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Summary
of Programs & Services
2010-2011
May 2010
In May of 2010, the GTSA sponsored the New Jersey High
School Band Gala, a day-long event at Rowan University in
Glassboro NJ, that featured performances
by 12 of New Jersey's most accomplished high school bands.
These bands were selected from over 150 high school bands
from all 21 counties in New Jersey that auditioned
competitively to participate in this event.
September 2010
In September of 2010, the GTSA provided music for a
special event sponsored by the New Jersey Secretary of
State for a delegation of business leaders from the
People's Republic of China. Chiu-Tse Lin, a concert
pianist originally from China, performed a program of
traditional and contemporary Chinese music for this event
in the War Memorial's George Washington Ballroom.
November 2010
In November of 2010, the GTSA, in conjunction with the New
Jersey Band Association, sponsored a day-long seminar at
Montclair State University for high school and middle
school music educators.
December 2010
In December of 2010, the GTSA produced two large-scale
symphony orchestra concerts at Patriots Theater at the War
Memorial in Trenton: a Holiday Concert featuring the
world-renowned Celtic Tenors on
December 4 and the annual New Year's Eve Concert on
December 31. Both concerts were very well received and
generated sufficient income to cover our costs.
January/February 2011
In January of
2011, the GTSA, in collaboration with the
New Jersey Band Association, organized the 2011 New Jersey
Intercollegiate Band, consisting of 65 of the state's top music
students from 7
colleges and universities in New Jersey. Weekly rehearsals
of this ensemble were held from January 30 to February 20,
2011 at The College of New Jersey. Performances by
the New Jersey Intercollegiate Band took place on February
24 at the New Jersey
Music Educators Association Annual Conference in East
Brunswick, and at a special performance for the 200+ members of the
New Jersey All-State Band at Nicholas Music Center at
Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
Also
in February of 2011, the GTSA presented an educational
concert by the Philadelphia Sinfonia at Patriots Theater
at the War Memorial in Trenton.
May 2011
In May of 2011, the GTSA once again sponsors the New Jersey High
School Band Gala, a day-long event at Kean University in
Union NJ, that features performances
by 12 of New Jersey's most accomplished high school bands.
These bands were selected from over 150 high school bands
from all 21 counties in New Jersey that auditioned
competitively to participate in this event.
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