Saturday, May 31, 2014

June 2014



Congratulations to East Brunswick High School students:

Farrah Cukor:  New Jersey Honors Jazz Choir
Kevin Gunia:  NAfME Student Composers Competition Finalist
Jeffrey Ade: All State Chorus
Michael Kendis: All State Chorus
Daniel Young: All State Chorus
Danielle Balsamo: All State Women's Chorus

American Choral Directors Association New Jersey Festival
EBHS Bella Voce: Superior Rating in Performance and Superior Rating in Sightreading
EBHS Concert Choir: Superior Rating in Performance and Superior Rating in Sightreading
Both ensembles directed by Ms. Jennifer Sengin

Student Music Technology Expo at Rowan University.
Ethan Farmer and Nick Karalexis earned a gold rating for their work during a 90-minute audio engineering session taking raw audio tracks and engineering them into a finished product. Their teacher, Mrs. Marjorie LoPresti, was just named a New Jersey Music Educators Association Master Music Teacher!

EBHS Symphony Orchestra performs with the New Jersey Symphony

Mr. Michael Berry conducts members of the NJSO and his own EBHS Symphony Orchestra on May 23 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

EBHS Art Honor Society Creates Arts Panels for Township Cultural Arts Center

The Creative Process, designed by Katherine Toto and Elise Chou. Pictured (L-R): Jeffrey Litt, EB Recreation Department, Jeffrey Lesser, Supervisor of Arts Education, K. Toto, Matthew McCarthy.

Congratulations to S. Liu, A. Wang, K. Mosseri, G. Ding and J. Shek on having their work selected from hundreds of statewide entries for the TCNJ K-12 Student Art Exhibition. Mr. Darrin Amme and Mrs. Deborah Mannuzza are their teachers.


A. Wang
"Accidentally on Purpose"
India Ink and Watercolor on paper.

K. Mosseri
Self-Portrait
Prismacolor Art-Stix on black paper

S. Liu
"Peppers"
Water Soluble Oil Pastels on Paper

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING ROOM 
ART EXHIBITS

June 2 - 20
EAST BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL
(Students of Donna D'Amico, Meghan Giacobello, Annagrace Kasten, and Jeffrey Novak)
June 23 through the summer . . .
All Schools Summer Honors Exhibit




Lights, Camera... You're invited to the Action!  The CJHS 8th Annual Original Student Film Festival.  The short films from Ms. Elson's film classes will be shown on June 5th in room 402, from 2:15 to 3:15.  Vote on your favorite film, munch on some free popcorn and find out who will win Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Actor, Best Silent Film, Best PSA, Best Thriller and Best Comedy.  Answer the movie trivia and win prizes!

Students, Faculty and Families are invited!  
Contact Ms. Elson at lelson@ebnet.org for more information.

June Concerts and Shows


Mon    6/2/14           Lawrence Brook Spring Concert      7:00 PM
Mon    6/2/14           Memorial Spring Concert                   7:00 PM
Thu     6/5/14           CJHS Film Festival             2:15 PM
Thu     6/5/14           Churchill Pops Concert       EBPAC at HMS      7:00 PM
Tue     6/10/14         District Band Concert          EBPAC at HMS      7:00 PM
Thu     6/12/14         Hammarskjold Band Concert            7:00 PM
Mon    6/16/14         EBHS Acting Studio 3H Solo Shows    7:00 PM


THIS MONTH IN THE ARTS IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY OCTOBER-JUNE
CONTACT US FOR INFORMATION REGARDING EVENTS
Jeffrey Lesser, Supervisor of Arts Education
(732) 613-6985


Thursday, May 1, 2014

May 2014


VOTE FOR ANGELICA'S DESIGN--ONCE PER BROWSER!


Congratulations to Warnsdorfer student Angelica Varughese! She is the New Jersey State Finalist for this year's Doodle 4 Google competition.  The theme this year is, "If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place..." Angelica's theme is "Crops in a Box," you can read more about it in the link below.

Google visited Warnsdorfer to announce Angelica as the NJ winner - to see pics of the event, check out the school/district website.

The national winner of Doodle 4 Google will earn a $30,000 scholarship and $50,000 for her/his school.

In order to win, Angelica needs as many votes as she can get, so please:


Rush Holt Congressional Art Prize Winners named 
Friday, April 25

Computer Generated by Antoinette Gayo, student of Mr. Jeffrey Novak
Photography Collage by Caroline Habib, student of Mrs. Meghan Giacobello

Photograph by Tori Kelner, student of Mrs. Meghan Giacobello

Pictures from the String Quartet Festival held Monday, April 28, at EBPAC


The EBHS Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Michael Berry, Director and members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

NJSO members perform quartet literature

Exemplary performance by the EBHS Cello Octet

Exemplary performance by the CJHS Advanced String Ensemble


SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

ADJUDICATION/AUDITIONS 12:00 - 5:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 3 AT EAST BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL

YOUNG MUSICIANS PERFORMANCE 2:00 - 4:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 10 AT THE EAST BRUNSWICK CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

TO BE FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION AND ART DISPLAY BY 
MEMBERS OF THE EBHS AP STUDIO ART CLASS




The Churchill Eighth Grade Concert Band (pictured above) under the direction of Mr. Mark Perez, received favorable reviews at the Central Jersey Music Educators Association Middle School Band and Orchestra Festival, held April 10 at Monroe Township Middle School. This year, every level of East Brunswick Schools concert bands from grades 7-12 participated in an adjudicated festival performance!


May Concerts


Thu         5/1/2014                 Warnsdorfer Spring Chorus Concert  7:00 PM

Sat          5/3/2014                 Solo and Ensemble Festival @ East Brunswick HS 12:00-5:00 PM

Sat          5/10/2014               Young Musicians Concert EB Cultural Arts Center 2:00 PM
Thu         5/15/2014               Hammarskjold Orchestra Concert, EBPAC 7:00 PM

Fri           5/16/2014               24 Hour Play Festival  EBHS 7:00 PM

Sat          5/17/2014               24 Hour Play Festival  EBHS 7:00 PM             
Mon       5/19/2014               Chittick Spring Concert 7:00 PM

Mon       5/19/2014               Irwin Spring Concert 7:00 PM

Tue         5/20/2014               EBHS Band Concert EBHS 7:00 PM

Wed       5/21/2014               Hammarskjold Chorus Concert, EBPAC 7:00 PM

Thu         5/22/2014               CJHS Chorus Concert, EBPAC 7:00 PM

Tue         5/27/2014               Frost Spring Concert 7:00 PM

Tue         5/27/2014               Bowne-Munro Spring Concert 7:00 PM

Wed       5/28/2014               EBHS Chorus Concert,  EBHS 7:00 PM

Thu         5/29/2014               Central Spring Concert 7:00 PM

Thu         5/29/2014               Warnsdorfer Instrumental Concert 7:00 PM


BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING ROOM 
ART EXHIBITS

April 21 - May 11
HAMMARSKJOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL
(Students of Jessica Data, Anna Deacon, Antonia Germanos) 

May 14 - June 1
CHURCHILL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Students of Darin Amme, Deborah Mannuzza, Peter Szikura) 


ELEMENTARY ART AT THE EAST BRUNSWICK PUBLIC LIBRARY
A current show comes down and the third and last show begins on May 14 and ends on May 31. You will be impressed with our youngest artists!


THIS MONTH IN THE ARTS IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY OCTOBER-JUNE
CONTACT US FOR INFORMATION REGARDING EVENTS
Jeffrey Lesser, Supervisor of Arts Education
(732) 613-6985