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NJWS April 2018 Concert Season 35, Concert 4 - April 13, 2018 2017-18 CONTRIBUTORS The New Jersey Wind Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of our donors and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible. BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Jerry, Mary, Leah, & Brendan Meyer Thomas & Victoria Price Dorothy Neff Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Wealth Marcella Phelan Management Eddie & Mary Romeau Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Jean Roughgarden Affairs Steven & Ida Steiner Jason & Jennifer Stier PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Kathleen & Harold Sylvester Carolyn & Howard Crumb Dr. Richard & Katherine Wise Lindsay Gallagher Nancy Zweil Judy & Roger Widicus Blue Moon Mexican Cafe Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco BNY Mellon Community Partnership SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999) FRIEND ($1 to $99) Nancy Crumb Ricciardi Thomas Alexander Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo Barbaralee Berté & Ron Buchichio In Memory of Gunther Schuller June Blauvelt Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Joan Dolder PVH Corporation Goldie Easse Delbert & Anne Eisch SUPPORTER ($500 to $999) Margarita & Paul Elkin Barbara Abney Bolger Frances Ferraro Lawrence & Donna Friedman Mark & Arlene Glauber In Memory of Aquilina Lim Katherine Grasso Jeffrey & Kathryn Mantell Lois Hicks-Wozniak John & Marilyn Wagner Janet Johnston Fred & Patricia Yosca Dr. Lisa Lutter Lawrence Miloscia ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499) Thelma Peres Johan de Meij / Amstel Music USA Walter & Diana Perog Elaine Douvas Larry & Barbara Roshon Naomi Freshwater Michael & Dawn Russo Paul Goldberg Albert Schagen Marie Kane Rachel Schulman Paul & Carolyn Kirby Ann Sirinides Michael Kokola Kathryn Smith Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill Christina Stier Thomas & Kristen Siebenhuhner Alexander & Debra Taylor Richard & Karen Summers Paul Van Ness & Wanlun Esther Tsai James & Mary Welton Carl & Alice Wilhjelm Helaine & Alan Wohl Janet Williams Mark & Andrea Zettler AFFILIATE ($100 to $249) Amazon Smile Foundation Ginny Baird Balloonacy, LLC Ruth & Robert Barton John & Louise Butler If you are a recent subscriber or donor, David & Jacalyn Bychek we may have received your name too late Suzanne Coletta & Seth Glasser to include in this program and we Kenneth & Linda Dutcher Sally Fillmore & David Appel apologize for that, but you will be in Annette & Andy Lieb subsequent programs. Thank you. James & Cheryl Mallen Marks Family Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director Solid Brass FEATURED GUESTS Joseph Alessi, Trombone Philip Smith, Cornet/Trumpet PRELUDE CONCERT - 7:30 PM Northern Highlands High School Wind Ensemble Ms. Theodora Sotiropoulos, Director Friday, April 13, 2018 - 8:00 PM West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. is a Proud Sponsor of the New Jersey Wind Symphony About the New Jersey Wind Symphony Dr. Chris Wilhjelm, community leaders, and musicians founded the Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB) in 1983 with the idea of providing high quality performing venues for the many accomplished wind and percussion players living in the New York metropolitan area. On July 1, 2017, the Ridgewood Concert Band formally changed its name to the New Jersey Wind Symphony (NJWS) to better reflect the identity of the organization. Through the years, consistently high level performances have led to the production of two commercially released CDs, performances on the East Coast, and peer recognition through the Printing of this program generously underwritten by awarding of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s coveted Sudler Silver Scroll Award in 1996. Konica Minolta Business Solutions. The NJWS performs an annual series of concerts presenting the very finest in wind band literature for capacity audiences. Ranging from light classics and famous marches to cutting edge ________________________________________________________________________ compositions by today’s brilliant composers, the band’s programming has drawn critical attention for its variety and depth. Originally launched as the Ridgewood Community Concert Band, an early review praising the band’s fine performance proclaimed this is no “Community” band. The Board of Directors decided to incorporate as the Ridgewood Concert Band. Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the The members of the New Jersey Wind Symphony come from all walks of life. The musicians and board members are drawn together by a common dedication to the study, performance and Arts/Department of State, through grant support of great music. funds administered by the Bergen County The quality of NJWS performances has attracted world-class soloists from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, radio and television personalities and Department of Parks, Division of other nationally renowned performers and conductors. The New Jersey Wind Symphony has also been active in the commission and performance of new works. Cultural and Historic Affairs. The New Jersey Wind Symphony is actively engaged with area schools, offering opportunities for ________________________________________________________________________ talented school musicians to perform with the band. In 2006, the band launched a scholarship program that reaches a large network of high schools in the region, inviting musicians who plan to seek a career in music to compete for scholarship funds. Winners showcase their talent as a The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to featured soloist with the band. The competition and concert is one of the highlights of each season. thank all of the many volunteers who have made Each year the NJWS performs a subscription series of concerts at their performance home in the this concert possible. West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey. ________________________________________________________________________ The NJWS has also obtained world-wide recognition through international touring: 1998 – Central Europe: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria 2003 – Southern France: The Riviera Reeds Festival, La Croix Valmer; Le Pradet 2008 – China: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xian, Beijing The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to give 2009 – Brazil: Sao Paolo, Santos, Novo Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto a special “thank you” to David Marks and the 2010 – Germany, Austria, Italy: Garmisch, Munich, Salzburg, Schladming Festival, Venice Midland Park School District. The Midland Park High School band room is our weekly rehearsal site. ________________________________________________________________________ For additional NJWS information, please visit our website or scan our QR code: WWW.NJWINDSMPHONY.ORG NEW JERSEY WIND SYMPHONY MEET THE NJWS OARD OF RUSTEES B T Thomas A. Abbate, a member of the trombone section, is a musician by night and a PRESIDENT: lawyer by day who practices as a litigation partner in the 70-lawyer firm of DeCotiis, Deloss Schertz FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP, located in Teaneck. Tom’s practice focuses on complex IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: civil, regulatory and commercial litigation on behalf of business and government entities in Mark Zettler the trial and appellate courts. VICE PRESIDENT: Tom has represented business entities in many different litigation matters through his 16-year Lawrence Friedman career practicing law. Of local interest, he was lead counsel in a series of lawsuits in the state and federal courts, all the way up to the New Jersey RECORDING SECRETARY: Supreme Court, which culminated in the successful re-launch and re- opening of the former Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, in June Annette Lieb 2013. Tom also defends government entities against a variety of matters including employment discrimination, civil and constitutional rights, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: public bidding, environmental contamination, and public records access. He has also lectured and written on subjects including public James Mallen procurement and bidding, public records access, and police liability. TREASURER: Prior to attending law school at Fordham University School of Law, where he graduated in 2002 with a Juris Doctor degree, in 1999 Tom Neil Sheehan obtained his Bachelor’s degree in music from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he studied MEMBERS AT LARGE: trombone with Professor Timothy Conner. Prior to that, Tom was a trombone student of James A. Biddlecome, of the New York City John Butler Opera Orchestra. The New Jersey Wind Symphony’s Music Director, Mike DePompeo Dr. Chris Wilhjelm, was Tom’s high school school band director at Pascack Hills High School from 1991-1995. In order to maintain his David Marks sanity after being around lawyers all day, Tom keeps an active schedule Beth Seavers performing with various groups in the area, including as principal trombone with the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, and with the New John & Marilyn Wagner Jersey Wind Symphony, which he first joined in 1994 at the age of 17. Joseph Alessi was appointed Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic, The Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. Hart Chair, in the spring of 1985. He began musical studies in his native California with his father, Joseph Alessi, Sr., as a high school student in San Rafael, California, and was a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony before continuing his musical training at the Curtis Institute of Music. Before joining the Philharmonic, Mr. Alessi was second trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra for four seasons, and principal trombone of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for one season. He has performed as guest principal trombonist
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