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Concerts at Ridgewood’s Kasschau Shell in full swing

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Bucky Pizzarelli Quartet will return to the Kasschau Memorial Band Shell on July 16.

JUNE 8, 2015    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015, 9:56 AM
BY AIMEE LA FOUNTAIN
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THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

The 57th annual free summer Entertainment Under the Stars concert series kicked off on Thursday at the Kasschau Memorial Band Shell.

“Tunes in June,” featuring groups from Ridgewood High School, was the first show of the season.

“It’s been a tradition that it starts off with the RHS band,” said Jo Delaney, chairman of the Kasschau Memorial Shell Committee. “This has been going on for 50 years and they’ve been associated for forever.”

The Orpheus Club, The Ridgewood Choral and The Ridgewood Concert Band are also regular performers.

“These three groups have been part of the history since beginning,” Delaney said.

This year’s lineup is “an eclectic group of musical experiences by professional artists,” Delaney said. “We’re really across the board. There’s something for everybody.”

“We tried to have all sorts of groups so people have all kinds of music to enjoy and hear something new,” Delaney said. “Expose yourself to something you haven’t heard before and open yourself up to music.”

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/free-concerts-something-to-hear-1.135141

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New Jersey Choral Society presents Verdi’s “Requiem”

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May 17,2015
Ridgewood NJ, In honor of Maestro Eric Dale Knapp’s 10th Anniversary, the New Jersey Choral Society will present Verdi’s magnificent sacred choral work “Messa da Requiem” on Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 pm in the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St, Ridgewood. NJCS will be joined by the Connecticut Choral Society. Organist Linda Sweetman-Waters and a 61-member symphonic orchestra will accompany the choruses.

Verdi, known for his dramatic and melodic operas such as “Rigoletto,” “La Traviata” and “Il Trovatore,” composed the “Messa da Requiem” in 1874 in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom he admired. His glorious “Requiem” uses vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies and dramatic contrasts to express the powerful emotions of the text.

Other highlights of the program include the world premiere of David Gotay’s “Earthen Vessels,” which is dedicated to Eric Dale Knapp, New Jersey Choral Society and Connecticut Choral Society, Gustav Mahler’s stunning “Choral Finale” from the “Resurrection Symphony No. 2,” and Richard Strauss’ “Beim Schlafengehen.”

Guest soloists for Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem” are soprano Megan Knapp, mezzo-soprano Teresa Buchholz, tenor Kirk Dougherty and bass Jared Schwartz.

Advance tickets are $35.00 for adults; $30.00 for students, seniors, and patrons with disabilities. (Add $5.00 at the door). Discounted group pricing is also available. Come one hour prior to performance time for The Inside Line, a complimentary lecture for all ticket holders that provides an intimate and entertaining preview of the music. For reservations or more information, visit www.NJCS.org or call the New Jersey Choral Society at (201) 379-7719.

Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups, well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House and have toured internationally in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia, England, and last summer in France.

West Side Presbyterian Church is wheelchair accessible. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Ridgewood Composer in NJSO Spotlight

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Composer and musician Darryl Kubian, whose work will be performed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Photo courtesy of NJSO/Dan Dutcher.

Ridgewood Composer in NJSO Spotlight

March 09, 2015 05:00 AM ET | Gregory Moomjy

Darryl Kubian is a rarity. The New Jersey native, who lives in Pompton Lakes, is both composer and working musician. His work as a composer will be highlighted in March, when the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra premieres O for a Muse of Fire, Kubian’s concert overture based on Shakespeare’s Henry V.

This is the second of Kubian’s compositions to be premiered by the NJSO. The concert will also feature Tchaikovsky’s swan song, Symphony No. 6, Pathétiqueand Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. O for a Muse of Fire is the last installment in this season’s New Jersey Roots Project, a program, now in its fifth season, that spotlights talented musical voices from New Jersey’s past and present.

Larger than life questions and ideas attract Kubian to composition. His first piece for the NJSO, 3-2-1, which the orchestra debuted in the 2007-2008 season, is a vision of the universe expanding and contracting as discussed in an article inScientific American. Both works tackle large questions, whether it is our place in the universe or the extent of a king’s power. The new work dramatizes the Battle of Agincourt, which cemented Henry V as the king of England and France. A king’s ability to send people to their death lies at the center of the work and according to Kubian, what relates the piece to the concert as a whole, “it’s a relationship about death [King] Henry has to make the decision to send people to die.”

https://njmonthly.com/blogs/garden-state-updates/2015/3/9/ridgewood-composer-in-njso-spotlight.html

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10 Middle School Students Successfully Auditioned for Regional Band and Orchestra

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10 Middle School Students Successfully Auditioned for Regional Band and Orchestra
February 14,2014

Ridgewood NJ, Several Ridgewood middle school students successfully auditioned for regional band and orchestra on Saturday, February 7. The auditions featured seventh and eighth grade students from around the northern New Jersey counties.

A total of 10 students successfully auditioned for the prestigious Region I Intermediate Orchestra for 2015. Six are students of Carol Sharar at Benjamin Franklin Middle School (BFMS) and four study under Janelle King at George Washington Middle School (GWMS).

The BFMS students whose names may be released are: Caleb Shi (Grade 8, violin), who received the highest score of any student in Region I Orchestra; Jodie Suh (Grade 8, viola); Christy Chang (Grade 7, violin); Daniel Son (Grade 7, viola); and Eugene Park (Grade 7, cello).

The GWMS students whose names may be released are: Emily Choi (Grade 8, violin); Emelienne Columbus (Grade 7, bass); Kate Bamberg (Grade 7, bass); and Andrew Madonna (Grade 7, bass).

In addition, Brian Brown, Band Director at George Washington Middle School, reports that the following three students made the NJSMA Intermediate Region Band. Those whose names may be released are: Edward Li (Grade 8, clarinet) and Kieran Corcoran (Grade 7, tenor saxophone), who received the highest score.

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Friends in of Music Annual Concert January 9th

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Friends in of Music Annual Concert January 9th

Ridgewood Faculty and Professional Musical theater to opera, jazz, and rock music!

The Ridgewood Friends of Music Concert is Friday, January 9, 2015 at 8:00 pm at George Washington Middle School. This annual concert, which raises money to support music programs in our public schools, will feature Ridgewood school music faculty, as well as local professionals, in genres ranging from musical theater to opera, jazz, and rock. Children are welcome. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors, and are available at Bookends, Daily Treat, Mango Jam, From the Top Music Studio (Midland Park) and at the door. For more information, call 201-857-4434.

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Panelists: Ridgewood needs to shine spotlight on artistic events

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Panelists: Ridgewood needs to shine spotlight on artistic events

OCTOBER 30, 2014    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014, 4:06 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Jazz feasts, film festivals, classical chamber concerts, rock shows, art galleries.

The positive dual-consensus among those at an Oct. 29 forum, which explored the “role of arts and historic preservation” in the Central Business District (CBD), was that the arts offer experiential opportunities important for attracting visitors and binding a community together, and that, luckily, Ridgewood already has most, if not all, of the components.

It just needs to get the word out.

“Ridgewood is certainly not a cultural wasteland,” said Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli, who helped organize the forum. “I think if anything, what we need to do is [promote] it so we make it all known … It’s up to us to be good stewards of it.”

Residents on the new Ridgewood Arts Council are striving to do so, by working with the village’s network administrator, Dylan Hansen, to create a page on the village website – which is in the process of being revamped – that would be a “one-stop shop” for people looking for information on artistic goings-on in the village, noted Ridgewood Arts Council chair Linda Bradley.

The arts council, which became a village committee in 2014, is in the process of reinvigorating its general mission of promoting the arts in Ridgewood. The group has a broad definition of art that includes not just visual and performance arts, but fashion and the culinary arts, Pucciarelli said.

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/panelists-artistic-events-need-to-be-in-spotlight-1.1123169

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Fourteen Ridgewood Students Make Bergen County Honor Band

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Fourteen Ridgewood Students Make Bergen County Honor Band

Ridgewood NJ, Eight BFMS students and six GWMS students were accepted into the Bergen County Honor Band. Those with media permission to be listed are:  Benjamin Franklin Middle School: Andrew Song (7) – Mallet 1 (highest score); Christopher Morse (8) – Bari Saxophone (highest score); Tony An (7) – Clarinet; Teddy Moll (7) – Horn; Stefanie Haas (7) – Trombone (highest score) and Emma Matthews (7) – Trumpet (highest score). George Washington Middle School: Katlyn Tagliabue (8) – Bassoon (highest score); Kieran Corcoran (7) – Tenor Saxophone (highest score); Shalin Patel (8) – Euphonium (highest score); Annie Duffy (8) – Clarinet and Edward Li (8) – Clarinet.

The two middle schools have the most students from one district earning positions into the Honor Band.  Brian Brown is the band director at GWMS and Jason Curcio at BFMS.

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West Side longtime minister of music retires

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From left: Lisa Stitt, Jim Batura, Joanne Rodland and Neva D. Strom.At Sunday worship on June 1, in honor of Joanne Rodland’s retirement after 45 years at West Side, 140 current and past members of the Chancel and Senior High Choirs raised their voices in song. 

West Side longtime minister of music retires

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY BETSY MURPHY
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It has been a rich and rewarding 45 years.” said Joanne Rodland, who retired as minister of music at West Side Presbyterian Church at the end of July.

“It was a privilege being a part of two such partnerships, Jack and then Debbi, as well as having such a pool of talent and commitment with which to work within the church and most certainly within the community. It has been a gift.”

Her partnership with Jack Rodland, whom she met at Union Theological Seminary, began in 1964.

“He was smart, dedicated, compassionate,” she says.

They worked together at First Presbyterian Church in Rutherford, hired by Melvin Campbell, who claimed “we got two for price of one.” Joanne taught the children’s choir, Jack the adults, before coming to West Side in 1968, with daughters, Cathy, 3, and Carol (Caby), 6 months. West Side let Cathy into nursery school that September, while Joanne brought Carol to church with her. “Jack and I made the decision that this was our family.”

Jack went back to seminary at Union Theological and in 1980 was ordained at West Side becoming associate pastor. During that year, Joanne took on a lot of responsibility, lost both her mother and brother, and also attended Westchester Institution for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and became a therapist.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/west-side-s-longtime-minister-of-music-retires-1.1086446#sthash.usU0076K.dpuf

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Real Estate’s market keeps growing

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Real Estate’s market keeps growing
July 25, 2014    Last updated: Friday, July 25, 2014, 12:31 AM
By Laura Herzog
STAFF WRITER

As Ridgewood-grown indie rock band Real Estate’s success grows, the founding members, all former Ridgewood High School (RHS) students, are dealing with growing up.

Following the March release of their third album “Atlas,” the band played on “The Late Show with David Letterman” in April. Their biggest headlining show ever is coming up on Oct. 2 at Terminal 5 in New York City.

Real Estate’s success has worked in tandem with other personal achievements.

Soon after the Letterman appearance, singer and guitarist Martin Courtney, a 2004 RHS graduate, and his wife, a fellow RHS graduate, welcomed their first child, a baby girl. Meanwhile bassist Alex Bleeker, a fellow ’04 grad, is busy touring with his second band, Alex Bleeker and The Freaks.

Guitarist Matt Mondanile, who attended RHS before transferring to a boarding school, is also still busy with his other band “Ducktails.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/real-estate-s-market-keeps-growing-1.1057087#sthash.yNDgb6xS.dpuf

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This Week at the Kasschau Memorial Shell

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This Week at the  Kasschau Memorial Shell

Free Summer Entertainment Under the Stars

June 17, 2014 Harmony Celebration Chorus – Sweet Adelines
8:30PM Vets Field Rain location at GW Middle School Bring a chair or blanket Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Residential and Hudson City Savings Bank

June 19, 2014  Greg Caldarone – Pop Standards
8:30PM on Vets Field Bring a chair or blanket – Sponsored by Ulrich, Inc. and Ridgewood AM Rotary Rain location – BF Middle School

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RHS Bands Featured at the Kasschau Shell on June 5

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RHS Bands Featured at the Kasschau Shell on June 5

On Thursday, June 5, the RHS Bands will present their annual  “Tunes in June” concert. The free concert, which will be held at the Kasschau Memorial Band Shell at Ridgewood’s Veterans Field, begins at 8 p.m. Featured will be the school’s three curricular bands – the Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble – performing a wide array of light and popular selections, along with solo performances featuring some of the band’s outstanding senior musicians.  The concert will also be a time for the band to recognize its 35 graduating seniors.

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RHS Jazz Lab and Big Band Gig at Chakra on May 18

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RHS Jazz Lab and Big Band Gig at Chakra on May 18

The RHS Band Association presents Jazz at Chakra on Sunday, May 18, featuring the RHS Jazz Lab and Big Band with special guest musician Don Braden from Harvard University. Dinner/show times are 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $45 includes three-course dinner and show. Reservation deadline is Friday, May 9. 

Click here for more information and the reservation form.

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New Jersey Choral Society presents stunning finale “An Austrian Affair”

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New Jersey Choral Society presents stunning finale “An Austrian Affair”        

Bergen County – Join the New Jersey Choral Society as they present their stunning 2013-14 season finale, “An Austrian Affair,” featuring works by 18th and 19th century composers who worked in Vienna, on Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 pm at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St., Ridgewood.

The inspirational program of sacred and secular music features Mozart’s “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers, Haydn’s powerful “The Heavens Are Telling” from The Creation, “Hallelujah” from Beethoven’s oratorio The Mount of Olives, and Schubert’s stirring final composition “Mass No. 6 in E-flat major” The concert will conclude with Gustav Mahler’s uplifting “Finale to Symphony No. 2” (Resurrection).   Guest soloists Megan Knapp (soprano), Teresa Buchholz (mezzo-soprano), Wesley Morgan (tenor), Mathew Edwardsen (tenor) and Keith Harris (baritone) will be featured with NJCS.

Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia and England. In July 2014, they will perform in France as part of the Normandy Festival commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion. The chorus will be accompanied by pianist/organist Linda Sweetman-Waters.

Come one hour prior to concert time for The Inside Line, a complimentary lecture that provides an insightful and intimate discussion of the music for all ticket holders.
Tickets are $25.00 for general admission, $22.00 for students, seniors, and patrons with disabilities and $12 for children 12 and under (add $5.00 at the door). Group discounts are also available. For reservations or more information, visit www.njcs.org or call the New Jersey Choral Society at (201) 379-7719.In support of the Center for Food Action, the New Jersey Choral Society will be collecting nonperishable food items at this concert. Westside Presbyterian Church is wheelchair accessible. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Ridgewood band Real Estate returns with new album

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Ridgewood band Real Estate returns with new album

MARCH 8, 2014, 12:53 AM
BY BOB WARBURTON
STAFF WRITER
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WHO: Real Estate.

WHAT: Indie rock.

WHEN: 7 p.m. April 5.

WHERE: Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St., Manhattan; Ticketmaster or websterhall.com.

HOW MUCH: $20.

LISTEN: realestatethe band.com.

If the cover artwork for “Atlas,” the new album by indie popsters Real Estate, looks strangely familiar, you probably grew up in North Jersey – as the band’s founding members did, in Ridgewood – or spent more time than you care to remember, at least before 1998, driving past the intersection of Routes 4 and 17 in Paramus.

“Atlas,” which was released Tuesday, features 15 separate sections from artist Stefan Knapp’s mammoth abstract mural that graced the southerly façade of Alexander’s department store for decades, even after the store shut for good in 1992.

“I just randomly remembered it one day,” Martin Courtney, Real Estate’s songwriter and lead singer, said during a recent lunch with bassist Alex Bleeker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

“It was so alien,” Bleeker said, recalling the 200-foot-long, 50-foot-high mural set against the backdrop of an “ocean of a parking lot, totally empty and overgrown with weeds.” He added, “The funny part is, we don’t have any memory in our lifetime of the store being open.”

“Apparently my dad used to work there, which is kind of interesting,” Courtney said.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/ridgewood-band-real-estate-returns-with-new-album-1.733282#sthash.QdRXbWbv.dpuf