Glen Ridge Music Parents Association
Welcome to the Glen Ridge Music Parents Association Web Site
Winter is coming! Get your GR Marching Band and Chorus spirit wear. Check out our t-shirts, fleece, rain jacket, and vests. We also have hats and a doggie-t shirt. Youth sizes available. Hurry, sale ends 9/13/19.
Click here to view the full assortment and order Spirit Wear!
Please click here to email Carolyn Oliner if you have any questions.
Parents,
It was good to see all of those who were able to make to it to Dr. Gage’s parent meeting this past week. There were a few important dates and schedules presented at that meeting that I wanted to share with those who were unable to attend. These dates are listed below. Additionally, Dr. Gage handed out a commitment to full participation that he has asked be returned by 6/27. If you do not have one, please have your student ask for one on Tuesday at the practice or reach out to Dr. Gage.
Summer Practices:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 25 – July 30 (July 4th week off) 12:30 – 3:00. August practices are TBA. If you are in town, please encourage your band member to attend as they will be working to learn all the music before Band Camp.
Band Camp: Mandatory
Sunday August 25: Seniors, Captains and Rookies – Time TBD
August 26 – August 30 – 9:00 am- 9:00 pm: There will be a parent’s preview of the music and guard work on Wednesday 8/28 at 8:00 and a full run through on the back field on Friday 8/30 at 4:30 pm.
Fall Practices: Mandatory
Tuesday – Friday 3:30 – 6:00
GRMPA Meeting:
Wednesday August 28 at 7:00 pm – We will be holding a GRMPA (marching band edition) meeting on Wednesday August 28 at 7:00 in the cafeteria. Please plan on joining us to see a preview of what the band has accomplished so far.
Parents’ Survival Guide
The GR Marching Band Parents Survival Guide that was handed out is now also available for download here. Please note that we will be collecting $100 from each band member to cover the show shirts, water bottles, and season breakfasts / after party subsidies. We would like to have this amount before band camp if possible but no later than October 1.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have and we look forward to seeing you on 8/28!
Kellie Huddleston and Patricia Drudy, GRMPA Co-Presidents
A Glen Ridge Tradition! Get your tickets now!
(Your name will be at the door, no need to bring receipt)
only $5, $7 at the door
March 24
8:30 am – 11am
Glen Ridge Congregational Church
Generous donations by
Jack’s Super Foodtown of Bloomfield!
Welcome to the Glen Ridge Music Parents Association!
GRMPA is an independent, nonprofit, volunteer organization made up of Glen Ridge parents supporting all music programs in our schools grades 7 – 12. Programs include: Chorus, Color Guard, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, and String Orchestra.
Every year, GRMPA sponsors fund-raisers such as the town-wide Citrus Sale in the fall and the Pancake Breakfast in the spring. The monies raised during these events help fund educational enrichment programs, field trips, performances, and competitions as well as help purchase and repair of instruments in Glen Ridge schools. In addition, GRMPA underwrites, supports, and cheers on the award-winning, competitive Marching Band and Color Guard from the pre-season August Band camp through November championships. We are also very proud each spring to award a deserving senior with a GRMPA scholarship.
Parent volunteers are crucial to the success of our music programs so please consider joining us. We are a friendly, inclusive, music loving group of parents who look forward to working together to have another success year of music in our schools. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at our email: grmpa.email@gmail.com
Thank you,
Trisha Turiano – GRMPA President 2017-18
https://www.facebook.com/grmpaorg/
The Glen Ridge High School Marching Band has finished in first place among Division 1A bands in the Musicfest 2017 competition at Brick Township High School on Saturday, Sept. 16. The Marching Ridgers took home wins for best music, best overall effect, and best visual. The band’s 75.6 score put them ahead of more than half the bands in Saturday’s competition.
Welcome to the Glen Ridge Music Parents Association!
GRMPA is a nonprofit, volunteer organization made up of Glen Ridge, New Jersey parents supporting all music programs in our schools grades 7 – 12. Programs include: Chorus, Color Guard, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, and String Orchestra.
Every year, GRMPA sponsors fund-raisers such as the town-wide Citrus Sale in the fall and the Pancake Breakfast in the spring. The monies raised during these events help fund educational enrichment programs, field trips, performances, and competitions as well as help purchase and repair of instruments in Glen Ridge schools. In addition, GRMPA underwrites, supports, and cheers on the award-winning, competitive Marching Band and Color Guard from the pre-season August Band camp through November championships. We are also very proud each spring to award a deserving senior with a GRMPA scholarship.
Parent volunteers are crucial to the success of our music programs so please consider joining us. We are a friendly, inclusive, music loving group of parents who look forward to working together to have another success year of music in our schools. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at our email: grmpa.email@gmail.com
Thank you,
David Cohen – GRMPA President 2018-19
https://www.facebook.com/grmpaorg/
String Orchestra is a brand-new program at Glen Ridge High School, scheduled to begin in fall 2017. Enrollment will be open to students in the seventh through twelfth grades who play the violin, viola, cello and double bass. There will also be a new ensemble at the Ridgewood Avenue Upper Elementary School for students in the third through sixth grades.
String Orchestra will meet weekly (as an after-school group) for ninety minutes per session, to learn techniques and grow their skills as musicians, individually on their chosen instruments, and as a group, to learn how to play music in an ensemble.
The orchestra director will select the music, focusing on works originally written for string orchestras by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Sergei Prokofiev, as well as modern pieces by Adele and Panic! At the Disco.
String Orchestra will have three performances during the school year at the winter, spring, and chamber concerts.
GRMPA’s recent monthly meeting minutes can be viewed by clicking the dates below:
GRMPA AdHoc Meeting December 2015
December 2015
November 2015
GRMPA AdHoc Meeting November 2015
October 2015
August 2015
June 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
June 2013
The 100th Monkey Foundation, whose stated mission is “to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than ourselves, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere” presented GRMPA with a check for $900.00 to support Glen Ridge music programs!
The 100th Monkey Foundation’s generous donation stemmed from proceeds received from their wonderful Beatles tribute benefit concert at Tierney’s Restaurant in Montclair, NJ on February 25, 2017.
Click here for more information on the 100th Monkey Foundation.
There are three great GRMPA events/fundraisers in March that deserve your attendance and support!
First is the Jazz Band Coffee House (Wednesday, 3/22/17 at 7:00 pm at the GRHS Cafeteria), which features wonderful jazz pieces by GRHS students. Some of us parents snuck into a rehearsal a few weeks ago which was terrific and we can’t wait! Come out in full force to support our kids.
Second is the Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 25th (Glen Ridge Congregational Church, 8:30 – 11:00 AM) which is one of GRMPA’s biggest fundraisers. What is better than eating pancakes and sausages prepared by Glen Ridge parents and served by Glen Ridge High School kids? Eating them with friends and neighbors from all over town and meeting new neighbors. It’s a Glen Ridge tradition you don’t want to miss! Get your Pancake Breakfast tickets now!
Third – and back by popular demand — Glen Ridge’s own Southside Quartet performs a benefit concert for GRMPA on Friday, March 31st (Glen Ridge Train Station, 8:00 – 10:00 pm). The Southside Quartet (Paul Byrne, Steve DeLuca, Michael Kruge, Jerry Weir) performed their inaugural concert last year to a packed house and rave reviews. They also raised a lot of money to support Glen Ridge music programs. There is limited space so get your tickets ASAP before they sell out!
