Glen Ridge Music Parents Association

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JAZZ COFFEE HOUSE IS BACK!

LIVE AND IN-PERSON at The Glen Ridge Women’s Club on Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 pm.

Listen to wonderful jazz music performed by our HS and MS Jazz Band students! Best of all – Attendance is free!

Light refreshments will be served. If you enjoy the evening, there will be a donation jar where you may contribute and support our GRHS and GRMS music programs.

IMPORTANT – GR WOMEN’S CLUB POLICY:

  • You must show proof of vaccination OR proof of negative Covid test within 24 hours of event (home test doesn’t count) AND wear a mask except when actively eating/drinking
  • Please do not attend in-person events if you are unwell

The Women’s Club of Glen Ridge is located at 219 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028

Jazz Coffee House - Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 PM at The Women's Club of Glen Ridge

GRMPA 2021-2022 Citrus sale has ended.

You can no longer order citrus for delivery this spring. If you have already ordered fruit for March 2022 delivery, those deliveries will be made by students on March 5, 2022.

Thank you for supporting Glen Ridge music programs!

GRMPA Citrus Store open: Order now for March 5, 2022 Delivery

Dear friends and neighbors,

Thank you for your wonderful support of the GRMPA fruit sale. In addition to all the fruit you purchased to support Glen Ridge music programs, you were incredibly generous in donating fruit as well! You donated over 700 LBS of citrus to Toni’s Kitchen and an additional 600 LBS of fruit to the Human Needs Food Pantry. WOW!

The fruit sale is now open again at https://grmpa.square.site for March Delivery! If you’re enjoying the fruit you got last weekend, then order by February 18, 2022 to get another batch delivered to you on Saturday, March 5, 2022.

Go to https://grmpa.square.site to order!

  • GRHS Music Students and GRMPA Parents unloading and bagging citrus
  • GRHS Music Students and GRMPA Parents unloading and bagging citrus
  • 700 lbs of citrus delivered to Toni’s Kitchen in Montclair
  • 600 lbs of citrus delivered to Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair

Buy Tickets for Autumn Sings 2021!

Support Glen Ridge High School Chorus! Autumn Sings 2021 is happening live and in person on Thursday, Nov 18th, 2021 at the Old Canal Inn (2 E. Passaic Avenue, Nutley, NJ).

Purchase your tickets below! Seating is limited so don’t procrastinate!

There are two sets with 9 performers in each set. The list of performers in each set is listed below. You can buy tickets for Set 1, Set 2, or both. Sarika Ramanathan will be the MC for both sets.

Covid-related info: Please have your vaccine card ready to show. If not available, we are asking that you wear a mask once inside when not eating or drinking to protect all of our community. Seating will be at 50% capacity. 

Purchase tickets for Set 1:

Set 1 begins at 6:00 pm and will end at 7:30 pm. Scheduled to perform in Set 1 are:

  • Amy Majewski, Ava Handler, Billie Rivero, Chloe Novoa, Freddie Ramirez, Gia DeLuca, Julian Novoa, Lola Zimet, Mr. Pavliv with Dr. Gage and Mr. DeLuca
Ticket Type

Note: You will be able to add the number of tickets you wish to purchase after you click “Add to Cart”

Purchase tickets for Set 2:

Set 2 begins at 7:45 pm and will end at 9:15 pm. Scheduled to perform in Set 2 are:

  • Ashlyn Leung, Ellie Hudon, Gaby Slim, Jane Nakamoto, MollyJane Boyle, Rylee Allen, Sarika Ramanathan, Walter O’Brien, Mr. Pavliv with Mr. DeLuca
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Note: You will be able to add the number of tickets you wish to purchase after you click “Add to Cart”

Autumn Sings 2021 at The Old Canal Inn!

GRMPA’s popular Citrus Sale is back! Order now.

The Spring 2022 citrus sale, GRMPA’s biggest fundraiser of the year, is now live! Click on the link below to order delicious grapefruit, oranges, and clementines (new this year!) delivered by students right to your door if you live in Glen Ridge and surrounding towns. Delivery will be on Saturday, March 5, 2022.

Order by Friday, February 18, 2022 and all that deliciousness and your money goes towards a wonderful cause, supporting Glen Ridge High School music programs! You can also double up on your generosity by ordering fruit to be donated to either Toni’s Kitchen or the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair, NJ.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

Important note: This year, all ordering will be ONLINE ONLY.

The Glen Ridge Music Parents Association thanks you for your support and your generosity!

Glen Ridge Marching Band: 2021 National Champs!

Yes, family, friends, alumni – you read that correctly! The Glen Ridge Marching Band went into MetLife Stadium on a crisp, cold Saturday morning in November (11/6/2021) and stepped off at 9:15 AM at the USBands National Championships.

The band executed a nearly flawless performance of their 2021 show, Caravan: A Journey through Big Band Jazz and walked away with 1st Place in their class – Class 1 Open. In doing so, they beat a slew of other exceptional high school marching bands, including two – Wayne Hills and Lenape – that had each scored better than they had just the week before. Furthermore, the GRMB were the only group in it’s class to receive an average score higher than 90!

Congrats to this incredible, hard-working group of kids on this singular achievement and kudos and thanks also to the team of exceptional instructors that guided them this year, led by Marching Band Director Dr. Darren Gage – LizAnn Tomassi, Steve DeLuca, Jay Curcio, Daniel Nathanson, and Justin Romano.

You can enjoy watching this 1st place award-winning performance here: 2021-2022 GRMB videos

USBands 2021 National Champs!

2021 Spiritwear Fundraiser Sale!


Dear Glen Ridge Music Families,

GR Flannel Pajamas on the Spiritwear Store
GR Flannel Pajamas

Our annual spiritwear fundraiser sale is now open for a limited time! Some new items this year — as well as familiar staples with band and chorus logos.  All $ raised will help fund future band and chorus expenses.

Hard as it may be to believe right now, it will soon be cold / wet during band season. The water resistant jacket is a great thing to have for students and parents, as is the spectator blanket for keeping warm in the stands. And the Glen Ridge flannel pajama pants are always a favorite.

Also new this year — warm hat, scarf, duffel and Glen Ridge socks! 

Click here to go directly to the store. Or you can go to the general Academy Apparel site (choose Glen Ridge Music under Online Stores) here . Ordered items will be delivered directly to you, or picked up locally if you prefer.

Store closes 9/10. Thanks for your support!

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN!

MONDAY, MAY 24, 6:00 PM @FREEMAN GARDENS

Come watch the Glen Ridge Middle School and High School Jazz Bands perform at Freeman Gardens this Monday at 6:00 pm (rain date is Tue, May 25th). What a beautiful place to relax and listen to wonderful music and support our talented students!

IMPORTANT: Attendees should bring their own picnic blankets or lawn chairs (and any snacks and refreshments) to relax and enjoy the performances. Also, please continue to practice safe social distancing (6′ apart) from other attendees when you set up your lawn chairs or blankets.

Jazz in the Garden
Live Jazz at Freeman Gardens, Monday, May 24th, 2021, 6 pm

Our 1st ever GRMPA Trivia Night was so much fun – and a fundraising success!

On the evening of Saturday, March 13th, 2021 at 8:00 pm, 15 awesome teams consisting of over 40 participants in all, gathered on Zoom and competed in GRMPA’s inaugural trivia Night fundraiser. Families, friends, faculty, and neighbors all got together for a couple hours to connect, reconnect, forget about their troubles, and raise money for a great organization. The evening was a blast with lots of trash talk, laughter, and entertainment. Supported by MC Kris Ramanathan and scorekeeper Sarika Ramanathan, our fabulous Quiz Master, Keval Ramanathan, kept the pace moving with amusing and challenging questions.

Most importantly, between team registrations, donations, and a generous sponsorship from ENT & Allergy of $500 (along with a chocolate gift basket for the winning team), we raised over $2,000 for Glen Ridge music programs!

And of course, with the inaugural trivia night, there also has to be an Inaugural Trivia Night Winning Team! And that honor went to Team Baby Zoomer, with members TrishaTuriano, Anthony Turiano, Margo Garrison, Geoffrey Darby, Lizann Coleman, and Tom Coleman! They own bragging rights forever!

Anthony & Trisha Turiano, members of winning team,Team Baby Zoomer, with chocolate gift basket donated by ENT & Allergy

GRMPA’s 1st Trivia Night Fundraiser!

Dear GRMPA Supporters,

Announcing GRMPA’s first ever trivia night fundraiser!
Limited to 16 teams so sign up ASAP!

UPDATE: WE ARE FULLY SOLD OUT FOR TRIVIA NIGHT!

BUT YOU CAN STILL DONATE TO GRMPA IF YOU WISH!

Trivia Night will be held on MARCH 13, 2021 AT 8:00 PM

Register your team of family, friends, and neighbors and compete to win a challenging trivia game, raise funds for Glen Ridge Music Programs, and bragging rights for smartest team! We recommend at least 3 people per team* but the more the merrier and the higher the chance someone on your team knows the answer!! (*Note: if you have only 2 or 3 people on your team, we may assign additional people to your team or put you together with another team of two so that more people can participate – and you’ll get to make some new friends!)

  • Choose “Team Registration” option to register and pay for an entire team of players.
  • Choose “Individual Registration” if you are paying just for yourself whether you are part of a team or if you don’t have a team and wish to be assigned to a team.

Since this is a fundraiser, you also have the option to add a donation to GRMPA on top of your registration fee, if you wish.

Click here to register for GRMPA’s 1st ever Trivia Night!