2016 Governor’s Awards
Joseph Jacobs
NJMEA Past-President
Ventnor Middle School
jjacobs@veccnj.org
T
he 2016 Governor’s Awards 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 26th at the Patriot’s Theatre in the Trenton War Memorial Building. There were amazing student performances that
showcased the beauty of the arts and inspiring speeches that
recognized the value and importance of the arts.
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.
NJMEA submitted 11 nominations for the prestigious
Governor’s Award in Arts Education. Congratulations to our
colleagues and our students on their success and achievement
in music and music education.
Lisa Lepore - Crossroads Middle School, Monmouth
Junction – Master Music Teacher
Amy Burns – Far Hills Country Day School, Far Hills –
Master Music Teacher
Samuel Wang – Bishop Eustace Preparatory School,
Pennsauken – All-State Orchestra
Samantha Chen – Academy for Math, Science and Engineering, Rockaway – All-State Orchestra
Morgan Mastrangelo – Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood – All-State Opera and Chorus
Shobhana Sridhar – John P. Stevens High School, Edison
– All-State Chorus
Dylan Randazzo – Cranford High School, Cranford –
All-State Chorus
Logan Geddes – Montgomery High School – Skillman –
All-State Chorus
Katarina Wang – East Brunswick High School, East
Brunswick – All-State Band
Timothy Ruszala – West Essex High School, North
Caldwell – All-State Band
Wonchul (Patrick) Do – Cresskill High School, Cresskill
– All-State Jazz
OCTOBER 2016
Picture #1 left to right – Elizabeth Mattson, Chair
of the NJ State Council on the Arts; Lisa Lepore, NJMEA
Master Music Teacher; Mark Biedron, President of the NJ
State Board of Education
Picture #2 left to right - Elizabeth Mattson, Chair of the
NJ State Council on the Arts; Amy Burns, NJMEA Master
Music Teacher; Mark Biedron, President of the NJ State Board
of Education
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