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Marching Band sweeps weekend competitions! Chorus at GRHS Library

Marching Band

The Marching Ridgers continue their award-winning season with first-place wins at the USBands Competition in Basking Ridge on October 29 and at the 35th Annual Fall Marching Band Festival in Bloomfield on October 30. They also received caption awards in their 1A division for best music, best color guard, and best percussion at both competitions. And won the special award for BEST PERCUSSION OVERALL at the Bloomfield Festival, beating bands with 50 to 136 musicians (See the videos from the weekend performances).

USBands Nationals: The final competition of the season will be on Saturday, November 5, the USBands Nationals in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Chorus

The GRHS Chorus performed a selection of songs, delighting the crowd of senior citizens at their Golden Circle Luncheon, held in the new, updated GRHS library, on Monday October 24.

Marching Band takes 2nd Place in US Bands State Championships!

The Glen Ridge Marching Band went down to Glassboro, NJ bright and early Sunday morning (10/23) to perform at the US Bands State Championships. The competition was very strong but the Marching Ridgers walked away with their best score of the season thus far (86.088) and took 2nd Place in Group 1A! Congrats to these dedicated musicians, to Dr. Gage, and the rest of the marching band staff for this excellent performance (see the video here).

Their next performances are this weekend at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, NJ on Saturday (10/29) and at Bloomfield’s 35th Annual Fall Marching Band Invitational at Foley Field in Bloomfield, NJ on Sunday (10/30). Please come out and support these amazing kids as they build momentum towards the US Bands National Championships on Nov 5th. in Allentown, PA.

US Bands State Championships, Glassboro, NJ, 10/23/16

US Bands State Championships, Glassboro, NJ, 10/23/16

Congrats Marching Band and Chorus!

Marching Band

The Marching Band continues its season with successful performances of Aaron Copland’s Rodeo:

  • at the USBands Competition at Bayonne High School on October 8 in the pouring rain, where they earned First Place in their division;
  • at the home football game on October 15;
  • at the USBands Competition at North Warren Regional High School on October 15, where they earned First Place in their division and caption awards for best color guard, best visual, and best overall effect.

Be sure to check out the pink shoelaces in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on these new videos.

Best of luck at the upcoming State Championships and competitions (see mini calendar on right for details)!

Chorus

Chorus had the honor of singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the dedication of the Horace Ashenfelter Track at Watsessing Park in East Orange, NJ, on October 15 as well as performing two other songs during the very moving ceremony.

Congrats to Marching Ridgers and GRHS Choir!

 

Marching Band

The Marching Ridgers have kicked off their season with three successful performances of Aaron Copland’s Rodeo:

  • At the home football game on September 17,
  • At the homecoming game on September 24, and
  • At the US Bands Competition at Wayne Valley High School on September 25, where they earned First Place in their division with a score of 73.525.

With each performance, the Marching Ridgers debuted new props and choreography to accompany the rollicking music.  View the great videos from the homecoming game and the Wayne Valley competition!

Best of luck to the Marching Band at their upcoming competitions (see Calendar for further details).

GRHS Choir

The Glen Ridge High School Choir had the honor of singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Homecoming Game on September 24, treating the packed crowd to their melodious rendition.

Welcome 2016–2017

Welcome, Mr. Gregory Pavliv, the new voice teacher at Glen Ridge High School! Also check out the cool video below! Oh yeah… sign up for Choir – there’s still time!

Congratulations, Glen Ridge High School Marching Band and Color Guard, Dr. Gage and His Marching Band Staff, on your successful and productive “boot” camp, August 31–September 2, 2016.

Good luck this season performing Aaron Copland’s Rodeo.

A Tradition of Excellence . . . A Commitment to Innovation

Pride • Respect • Leadership • Trust • Unity

Mr. Pavliv and Kermit the Frog??

Mr. Pavliv gets a shout-out from our favorite green frog, Kermit! Also, there is still time for high school students to sign up for Choir so please let your kids know – Kermit thinks it would be great!

We need more students to sign up for the Middle School Choir. It’s a new 7th & 8th grade choir, there are no auditions and it meets 15 minutes before school starts at 7:45 AM.

GRMPA.org is now mobile-friendly!

 

GRMPA.org MobileDear music parents, staff and friends of Glen Ridge Music,

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been quietly working on migrating the GRMPA.org website to a new mobile-friendly design and I am happy to announce that this site is now live and looks great on PCs and also on mobile devices!

Please check out the website on your computer, on your tablet and on your mobile phone and let me know if you see any issues that need to be fixed.

I would really like to thank my friend Michael Mowla, for building this new site for free as a contribution to GRMPA!  Michael is a wonderful web designer and developer so if anyone needs help with their website or blog, please check out his website and contact him.

Happy websurfing!

Kris Ramanathan