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PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

Lindsay Gallagher Judy & Roger Widicus

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999) Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo In Memory of Gunther Schuller

Daiichi-Sankyo, Inc. PVH Corporation

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman

Gregory Fritze In Memory of Aquilina Lim Jeffrey & Kathryn Mantell John & Marilyn Wagner

In Memory of Emma Wode Fred & Patricia Yosca

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499)

Mary & Paul Bergquist Jeff Bittner

Johan de Meij / Amstel Music USA Naomi Freshwater

Paul Goldberg Paul & Carolyn Kirby

Kathy & John Palatucci Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249)

Ginny Baird John Bolger

John & Louise Butler David & Jacalyn Bychek

Suzanne Coletta & Seth Glasser Kenneth & Linda Dutcher Paul & Helene Emanuel

Sally Fillmore & David Appel Marie Kane

Michael Kokola Annette & Andy Lieb

James & Cheryl Mallen Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Marks Family Jerry, Mary, Leah, & Brendan Meyer

Keith Mogerley Irene Montella Dorothy Neff

Marcella Phelan Jean Roughgarden

Carol Sawitz Beth Seavers & Neil Sheehan

Francis & Barbara Schott Richard & Karen Summers Richard & Jessie Ver Hage

Dr. Richard & Katherine Wise Nancy Zweil

Blue Moon Mexican Cafe BNY Mellon Community Partnership

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch Jill Bloom

Lloyd & Jane DeVries Mary Dorian

Michelle Dugan Delbert & Anne Eisch Margarita & Paul Elkin Richard & Gayle Felton

Frances Ferraro Katherine Grasso

Richard Hahn Emily James

Emmett & Elizabeth Johnson Janet Johnston

Janis Keown-Blackburn Nathan Kinney Dr. Lisa Lutter

Lorraine Mariella Thelma Peres

Larry & Barbara Roshon Albert Schagen

Rachel Schulman Ann Sirinides

Virginia Sirinides Kathryn Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Sylvester Paul Van Ness & Wanlun Esther Tsai

Janet Vidovich William Vollinger

Arnold & Diane Zettler Mark & Andrea Zettler

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donors and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible.

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

& Bloomfield High School Concert Band

Natalie Kerr, Director of Bands

Honoring Those Who Served

FEATURED GUEST CONDUCTOR Colonel Arnald Gabriel

Retired Commander/Conductor, U. S. Air Force Band

Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 2:30 PM Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, 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 awarding of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s coveted Sudler Silver Scroll Award in 1996. 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. 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 support of great music. 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 other nationally renowned performers and conductors. The New Jersey Wind Symphony has also been active in the commission and performance of new works. 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 featured soloist with the band. The competition and concert is one of the highlights of each season. Each year the NJWS performs a subscription series of concerts at their performance home in the 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 2009 – Brazil: Sao Paolo, Santos, Novo Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto 2010 – Germany, Austria, Italy: Garmisch, Munich, Salzburg, Schladming Festival, Venice

Printing of this program generously underwritten by Konica Minolta Business Solutions.

________________________________________________________________________

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant

funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________

The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to thank all of the many volunteers who have made this concert possible.

________________________________________________________________________

The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to give a special “thank you” to David Marks and the

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

Col. Arnald D. Gabriel retired from the United States Air Force in 1985 following a distinguished 36 year military career, at which time he was awarded his third Legion of Merit for his service to the United States Air Force and to music education throughout the country. He served as Commander/Conductor of the internationally renowned U.S. Air Force Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Singing Sergeants from 1964 to 1985. In 1990, he was named the first Conductor Emeritus of the USAF Band at a special concert held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Col. Gabriel served on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia,from 1985 to 1995, as Conductor of the GMU Symphony Orchestra and as Chairman, Department of Music for eight of those years. In

recognition of his ten years service to the university, he was named Professor Emeritus of Music. A combat machine gunner with the United States Army’s famed 29th Infantry Division in Europe during WW II, Gabriel received two awards of the Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the French Croix de Guerre. Following his separation from the Army in 1946, Gabriel enrolled in Ithaca College, where he earned both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Music Education. In 1989, his alma mater conferred upon him an Honorary Doctor of Music degree and in 1997, he was further honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also listed in the International Who ‘s Who in Music, 7th edition. Col. Gabriel’s professional honors include the very first Citation of Excellence awarded by the National Band Association, the Mid-West National Band and Orchestra Clinic’s Gold Medal of Honor and its Distinguished Service to Music Award, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s New Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award and its rarely presented National Citation for “significant contributions to music in America”, Kappa Kappa Psi’s Distinguished Service to Music Award, Phi Beta Mu’s Outstanding Contribution to Bands Award, and the St. Cecilia Award from the University of Notre Dame. Col. Gabriel was inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, becoming the youngest person ever to have received this honor, and was an inaugural inductee to the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame of Cortland High School in Cortland, New York. He is also a Past President of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. In 2008, the US Air Force Band dedicated the Arnald D. Gabriel Hall in his honor, and Bands of America inducted Col Gabriel into its Hall of Fame. Col. Gabriel has performed in all 50 of the United States and in 50 countries around the world. In addition to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, among the hundreds of major orchestras and bands he has conducted are the Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Memphis, Florida, Glendale (California), Green Bay (Wisconsin), York and Williamsport (Pennsylvania), Fairfax (Virginia), Puerto Rico, and Tatui Sao Paulo (Brazil), symphony orchestras, the Carabiniere Band and the Air Force Band (Italy), the Band of the Royal Netherlands Marines, the Royal Hellenic Band (Greece), the Staff Music Corps (Bonn, Germany), the National Band of the Canadian Forces (Ottawa), The Dallas Wind Symphony, the Gamagori Band and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Japan). Col. Gabriel was named Music Director Emeritus of the McLean (VA) Orchestra for his outstanding leadership from 1986 to 2002. Col. Gabriel continues to appear as clinician at major state, regional, and university music festivals and guest conducts outstanding school, college, municipal, and military bands as well as orchestras around the world.

___________________________________________________________________

NEW JERSEY WIND SYMPHONY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Deloss Schertz IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler

VICE PRESIDENT: Lawrence Friedman RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Beth Seavers, John & Marilyn Wagner

A native of Dallas, North Carolina, Mrs. Natalie Kerr holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance and a Masters of Arts in Teaching, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Kerr earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood Music in 2013. While a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Mrs. Kerr majored in piano performance while performing on tuba and horn in the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Concert Band, and University Band. She also served as Student Assistant to the Director of the UNC Bands in 1999-2000. Mrs. Kerr is serving her first year as Director of Bands at Bloomfield High School. Her responsibilities include directing the Concert Bands, Marching Band, and Jazz Band. Prior to teaching at Bloomfield High School, Mrs. Kerr served as Director of Bands at Weehawken High School in Weehawken, NJ from 2015-2017, Millbrook High School in Raleigh, NC from 2007-2014, and she instructed elementary and middle school music both in North Carolina and New Jersey from 2001-2007. Mrs. Kerr has performed professionally as a pianist with the North Carolina Wind Orchestra and as a tubist with the West Morris Community Band. She also has worked as a piano accompanist for various instrumental studios and school musicals.

Bloomfield High School Bands The Bloomfield High School Band program is comprised of approximately 85 students and includes two Concert Ensembles, Marching Band, and Jazz Band. The Marching Band performs annually at football games, competitions within New Jersey, local parades, and hosts their own Marching Band Festival at Foley Field. The Concert and Jazz Ensembles perform annually at school concerts, the district jazz festival, and other adjudicated festivals.

Bloomfield High School Concert Band Natalie Kerr, Director of Bands

Flute Horn Kim Beaver Javon Arnold Anwar Bourgeois Joshua Hernandez Susan Najera Gian Ordonez Trombone Linda Rodriguez Alex Barrera Alexis Taylor Gordon Gillespie Andrew Paredes Clarinet Aidan Carroll Euphonium Catherine Hart Tim Blankenship Abigail Larkin Ryan San Agustin Tuba Landin Garcia Bass Clarinet Christian Lopez Hannah Ruiz Eric Ngo Anthony Velez Alto Saxophone D’Ante Adkins Percussion Ryan Fallert Catherine Blake Gaetano Gualtieri Kendra Brandon Emily MacVicar Tenor Saxophone Desmond Soto-Schwartz Daniel Gerard Christopher Tichenor Nicholas Volpe Trumpet Christopher Almonte Quinlan Anderson Daniela Chung Sergio Fernandez Jorge Llumpo Anthony Vargas

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the New Jersey Wind Symphony's (formerly Ridgewood Concert Band) Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands.

PICCOLO Max Taylor

FLUTES

Chrysten Angderson Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart *

Patricia Barlow Jill Bloom

Lisandra Hernandez Jennifer Kasyan

Annette Lieb Tomomi Takamoto

Max Taylor Jennifer Wise

OBOES

Mark J. Donellan * Drew Greis Molly Raum

ENGLISH HORN

Molly Raum

BASSOONS Robert Gray

Christy Luberger Jason Stier *

CONTRA BASSOON

Robert Gray

Eb CLARINET Michelle McGuire

CLARINETS Jeff Bittner

Suzanne Coletta Francesca Ferrara Naomi Freshwater Michelle McGuire

Leigh Myers Marcie Phelan

Jean Roughgarden Beth Seavers Neil Sheehan

Karen Summers Richard Summers * Sabrina Tempesta

Janet Vidovich

ALTO CLARINET Francesca Ferrara

BASS CLARINETS

Joel Kolk * Brendan Hughes

SAXOPHONES

Andre Baruch* - Alto Jacqueline Sarracco - Alto

Tom Wise - Alto Christopher Mantell - Tenor

Michael DePompeo - Baritone

CORNETS/TRUMPETS Dave Bychek Mike Connor Dave Hurd

Tamara McLaughlin Richard Roberts Michael Russo

Thomas Siebenhuhner Ann Sirinides Tony Spinuzzi Joseph Stella

Roger Widicus *

FRENCH HORNS Ben Fine

John Harley Carolyn Kirby *

Brian McLaughlin Bryan Meyer Deloss Shertz

TROMBONES

Thomas Abbate * Matt Blauvelt

Paul Kirby Keith Marson Rob Paustian

Kristen Siebenhuhner Robert Tiedemann

EUPHONIUMS Robyn Keyes

John Palatucci * Don Van Teyens

TUBA Bob Sacchi *

Wes Krygsman

STRING BASS Charlie Nolet

PERCUSSION Ellis Berger Greg Landes

Yuto Takamoto John Wagner *

Derek Wohl Mark Zettler

HARP

Irene Bressler

PIANO Alison Meyer

* PRINCIPAL PLAYERS

___________________________

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTORS John Palatucci

Richard Summers

LIBRARIAN Dave Bychek

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Richard Summers

STAGE MANAGER Tony Spinuzzi

BOX OFFICE

Marilyn Wagner

PARKING DIRECTOR John Hahn

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

Deloss Schertz

PHOTOGRAPHY Andy Lieb

PROGRAM DESIGN

Joseph Stella


The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key Arranged by John Stafford Smith

Flourish for Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams

Canterbury Walk Carl Strommen

Majestia James Swearingen

Vertigo Chris Bernotas

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The New Jersey Wind Symphony Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director

Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland

Festival Overture on the American National Air Dudley Buck "The Star Spangled Banner" Transcribed by Tom Kennedy

Zinphonia David R. Holsinger

Chester William Schuman

• Introduction of Colonel Arnald Gabriel, Conductor •

Variations on "America" Charles Ives Transcribed for Band by William E. Rhoads Based on the Orchestra Version by William Schuman

Salute to Armed Services Arranged by Robert Crey • Please stand when your service song is played. •

America, The Beautiful Samuel Augustus Ward Arranged for Band by Carmen Dragon The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa

*Flash photography and audio or video recording of this concert is strictly prohibited.*


PROGRAM


Flute Horn Kim Beaver Javon Arnold Anwar Bourgeois Joshua Hernandez Susan Najera Gian Ordonez Trombone Linda Rodriguez Alex Barrera Alexis Taylor Gordon Gillespie Andrew Paredes Clarinet Aidan Carroll Euphonium Catherine Hart Tim Blankenship Abigail Larkin Ryan San Agustin Tuba Landin Garcia Bass Clarinet Christian Lopez Hannah Ruiz Eric Ngo Anthony Velez Alto Saxophone D’Ante Adkins Percussion Ryan Fallert Catherine Blake Gaetano Gualtieri Kendra Brandon Emily MacVicar Tenor Saxophone Desmond Soto-Schwartz Daniel Gerard Christopher Tichenor Nicholas Volpe Trumpet Christopher Almonte Quinlan Anderson Daniela Chung Sergio Fernandez Jorge Llumpo Anthony Vargas

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the New Jersey Wind Symphony's (formerly Ridgewood Concert Band) Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band in New York City. As a guest conductor, Dr. Wilhjelm has conducted the West Point Band, the United States Army Field Band, the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Allentown Band, the Hanover Winds, the Raritan Wind Symphony, and the Norwalk Symphony. Dr. Wilhjelm has been the conductor of the annual New York City Tuba Christmas since 2000. He was recently appointed the conductor of the Ramapo College Concert Band. As a French horn player, he has performed under the world’s great conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. Dr. Wilhjelm has played the French horn with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and, as a principal, with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Opera Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony. An honors graduate of the New England Conservatory, he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1998. He has been the band director at Pascack Hills High School since 1984. Dr. Wilhjelm was recently honored by his election to the American Bandmasters Association. He is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Conductor Award presented by the Association of Concert Bands. Dr Wilhjelm is the state chair for the National Band Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Concert Bands.

A native of Dallas, North Carolina, Mrs. Natalie Kerr holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance and a Masters of Arts in Teaching, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Kerr earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood Music in 2013. While a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Mrs. Kerr majored in piano performance while performing on tuba and horn in the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Concert Band, and University Band. She also served as Student Assistant to the Director of the UNC Bands in 1999-2000. Mrs. Kerr is serving her first year as Director of Bands at Bloomfield High School. Her responsibilities include directing the Concert Bands, Marching Band, and Jazz Band. Prior to teaching at Bloomfield High School, Mrs. Kerr served as Director of Bands at Weehawken High School in Weehawken, NJ from 2015-2017, Millbrook High School in Raleigh, NC from 2007-2014, and she instructed elementary and middle school music both in North Carolina and New Jersey from 2001-2007. Mrs. Kerr has performed professionally as a pianist with the North Carolina Wind Orchestra and as a tubist with the West Morris Community Band. She also has worked as a piano accompanist for various instrumental studios and school musicals.

Bloomfield High School Bands The Bloomfield High School Band program is comprised of approximately 85 students and includes two Concert Ensembles, Marching Band, and Jazz Band. The Marching Band performs annually at football games, competitions within New Jersey, local parades, and hosts their own Marching Band Festival at Foley Field. The Concert and Jazz Ensembles perform annually at school concerts, the district jazz festival, and other adjudicated festivals.

___________________________________________________________________

NEW JERSEY WIND SYMPHONY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT: Deloss Schertz IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler

VICE PRESIDENT: Lawrence Friedman RECORDING SECRETARY: Annette Lieb

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: James Mallen TREASURER: Neil Sheehan

MEMBERS AT LARGE: John Butler, Mike DePompeo,

Beth Seavers, John & Marilyn Wagner

Col. Arnald D. Gabriel retired from the United States Air Force in 1985 following a distinguished 36 year military career, at which time he was awarded his third Legion of Merit for his service to the United States Air Force and to music education throughout the country. He served as Commander/Conductor of the internationally renowned U.S. Air Force Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Singing Sergeants from 1964 to 1985. In 1990, he was named the first Conductor Emeritus of the USAF Band at a special concert held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Col. Gabriel served on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia,from 1985 to 1995, as Conductor of the GMU Symphony Orchestra and as Chairman, Department of Music for eight of those years. In

recognition of his ten years service to the university, he was named Professor Emeritus of Music. A combat machine gunner with the United States Army’s famed 29th Infantry Division in Europe during WW II, Gabriel received two awards of the Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the French Croix de Guerre. Following his separation from the Army in 1946, Gabriel enrolled in Ithaca College, where he earned both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Music Education. In 1989, his alma mater conferred upon him an Honorary Doctor of Music degree and in 1997, he was further honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also listed in the International Who ‘s Who in Music, 7th edition. Col. Gabriel’s professional honors include the very first Citation of Excellence awarded by the National Band Association, the Mid-West National Band and Orchestra Clinic’s Gold Medal of Honor and its Distinguished Service to Music Award, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia’s New Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award and its rarely presented National Citation for “significant contributions to music in America”, Kappa Kappa Psi’s Distinguished Service to Music Award, Phi Beta Mu’s Outstanding Contribution to Bands Award, and the St. Cecilia Award from the University of Notre Dame. Col. Gabriel was inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, becoming the youngest person ever to have received this honor, and was an inaugural inductee to the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame of Cortland High School in Cortland, New York. He is also a Past President of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. In 2008, the US Air Force Band dedicated the Arnald D. Gabriel Hall in his honor, and Bands of America inducted Col Gabriel into its Hall of Fame. Col. Gabriel has performed in all 50 of the United States and in 50 countries around the world. In addition to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, among the hundreds of major orchestras and bands he has conducted are the Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Memphis, Florida, Glendale (California), Green Bay (Wisconsin), York and Williamsport (Pennsylvania), Fairfax (Virginia), Puerto Rico, and Tatui Sao Paulo (Brazil), symphony orchestras, the Carabiniere Band and the Air Force Band (Italy), the Band of the Royal Netherlands Marines, the Royal Hellenic Band (Greece), the Staff Music Corps (Bonn, Germany), the National Band of the Canadian Forces (Ottawa), The Dallas Wind Symphony, the Gamagori Band and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Japan). Col. Gabriel was named Music Director Emeritus of the McLean (VA) Orchestra for his outstanding leadership from 1986 to 2002. Col. Gabriel continues to appear as clinician at major state, regional, and university music festivals and guest conducts outstanding school, college, municipal, and military bands as well as orchestras around the world.

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 awarding of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s coveted Sudler Silver Scroll Award in 1996. 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. 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 support of great music. 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 other nationally renowned performers and conductors. The New Jersey Wind Symphony has also been active in the commission and performance of new works. 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 featured soloist with the band. The competition and concert is one of the highlights of each season. Each year the NJWS performs a subscription series of concerts at their performance home in the 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 2009 – Brazil: Sao Paolo, Santos, Novo Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto 2010 – Germany, Austria, Italy: Garmisch, Munich, Salzburg, Schladming Festival, Venice

Printing of this program generously underwritten by Konica Minolta Business Solutions.

________________________________________________________________________

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant

funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________

The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to thank all of the many volunteers who have made this concert possible.

________________________________________________________________________

The New Jersey Wind Symphony would like to give a special “thank you” to David Marks and the

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


& Bloomfield High School Concert Band

Natalie Kerr, Director of Bands

Honoring Those Who Served

FEATURED GUEST CONDUCTOR Colonel Arnald Gabriel

Retired Commander/Conductor, U. S. Air Force Band

Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 2:30 PM Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, NJ

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. is a Proud

Sponsor of the New Jersey Wind Symphony

BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above)

Thomas & Victoria Price Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Wealth

Management Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic

Affairs

PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Carolyn & Howard Crumb

Lindsay Gallagher Judy & Roger Widicus

Dr. Christian Wilhjelm & Jacqueline Sarracco

SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999) Michael & Darel-Ann DePompeo In Memory of Gunther Schuller

Daiichi-Sankyo, Inc. PVH Corporation

SUPPORTER ($500 to $999)

Barbara Abney Bolger Lawrence & Donna Friedman

Gregory Fritze In Memory of Aquilina Lim Jeffrey & Kathryn Mantell John & Marilyn Wagner

In Memory of Emma Wode Fred & Patricia Yosca

ASSOCIATE ($250 to $499)

Mary & Paul Bergquist Jeff Bittner

Johan de Meij / Amstel Music USA Naomi Freshwater

Paul Goldberg Paul & Carolyn Kirby

Kathy & John Palatucci Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill

AFFILIATE ($100 to $249)

Ginny Baird John Bolger

John & Louise Butler David & Jacalyn Bychek

Suzanne Coletta & Seth Glasser Kenneth & Linda Dutcher Paul & Helene Emanuel

Sally Fillmore & David Appel Marie Kane

Michael Kokola Annette & Andy Lieb

James & Cheryl Mallen Joseph & Deborah Marsicovete

Marks Family Jerry, Mary, Leah, & Brendan Meyer

Keith Mogerley Irene Montella Dorothy Neff

Marcella Phelan Jean Roughgarden

Carol Sawitz Beth Seavers & Neil Sheehan

Francis & Barbara Schott Richard & Karen Summers Richard & Jessie Ver Hage

Dr. Richard & Katherine Wise Nancy Zweil

Blue Moon Mexican Cafe BNY Mellon Community Partnership

FRIEND ($1 to $99)

Andre Baruch Jill Bloom

Lloyd & Jane DeVries Mary Dorian

Michelle Dugan Delbert & Anne Eisch Margarita & Paul Elkin Richard & Gayle Felton

Frances Ferraro Katherine Grasso

Richard Hahn Emily James

Emmett & Elizabeth Johnson Janet Johnston

Janis Keown-Blackburn Nathan Kinney Dr. Lisa Lutter

Lorraine Mariella Thelma Peres

Larry & Barbara Roshon Albert Schagen

Rachel Schulman Ann Sirinides

Virginia Sirinides Kathryn Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Sylvester Paul Van Ness & Wanlun Esther Tsai

Janet Vidovich William Vollinger

Arnold & Diane Zettler Mark & Andrea Zettler

Amazon Smile Foundation Balloonacy, LLC

If you are a recent subscriber or donor,

we may have received your name too late to include in this program and we

apologize for that, but you will be in subsequent programs. Thank you.

2017-18 CONTRIBUTORS The New Jersey Wind Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of our

donors and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible.

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