Dear Colleagues: Best wishes to all members of the CJMEA for a joyous holiday season This letter serves as a reminder/introduction regarding the Symphonic Band Invitational of Central New Jersey (SBICNJ) a group that will now be known as the Honors Symphonic Band of CJMEA. Last year, we had our second suucessful season of the ensemble. The program conducted by Dr. William Berz and the percussion ensemble directed by Mr. Yale Snyder featured over 100 students partipating from over 25 band programs in Central NJ. We are extremely fortunate to have one of the region's other leading band conductors, Dr. David Vickerman from the College of New Jersey. Once again, there will be a percussion feature. High schools in Region II are able to participate in a program that seeks to provide an outlet for your dedicated musicians. The Symphonic Band will be created from director nominations—not through auditions. If you have some talented and dedicated musicians who did not place in the Region Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble auditions, but are otherwise passionate musicians—by all means nominate them! For balance purposes, not all students nominated can be accepted into the group, however, all schools that send an application will be represented! The enclosed nomination sheet will need to be sent in by Friday, December 19th, 2014. Directors, will still have the opportunity to find out if their students are accepted into region band or wind ensemble before sending in the nomination form. Students who are accepted into the region band or wind ensemble are not eligible for this ensemble. Sincerely, Paul T. Caruso [email protected] CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational Page 1 HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND INVITATIONAL Forms are sent to: 2014-2015 Information Packet Nomination Form Deadline: Paul Caruso Sayreville War Memorial High School 820 Washington Road Parlin, N.J. 08859 [email protected] Friday, December 19, 2014 Band directors will receive notice of their student’s acceptance by the end of December either by email or mail. We ask that you contact your students as soon as you learn of their acceptance. This will likely happen during the winter break. Rehearsals and Concert will take place at: Sayreville War Memorial High School 820 Washington Road Parlin, N.J. 08859 Rehearsal Schedule Friday, January 9, 2015 – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Saturday, January10, 2015 – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Friday, January 16, 2015 – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Friday, January 23, 2015 – 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Concert: Saturday, January 24, 2015 – 8:00 pm—arrival time is 5:00 pm Concert Snow Date: Thursday, January 29-8:00 pm—arrival time is 5:00 pm 1. To be eligible, students must be in grades 9–12 and must be a member of their school band or orchestra in Region II. Participating music instructors must be paid members of NAfME (MENC). If membership or verification of membership is needed, please contact NAfME at 1-800-828-0229 and have NAfME email verification to the nomination chairperson. 2. Home School students are only eligible to participate if they are sponsored by the band/orchestra director from their hometown or their private music teacher. The sponsoring teacher must be a member of NAfME and be able to verify the performance ability of the student. 3. The acceptance fee is $15.00 per student. Acceptance fee will be collected at the first rehearsal. Payment should be made in CASH. 4. Flutes, saxophones, and percussionists will be accepted on a seniority basis unless otherwise indicated by director. If a director prefers an underclassman on a given instrument, he/she should indicate this preference with an asterisk (*). CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational Page ii HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND INVITATIONAL 2014-2015 Information Packet 4. No student will be permitted to participate unless the application has the proper signatures. If the school teacher agrees to allow another NAfME qualified music teacher to sign for the student, the student’s school teacher and administrator must still sign, thereby indicating their knowledge of this situation. Copies of valid NAfME cards for both teachers must be included with the nomination form in the last page of this packet. THE NAfME CARD MUST HAVE A 1/2015 EXPIRATION DATE OR LATER. 5. It is the director’s responsibility to reinforce the schedule and attendance policy with all applicants. Please review the schedule with your students and remind them that there are no unexcused absences. A school performance is the only excused absence from a rehearsal. All absences will be checked against your school’s sports and academic competition calendars 6. Mail the following items to the registrar: a. one copy of the nomination list b. a copy of your NAfME card. c. a completed transportation form for each student. ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students must attend all rehearsals in their entirety and the performance during the times indicated. Because there is limited rehearsal time for the high school instrumental ensembles, any absence may result in removal from the group. Removal from an ensemble will result in loss of of CJMEA eligibility for the following year. Please check the dates and times listed before you apply. You should only apply if you can attend all rehearsals. Directors may nominate as many students as possible. We have a contingency plan for two groups if the instrumentation allows. Application Form Typing Instructions Please note: The application form (see the following two pages) is to be typed directly into the form using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later. 1) Type all your information on the top portion of the form directly on your computer BEFORE printing. Use the mouse to click on check boxes and the tab key or the mouse to move from line to line when entering information. 2) Print both pages of the completed application. 3) Forms should be submitted by directors only. CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational Page iii HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND INVITATIONAL 2014-2015 Nomination Form John Smith ID#: 1234567 Type: FA Addl Mbrsp: State Aff: NJ Exp:01/2015 Please type using Adobe Acrobat. Handwritten forms will not be accepted! Please affix a copy of the back of your current NAfME (MENC) Card here (As shown on the left) If your card has expired and you are in a renewal process, you MUST call NAfME (800) 828-0229 to fax verification of your renewal and attach it to this form! Please DO NOT send this form with an EXPIRED MEMBERSHIP CARD! All membership must be in good standing through January 2014 All FORMS MUST BE TYPED USING ADOBE ACROBAT! Handwritten forms will not be accepted! Director’s Name: School: Home Number: Home Address: E-mail: School Address: School Phone: Extension: Cell Number: Home Town: Home Zip: School Town: School Zip: School Fax: Instrumental Students in Score Order (Please indicate Battery Percussion, Mallets or Both) ***Last Name*** 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 First Name Instrument CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational Nomination Application Grade Page 1
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