NJ Association For Jazz Education Mike Anzuini 609-631-4150 x3412 manzuini. njaje @ gmail. com
THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION
News From Our Division Chairs
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.
Kevin J. Cope is a graduate of the University of Delaware where he received Master’ s degrees in composition and guitar performance. He has received from the DE Division of the Arts the 2011 Emerging Artist Fellowship and the 2015 Established Professional Fellowship in music composition and was featured on the cover of Soundboard Magazine’ s 40th Anniversary Edition,“ Composing for the Guitar.” Kevin is also currently the president of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society which will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary this season( www. phillyguitar. com). More information including extended bio, sheet music, and recordings can be found at www. kevinjcope. com.
NJ Association For Jazz Education Mike Anzuini 609-631-4150 x3412 manzuini. njaje @ gmail. com
The NJAJE Board of Directors is excited about 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 Mark Taylor, of the Hal Leonard Corporation, and Randy White, of Hopewell Valley Central High School, directing these ensembles. A special thanks to ensemble managers Doug Barber 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 10th and concluding a week later at the NJPAC on November 18th. 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 12th Annual Jazz Conference on November 18th at the Lucent Center of NJPAC. The conference has been a tremendous success over the past ten years and Haas has some fantastic clinicians who will be presenting. Attendance to the conference is included with membership!
We will once again be sponsoring our annual HS Jazz Band Festival this year. A new component to the Festival this year will be the addition of a Gala Concert in May. The top three bands from our divisions will come together to perform on the same concert. This will no doubt be a great afternoon of Jazz. We will also be looking to get our Vocal Jazz Festival off the ground this year, so keep your eyes open for that!
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. continued on page 16
TEMPO 14 OCTOBER 2016