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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
paul.caruso@sayrevillek12.net
CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational
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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
paul.caruso@sayrevillek12.net
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 (*).
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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.
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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***
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First Name
Instrument
CJMEA 2014-2015 High School Symphonic Band Invitational Nomination Application
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