jcantaffahhs@hotmail.com Association Business ........................................................... Deborah Sfraga ............................................................. debnjmea@aol.com Band Procedures Chair ..............................................................Vacant .................................................................................................. Choral Procedures Chair..................................................... Wayne Mallette ............................................... wayne.mallette1@gmail.com Composition Contest ........................................................Robert Frampton ...................................................rtframpton@comcast.net Editor - TEMPO Magazine ............................................... Thomas Mosher ........................................................... tmosher@njmea.org Jazz Procedures Chair ........................................................ Michael Anzuini ................................................ manzuini.njaje@gmail.com Marching Band Festival Chair ............................................. Nancy Clasen ...................................................... nancydidi@hotmail.com Membership ....................................................................... Deborah Sfraga ............................................................. debnjmea@aol.com Middle/Junior High Band Festival ....................................James Chwalyk, Jr. .......................................... james.chwalyk.jr@gmail.com Middle/Junior High Choral Festival .............................Donna Marie Berchtold ...............................................firesongwed@gmail.com NJMEA Historian .............................................................Nicholas Santoro........................................................... n31b13@gmail.com NJMEA State Conference Exhibits Chair ............................ Nancy Clasen ...................................................... nancydidi@hotmail.com NJMEA State Conference Manager ......................................Marie Malara ...............................................................malara97@aol.com NJMEA Summer Conference .............................................Joeseph Akinsas .................................................... joea_njmea@comcast.net NJMEA/ACDA Honors Choir ............................................ Pam Crockett .......................................................... pcrockett@npsdnj.org November Convention – NJEA ........................................... Nancy Clasen ...................................................... nancydidi@hotmail.com Opera Festival Chair .......................................................... Mike Kallimanis ........................................... MrKOrchAuditions@aol.com Orchestra Procedures Chair .................................................. Susan Meuse ........................................................ susanmeuse@gmail.com Research ...............................................................................Colleen Sears.................................................................quinnc1@tcnj.edu Students with Special Needs ............................................... Maureen Butler .......................................................mbutler@mlschools.org Supervisor of Performing Groups ......................................William McDevitt............................................................billnjmea@aol.com Tri-M..................................................................................... Jeff Santoro ............................................................... jsantoro@njmea.org REPRESENTATIVES/LIAISONS TO AFFILIATED, ASSOCIATED AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS NJ American Choral Directors Association .............................. Jack Hill ............................................................. jmwhill@hotmail.com Governor’s Award for Arts Education ................................William McDevitt........................................................... billnjmea@aol.com NJ Association for Jazz Education...................................... Michael Anzuini ................................................manzuini.njaje@gmail.com NAfME ................................................................................. Jeff Santoro ...............................................................jsantoro@njmea.org NJ Music Administrators Association ................................. Thomas Weber .................................................tweber@westfieldnjk12.org NJ Retired Music Educators Association .............................. Frank Hughes ............................................................. flh4hof@gmail.com NJ TI:ME..........................................................................Marjorie LoPresti ............................................. marjorielopresti@gmail.com Percussive Arts Society ....................................................... Domenico Zarro ....................................................DEZarro@optonline.net

COMMUNICATION SERVICES/PUBLIC RELATIONS Executive Secretary-Treasurer .............................................. Deborah Sfraga ...................................................... debnjmea1@gmail.com Editor - TEMPO Magazine ............................................. Thomas A. Mosher .........................................................tmosher@njmea.org Web Master (njmea.org) .................................................. Thomas A. Mosher .........................................................tmosher@njmea.org

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Articles inside

Round the Regions

In Memoriam

2018 Region Jazz Choir

2018 Region Sr. Jazz Ensemble

2018 Region Jr. Jazz Ensemble

2017 All-State Opera Festival

2018 Honors Guitar Ensemble

NJEA Convention Music Sessions & All-State Concerts, Nancy Clasen

2018 Young Composers Competition

2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble, Thomas Amoriello

How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Practice, Man, Practice!, Jeanne Fasano

Virtual Choir: Building A 21st Century Ensemble, Zachary Gates

The Times Are Changing. Approach Teaching Differently. Create Student Lead Discussion And Student Lead Classes, Meghan Cabral

“Old Dogs” Can Learn “New Tricks”!, Who Knew?, Thomas McCauley

Quick Tech Tips For The Elementary Music Educator, Amy Burns

Editor’s Message

Division Chair News

Blackbyrd Fly, Thomas Amoriello

2017 Governor’s Awards, Joseph Jacobs