#NJTeenArts Program

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Ocean County College

Toms River, NJ June 1-3, 2016

This program is made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts,

a partner agency of the National Endowment For The Arts.


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Ocean County College Toms River, New Jersey

June 1-3 2016


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Dr. Jon H. Larson - President -

Ocean County College

Ocean County College is honored and excited toserve as host for the 2016 New Jersey State Teen

Arts Festival this June 1-3. The Jay and Linda

Grunin Foundation – which supports the Grunin

Center for the Arts here on our main campus in

Toms River – is a proud sponsor of this terrific

annual event, for which we are expecting more than

3,000 students from throughout the state to

participate. At OCC, we endeavor to bolster arts

education, and enthusiastically support thedevelopment of young artists in New Jersey. We are thrilled to play a part

in this year’s collaboration of talented teenagers from our state’s middle

schools and high schools with professionals in the creative and performing

arts, in an environment designed for valuable critique, instruction, new

ideas, growth, and accomplishment. This state-level event, the culmination

of 14 separate countywide festivals in New Jersey, fosters the exciting

union of art, education, and possibility.

Message From Dr. Jon H. Larson

Message From Tony Petito

Tony Petito - Executive & Artistic Director, -

The Arts & Education Center.

For over forty years, Teen Arts Festivals at the

state and county levels have been the premiere

showcases for New Jersey's young artists,

providing unique educational opportunities forthe development of talented students and

celebration of their extraordinary artistic abilities.

The work on display at the New Jersey State

Teen Arts Festival was selected by coordinators

of thirteen different county festivals, who

recommended students to represent their counties

at this event. The Arts & Education Center is

proud to be presenting the State Festival. I would

like to thank our main sponsors; The Jay andLinda Grunin Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and The New

Jersey State Council on the Arts. And our partner in presenting the Festival;

Ocean County College. Finally, I'd like to dedicate the Festival to our teen

artists and to the many arts educators on every level who have dedicated their

lives to developing young talent.


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Jeremy Grunin- Executive Director - The Jay and

Linda Grunin Foundation

The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation is proud to

sponsor the New Jersey Teen Arts Festival and

partner with the Ocean County Cultural andHeritage Commission and Arts & Education

Center to host this prestigious event in Ocean

County. We have so many exceptional students

in our state and we are thrilled to have the

opportunity to bring them all together to

showcase their talents in visual and performing

arts. The last time this event was held in 2010,

16 New Jersey counties competed and thousands

of art students attended. The festival offers somany innovative components for our students

including 20 categories for competition, artist performances, workshops and a

college fair. We are excited to be able to bring the New Jersey Teen Arts

Festival back to life and look forward to this event getting bigger and better

each year.

Message From Jeremy Grunin

Message From Chris Daggett

Chris Daggett—President and Chief Executive

Officer - Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

It takes the commitment of the nonprofit,

government, and philanthropic sectors working

together to ensure that every New Jersey child has an

opportunity to receive a quality, sequential artseducation. Too often the arts have been cut from

schools during the recent economic downturn. The

irony is that the arts are key subjects that teach the

very skills necessary to help our nation overcome

current and future challenges -- creativity, critical-

thinking, communications, empathy, collaboration,

problem-solving, risk -taking, and learning from failure. The Dodge

Foundation is proud to be part of the collaborative effort of so many leaders to

bring back the statewide Teen Arts Festival. We celebrate the hard work andvision of district and school leaders and teachers who have fought to bring arts

to their students. We are especially grateful to the Jay and Linda Grunin

Foundation for its catalytic lead gift. While we believe that simply

participating in the county and state level festivals brings a multitude of

rewards, we are pleased that the Geraldine R. Dodge Scholarships Best of the

Festival Awards will bring additional encouragement for students and teachers

to continue the hard work that leads to artistic excellence and societal impact.

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NJ STATE TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Larry Capo Robin Middleman President & CEO — Young Audiences Senior Program Officer

New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania NJ State Council on the Arts

Jeremy Grunin Ann Marie Miller

Executive Director

Executive Director

The Jay & Linda Grunin Foundation ArtPride New Jersey

Tara Cunningham Bob Morrison Director of Strategic Planning President

The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation Quadrant Arts Education Research

Timothy G. Hart Dale Schmid, Ed. D. Director — Ocean County Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator

Cultural & Heritage Commission NJ Department of Education

Wendy Liscow Kristin Wenger Program Director, Education Director

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation NJ Arts Education Partnership

Jan Kirsten Mark Wilson Executive Director of College Relations Director of Cultural Affairs

Ocean County College Ocean County College

Bobbi Krantz Nicholas J. Wood Director—Grunin Art Center

Program Development Specialist

Ocean County College Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Comm

NJ STATE TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL SCORING GUIDE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Chairperson

Dale Schmid, Ed.D.

Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator—NJ Department of Education

Dance Laurie Abramson Lisa Grimes Barbara Bashaw Lees Harris

Cindy Domino Elizabeth McPherson

Loretta Fois Chrissy Marte

Theatre Leonard Dozier Jim Jack Robyn Horn Kerri Sullivan

Music Richard Dammers Barbara Santoro

Al Holcomb Nick Santoro


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NJ State Teen Arts Festival

Rules & Regulations For Teachers and Students

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Teachers and chaperones must supervise theirstudents at all times and are responsible for their

conduct at the Festival. Ocean County College

(OCC) reserves the right to remove individuals

who create a problem, which may result in

removing students or an entire school from

campus.

2. Please be aware that OCC is in summer session

and there may be summer classes going on in

buildings where there are performances and

workshops. Please be respectful of the classes in

session and refrain from being disruptive in any

way while on campus.

3. Teen Arts Festival personnel are located

throughout the campus to assist you. They are

wearing shirts with the Teen Arts Festival logo.

Please let them know if you need assistance at any

point throughout the day.

4. Food and drinks are available at the Jon and

Judith Larson Student Center (Building #8).

5. All bus arrivals and departures from campus will

be made from the Health & Human PerformanceCenter (HPEC) (Building # 29) Please ensure all

students know what time you are departing from

campus and have them gather 15 minutes before

your departure time.

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OCEAN COU

1. Administration Building (ADMN)

2. John C. Bartlett, Jr. Hall (BART)

3.

Library (LIBR)

4. Health Science Building (HSB)

5. Instructional Building (INST)

6. TV Studio (TVS)

7. W. Kable Russell Building (RUSS)

8. Jon and Judith Larson Student Center

9. College Center (CCTR)

10. Bookstore/Conference (BOOK)

11. Jay & Linda Grunin Art Center (GRUN)

12. Jay & Linda Grunin Art Center (GRUN)

13. Robert J. Novins Planetarium (PLAN)

21. Green Energy Combining Cooling, Heating

and Power Plant

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TY COLLEGE

22. Instructional Computer Center (ICCT)

23. Information Technology (OITE)

25. Technology Building (TECH)

27. William T. Hiering Science Building (HIER)

29. Health & Human Performance Center (HPEC)

30. Security/Welcome Center (SWC)

40. O.C.E.A.N., Inc. Kids Child

Development Center (KIDS)

65. Maintenance Building

(MBLO)

66. Facilities Management Building (WARE) 67. Administrative Support Building (ADSB)

101. Gateway Building (GATE)

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NJ STATE TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

Hawkins Technique of Modern Dance Principles and Vocabulary of Hawkins Technique of Modern Dancethrough clearly defined forms leading up to movements and phrasesselected from Hawkins repertory. Class includes Technique -- how towork efficiently with the body’s structure and kinesiology (pelvis, spine,center, torso/limbs relationship, alignment, breath, etc.); andChoreography -- exploring qualities of movement, phrases and spacing,performance values and aesthetics.

Workshop Instructor: Gloria McLean is a dancer/choreographer/teacher/artist and director of LIFEDANCE/Gloria McLean & Dancers.Formerly with Erick Hawkins Dance Co. 1982--1993. Teaching includesGeorge Washington University, UW/Madison, Keimyung University inSouth Korea (Prof. of Modern Dance for 2 years) and thru residencies/festivals in NY, U.S. and internationally including residencies atuniversities and also at NJ GCIT with Dale Schmid.

Workshop Times: June 1: 10:15-

11:15, 12:45-

1:45,June 2: 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45, June 3: 9:00-10:00, 12:45-1:45 Building: Health & Human Performance Center (#29) Room: 131

20th Century Dance In this workshop, the students will learn and informally perform excerptsof significant dances from 20th century repertory including DorisHumphrey’s “Courante” from Partita, Paul Taylor’s Aureole, and YvonneRainer’s “Chair Pillow Dance” from Continuous Project Altered Daily.

Goals: Students will embody 20th century dance works. Student willdemonstrate and be able to describe the differing styles and aestheticsof the choreographers. Students will refine their ability to “pick up” andaccurately perform sequences of movement.

Workshop Instructor: Elizabeth McPherson, associate professor atMontclair State University, received her BFA from Juilliard, an MA fromThe City College of New York, and a PhD from New York University.

She has staged numerous works from Labanotation including excerptsfrom Anna Sokolow’s Rooms. Antony Tudor’s Continuo, and CharlesWeidman’s Lynchtown.

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Hip Hop Dancing Class will explore phrases that mix and synthesize elements of hip hopdancing (breaking, house, and other footwork styles) with Capoeira andcontemporary modern dance. By the culmination of the workshop,participants will be able to perform a fusion phrase excerpted from the

repertory of the Doug Elkins Dance Company. Please wear kneepadsfor floorwork.

Workshop Instructor: Doug Elkins is a former break dancer andinternationally renowned contemporary choreographer. He is a two-timeBESSIE Awardee and a Guggenheim Fellow.

Workshop Times: June 3: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15, 12:45-1:45 Building: Gateway Building (#101) 5th floor

Audition TechniquesThe interactive session will provide tips and best practices to preparestudents for selecting an appropriate college program and how to givethe best audition possible. This session will focus on acting exercises

and scenarios that can help build improvisational performance skills.

Workshop Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Hostetter - Chair and a full-timeProfessor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Rowan University.She regularly directs mainstage productions and professionally performsas an actress in the Philly area.

Workshop Times: June 1: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15, 12:45-1:45

June 2: 9;00-

10:00, 10:15-

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Building: Grunin Art Center (#12) Room: A222

Experiential ActingThis is a hands on experiential workshop. Teaching actors the value oflistening on stage through the “repetition” exercise. It helps youngactors to become more impulsive without thought, focusing more onbehavior.

Workshop Instructor: Curt Whipple is a member of S.A.G. AFTRA and AEA . He has trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and worked asan actor in N.Y.C. for 15 years appearing on Another World, and workedwith the New American Theater company. He has taught Meisner atUniversity of the Arts Walnut Street Theater, and Rowan University.

Workshop Times: June 3: 9:00-10:00, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45 Building: Grunin Art Center (#12) Room: A203

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Musical Theatre Provides students the opportunity to hone the necessary skills to perform ina musical. Blocking, vocal techniques and choreography are included.

Workshop Teacher: Dr. Beth Brierley- Associate Professor at OceanCounty College. With over 40 years of performance experience, she has

performed throughout US & Europe. B.A.-

Rutgers University, M.A.-

Montclair State University, & Doctorate - Drew University.

Workshop Times: June 3: 10:15-11:15 Building: Grunin Art Center (#12) Room: A 203 June 3: 11:30 –12:30 Building: Health & Human Performance Center (#29) Room: 131

Juggling We will teach newbies to juggle and hope to refine the skills of those whoknow the basics.

Workshop Teachers: Ron and Sue Schopperth are former educators whohave done juggling workshops at the Sussex County Teen Arts Festival formany years.

Workshop Times: June 1: 9:00-10:00, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45 Building: Grunin Art Center (#11) Room: First Floor Courtyard

Wire Jewelry MakingLearn how to create different textures and shapes with the Art of Wire.

A simple item becomes beautifully complex.

Workshop Teacher: Chantale Escobar - Jewelry designer who specializes in

repurposing vintage jewelry combined with various wire-wrapping techniquesto create eccentric, one-of -a-kind works of wearable art

Workshop Times: June 2: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15 Building: Grunin Art Center (#11) Room: B127

Basket Making

Students will learn basic basket making by making a round reed basket

using multicolored reed. Baskets will be finished with a braided or loopedrim.

Workshop Teacher: Elisa Kessler Caporale has been making baskets forover 30 years. She has won many awards for her sculptural freestandingand wall piece creations. She lectures and teaches throughout the tri-state.

Workshop Times: June 1: 10:15-11:15, 11:30-12:30 Building: Grunin Art Center (#12) Room: Upstairs Gallery

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Chinese Brushstrokes In this workshop, we will learn how to hold & manipulate the Sumi brushes.We will see how the subtle pressure of each brushstroke can producedifferent results. Students will learn how to mix water with pigment, & theresults that can be produced from different ratios. We will paint shapes &forms from set up still life and look at painted images of this style.

Workshop Teacher: Joanne M. Mazzeo - As proprietor of JMMDesign,Joanne M. Mazzeo offers services as a design consultant, certifiedantiques appraiser, decorative artist & master gardener. Her work hasbeen commissioned for many private residences throughout the US,ranging from Manhattan townhouses to country farmhouses. She earned aBFA from School of Visual Arts, NY, 1977. She has done post-graduatestudies in photography at Pratt Institute; has studied Decorative Arts atNYU & is a USPAP Certified Appraiser. She is also a Certified Master

Gardener, Rutgers Extension Service, NJ. Her studies in fine & decorativeart have included extensive travel & participation in painting workshops inItaly, Spain, & France. Her photographs have been exhibited in NY,Tokyo, Buenos Aires & NJ. She has worked as a jewelry designer &curator of art exhibits for NJ Blood Services at donor sites in NewBrunswick & Scotch Plains; served on the advisory board of Friends ofTeen Arts, NJ & serves the program as an adjudicator of visual art &painting instructor. She has taught visual arts to students of all ages.

Workshop Times: June 3: 10:15-11:15, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45 Building: Grunin Art Center (#11) Room: B126

Working With Acrylics

Join artist, materials expert, & gifted teacher Tony Zatzick for a workshopthat will get you all fired up about Acrylics. Whether you are new to acrylicpainting or just want to gain a better understanding of the technical aspectsof the paint, gels & mediums, this is the class for you. You will have the

opportunity explore a full range of materials in this hands-on workshop,

guided by a professional artist. You’ll learn about: polymers, paints,pigments, mediums, color mixing, glazing, mixed media techniques, &much more. Open up new worlds of possibility in your work with greaterunderstanding of your materials. You won’t want to miss this chance totake your work to the next level & have a great time doing it!

Workshop Teacher: Originally from California, Tony Zatzick has lived,worked and exhibited in both Europe and the Americas. His work has

been selected for exhibition by many well-known artists and critics

including Irving Sandler, William Bailey, Graham Nickson.

Workshop Times: June 1: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15, 12:45-1:45,

June 2: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15, 12:45-1:45, June 3: 9:00-10:00, 10:15-11:15, 12:45-1:45 Building: Grunin Art Center (#11) Room: B128


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#iThinkOutsideMyBox™

#iThinkOutsideMyBox™ is an interactive global community studio andgallery that encourages self -expression by engaging the public in publicart℠. Currently we hold over 20,000 paintings from 100+ countries.

Workshop Teacher: David Everitt-Carlson is an award winning career

Creative Director who currently directs #iThinkOutsideMyBox™, the world’slargest collection of publicly hand painted art.

Workshop Times: June 1: 9:00-10:00, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45, June 2: 9:00-10:00, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45, June 3: 9:00-10:00, 11:30-12:30, 12:45-1:45 Building: Outside Mall

Woven Fish In this hands-on project students use their hands as the tool to weave theirfish. Offering different size material to show how the size of the fishchanges by changing the size of the material, also how that changes howyou use your hands.

Workshop Teacher: Mary May is a basket maker who researchestraditional NJ Baskets & a Teaching Artist recognized by the NJ Council onthe Arts. She travels throughout New Jersey sharing NJ Basket history by

lectures, demonstrations & teaching classes to everyone ages 10 & up.


Sculpture Students will create a kinetic sculpture with repurposed metal hardware,found objects, and wire. The components are placed so that theydeliberately move against one another, creating a variety of sounds.

Workshop Teacher: Cassandra Demski is the Curator of Education atGrounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ, where she oversees museumprogramming. A believer that the arts are powerful community buildingtools, Cassandra plays a key role in the organization’s community outreach.

After attending The College of New Jersey, she earned a MuseumProfessions MA from Seton Hall University.

Workshop Times: June 2: 10:15-

11:15, 11:30-

12:30, 12:45-

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Mosaic Glass Art A scene or design made by adhering small pieces of glass to a substrate.Each student will take home a framed mosaic.

Workshop Teacher: Yvonne Yaar - manipulates glass with a torch, a kiln ora grinder. Her work is internationally owned. She is also an art advocate,instructor and curator for Engage Toms River (the Jay & Linda GruninFoundation).


How to Break Into the Business Getting a degree in production is just the beginning. Finding a job in thebusiness is tough without a connection. Learn how to make thoseconnections.

Workshop Teacher: Bill Mackanic- Got started in a film club in 6th grade.Graduated film school and worked for 15 years in network T.V. Now heowns his own production company and studio

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NEW JERSEY TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL ADJUDICATORS

Creative Writing

Amanda Richardson has been writing since she could hold a pen. She hasbeen teaching a variety of writing classes at colleges throughout New Jersey for

12 years, & is currently teaching writing at Stockton University. She has alsobeen teaching Creative Writing for Arts High School & Arts Middle School since2011. She is a Learning Assistant in the Writing Center at Brookdale CommunityCollege. Amanda has participated as both staff & writing student at the MurphyWriting of Stockton University seminars since 2002. She has been published inMARGIE/The American Journal of Poetry, won The Jeanette Gottlieb Award forPoetry, & received an Honorable Mention for the R.J. Corradino Prize for LovePoetry. She earned her BS in Marine Science with a Minor in Writing fromStockton University & her MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry from Sarah Lawrence

College. She loves all genres of writing, & is currently working on her ownmemoir. She has yet to write anything good about her time at sea.

Dance

Randy James—Founding Artistic Director of 10 Hairy Legs, significantlyimpacted the field of dance for more than 3 decades locally, regionally, nationally& internationally as a highly regarded dancer, choreographer, teacher, guestlecturer, panelist & staunch advocate of the arts. In 2010 The Geraldine R.

Dodge Foundation cited him as “The Patron Saint of New Jersey dance.” As achoreographer, he has created more than 40 works on his own companies & on16 other professional companies throughout the US, garnering positive reviewsfrom NY Times & Village Voice. The NJ State Council on the Arts/Dept of Statehonored him 3 times w/Choreography Fellowships in 1995, 2002 & 2014 inrecognition of his artistic excellence & named him "Distinguished Teaching Artist." Associate Professor of Dance, member of the dance faculty at MasonGross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, since 1998.

Dr. Dale Schmid is Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator for the NJ StateDepartment of Education; since 1999. As one of 45 state arts educationdirectors, he helps shape state & national standards-based arts education policy.He is also charged with oversight & reauthorization of the NJ Core CurriculumContent Standards in the Visual & Performing Arts, & other special statesupported curriculum projects such as the model curriculum & assessmentproject. Additionally, he provides professional development & technicalassistance to teachers, administrators, & service providers’ - supporting NewJersey’s 676 independently operated school districts. Moreover, he innovates &

supports model programs & systems of assessment for learning that foster artsliteracy & expand opportunities for learning in the visual & performing arts forNew Jersey’s 1.4 million students. Throughout the course of his tenure at theDepartment, Dr. Schmid has held numerous state & national leadershippositions. Currently, a member of the executive committee for State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) & member of National Coalitionfor Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) leadership team. He serves on governanceboard & steering committees of NJ Arts Education Partnership. Some of hisprevious leadership experience includes serving as an executive steering


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committee member of National Arts Education Partnership (a national coalition ofarts, education, business, philanthropic & government organizations), StatesCollaborative on Assessment & Student Standards (SCASS)/Arts EducationConsortium (operated under the aegis of the Council for Chief State SchoolOfficers), & NJN Public Broadcasting Authority. Additionally, was a member ofteams that developed NCCAS National Arts Standards; NDEO’s Standards for a

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12 Model Program: Opportunities to Learn in Dance Arts Education (2005);Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts (2005, 2011); & Standards forLearning & Teaching Dance in the Arts: Ages 5-18. A Past-President of NationalDance Education Organization (NDEO), Dr. Schmid was also project coordinatoroverseeing the development & psychometric evaluation of Dance Entry LevelTeacher Assessment (DELTA) project for NDEO; a national entry-level teacherreadiness examination for K-12 public school dance educators. The firstinstrument of its kind, DELTA represents a major step toward reaching nationalconsensus on the pedagogic content knowledge necessary to the success ofbeginning teachers. Prior to his employment at NJDOE, Dr. Schmid taughtdance & theatre at high school & collegiate levels, & spent many years on theregional & national touring circuit as a dancer, actor, choreographer, director &teaching artist. He is also an aspiring jazz percussionist. Dale earned hisDoctorate in Educational & Organizational Leadership from University ofPennsylvania, & holds a M.Ed. in dance from Temple University as wellundergraduate degrees in Speech & Theatre, & Health & Physical Educationfrom Bemidji State University.

Guitar

Puerto Rican guitarist Ana María Rosado has concertized extensively in theUnited States, Latin America and the Far East. As an Artistic Ambassador for theUSIA for the 1995 season, Ana María toured eight Latin American countriesincluding Mexico and Argentina. Her solo recordings, a debut CD released onthe Albany Records label, We’ve got (poly)rhythm, and an independentlyproduced CD, Salsa and other beats… both focus on new music from Latin American composers. Her most recent performances have taken her to Cuba,

Haiti and Nepal. Dr. Rosado is an Associate Professor of Music and Coordinatorof Guitar studies at New Jersey City University. www.anamariarosado.com.

Instrumental Music

Dr. Anthony D.J. Branker holds an endowed chair in jazz studies & serves asfounding director of the Program in Jazz Studies, director of university jazzensembles program, & associate director of Program in Musical Performance atPrinceton University, where he has taught for 27 years. While at Princeton, he

directed an extensive list of ensembles & has taught courses in jazz theorythrough improvisation & composition, jazz performance practice in historical &cultural context, jazz composition, the evolution of jazz styles, & the improvisingensemble. He has also served as a US Fulbright Scholar & visiting professor atthe Estonian Academy of Music & Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia; been a member ofthe faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, Rutgers University Mason GrossSchool of the Arts, Hunter College of City University of NY, Ursinus College, &NJ Summer Arts Institute. As a conductor, Dr. Branker has worked with suchartists as Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis,


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Conrad Herwig, Oliver Lake, Frank Foster, Benny Carter, Ted Curson, StanleyJordan, Bobby Watson, Terence Blanchard, Bob Mintzer, Ralph Peterson, SteveNelson, Antonio Hart, Bryan Carrott, & Mark Gross. He has conducted trumpeterTerence Blanchard’s Grammy Award-Winning score for A Tale of God’s Will (ARequiem for Katrina) featuring Mr. Blanchard & His Quintet along with orchestra,& has guest conducted the Princeton University Orchestra, Sinfonia, Chapel

Choir, and Glee Club; Jugend Sinfonie Orchester (Bremen, Germany); Israel’sKiryat Ono Symphonic Youth Band; and Japan’s Fukui Junior Orchestra. Inaddition, he has collaborated with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and conductorsWycliffe Gordon, Loren Schoenberg, and Cecil Bridgewater on joint big bandperformances of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s The Far East Suite andEllington’s The New Orleans Suite at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Recently, Dr.Branker conducted Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer Wynton Marsalis’ Abyssinian 200 – A Gospel Celebration for choir and big band. As a composer,Dr. Branker has recorded for Origin Records and Sons of Sound Records and haseight releases in his fast growing and musically rich discography. They includeBeauty Within (Origin, forthcoming 2016), The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite (Origin, 2014), Uppity (Origin, 2013), Together (Origin, 2012), Dialogic (Origin,2011), Dance Music (Origin, 2010), Blessings (Origin, 2009), and Spirit Songs (Sons of Sound, 2006). Recently, he was named in Down Beat magazine’s 63

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62nd Annual Critics Poll as a “Rising Star Composer” (2015 & 2014). Dr. Brankerdirects 3 jazz collectives for his recording projects that include Imagine, WordPlay, & Ascent, which have featured Fabian Almazan, Linda Oh, Rudy Royston,Ralph Bowen, Pete McCann, David Binney, Conrad Herwig, Jim Ridl, KennyDavis, Donald Edwards, Renato Thoms, Alison Crockett, Mark Gross, Tia Fuller,Steve Wilson, Antonio Hart, Clifford Adams, Andy Hunter, Eli Asher, Jonny King,Bryan Carrott, John Benitez, Belden Bullock, Adam Cruz, Ralph Peterson Jr.,Wilby Fletcher, Kadri Voorand, and Freddie Bryant. Anthony D.J. Branker holdsthe degrees of Doctor of Education and Master of Education from ColumbiaUniversity, Teachers College; Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy from theUniversity of Miami; and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University.

Radam Schwartz --Noted jazz performer, staple on the NY/NJ/Philly jazz scene. Arranger, composer, organist, pianist. Last 5 CDs on national charts( high as #9).Many other recording credits. CD in 1995 was named in B3 Organ Bible as anessential organ record of all time. Performed throughout US & Europe. Played onover 40 recordings. Educator at Jazz House Kids & the former Jazz Institute of NJ(music director), Jazz Connections, Middlesex County Arts HS. Mentioned in the2009 Downbeats Critics Poll. Received Sesac award for Jazz Composition in both2008 and 2009.Masters in Jazz History and Theory from Rutgers Newark,Recipient of the Morroe Berger -Benny Carter grant. Worked with David FatheadNewman, Arthur Prysock, Al Hibbler, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Cecil Brooks III, andmany others. Mentioned in 2009 and 2015 Downbeats Critics Poll.

Musical Theatre

Ron Sharpe- Executive Producer of the Broadway musical A Tale of Two Cities,and A Catered Affair. Performed on Broadway as Jean Valjean & Marius in LesMiserables and in the original Broadway musicals of The Scarlet Pimpernel, TheCivil War, & Disney’s King David; numerous TV appearances and concert


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performances around the world. Education: Comprehensive Music EducationDegree, U of Illinois; member of AEA, AFTRA, The Broadway League of American Theatrical Producers.

Photography

Carolyn Soltys-Herbert is a published painter and award-winning

photographer, with over 25 years’ experience in the arts education & creativesettings. She resides in Wall Twp., & graduated from Kean University with aBFA, cum laude, specializing in Visual Communications. Her art isrepresented by choice galleries, & she has had several solo & group shows.Carolyn is employed as a painting & photography instructor at Union CountyCollege, Cranford, NJ. She also teaches several fine arts courses through theSenior Scholar program at UCC. Besides teaching, Carolyn freelances ingraphic design & special event photography. Through her art, she hopes to

inspire others to see the extraordinary in the ordinary, & to find beauty in theirnatural surroundings.

Poetry / Prose

A Geraldine R, Dodge Foundation Poet in the Schools, Charles H. Johnson also is the poetry instructor for the Arts & Education Center in Middlesex andMonmouth counties, NJ, as well as a visiting poet for the Paterson, NJ, schooldistrict. A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he was a 2013 second-place

winner of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards for his poem "Sunday Comics"and the 2011 County College Morris New Jersey Poets Prize winner for hispoem "Leaving." His third collection "Smoke Signals" won a 2010 PatersonPoetry Prize for Literary Excellence for previous finalists of that contest. Hischapbook "A Poet's Dozen" has been selected for e-book publication byWarthog Press. Web site: www.charleshjohnsonpoet.net

Theatre

Carlyle Owens has appeared onstage at McCarter Theatre Center,Shakespeare & Company, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland PlayHouse, & Monomoy Theater, among others. His work in NYC includes beingan ensemble member of Peculiar Works Project, The Otterbein Group, & About Face Theater, as well as appearances in a number of off -off Broadwayproductions. He also worked as a visiting artist in numerous high schools inNYC & NJ. The directors he worked with include Gerald Freeman, TinaPacker, John Hadden, Barry Rowell, Robert Lanchester, Edward Cornell &David Hurst. Carlyle teaches Theatre History for the International Performance

Ensemble program at Pace University, as well as Acting II for Arts & EducationCenter’s Middlesex County Arts High School. He has taught theater history,acting, voice, auditioning, juggling & mask work during his time as a memberof the resident acting company at the Cleveland Play House, the About FaceTheater, the Laurel School, Middlesex County Arts High School, OceanCounty Arts High School & Ohio University. He is a founding member ofRaconteur Radio, performing staged radio plays throughout NJ & NYC.


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Vocal Music

Josephine Nagle—Concert, operatic, recital soloist in NY, NJ & PA. LyricSoprano. Retired HS Choral Director & coordinator of Fine & Performing ArtsHighland Park School District. Musical Director/Conductor for a wide variety ofHS & Community Musicals. Board member of Trenton Community Music

School, Adj. Prof. at Brookdale CC. Private Vocal Teacher. Education: MM,Voice Performance & Pedagogy, Westminster Choir College, BA, Music Ed,Penn State Univ.

Allan Robinson—Faculty of Middlesex County College (Music Department)teaching music theory, music history, and keyboard studies. Organist andchoirmaster for religious organizations in Red Bank (Trinity Episcopal Church)and Livingston, NJ (Temple Emanu-El of West Essex). Teaching Artist inVocal Music and Musical Theater, Arts in Education Center of NJ (for

Middlesex and Monmouth Counties)- Education: B.Mus., Westminster Choir

College, Princeton, NJ; M.Mus., Rutgers University, Mason Gross School ofthe Arts; D.M.A. Boston University, College of Fine Arts.

Video

P.J. Bracco, Owner and Executive Director of Red Hook Films® holds a BFAin acting from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. Bracco began hiscareer directing and producing on the Off -Broadway scene back in the mid

nineties. Launching his production company in 1997 with the award winningfeature film “The Court”, he has since maintained a career on the fringes of theindependent scene, producing films, music videos and commercials.Currently in development with several new projects, P.J. continues to pursue,as well as create new opportunities in motion pictures through his companyRed Hook Films

®, in conjunction with bringing that experience and knowledge

to the classroom. Each project P.J. creates is approached with a focus onclear and engaging stories, as well as exploring various styles and techniquesto achieve cinematic excellence, while delivering on time and on budget.

More information about Bracco and his company can be found atwww.redhookfilms.com

Visual Arts

David Ambrose-Painter w/studios in NY & NJ. Exhibits work with MargaretThatcher Projects, NY, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT, Marcia WoodGallery, Atlanta, GA & Pentimenti Gallery, Phila, PA. Mid CareerRetrospective, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ 2016. Received 2 fellowships

from NJ State Council on the Arts, including a Distinguished Artist Fellowship. Adjunct Professor of Drawing - Parsons the New School for Design. AdjunctInstructor - Fashion Institute of Technology, Visiting Artist - Pratt Institute.Education: MFA, Univ of Pennsylvania.; BFA, Muhlenberg College.

David Dziemian-Visual Arts (AHS) Painter. Exhibiting nationwide. PaintingFellowship NJS Council on the Arts 2006. Education: MFA, Painting &Drawing, Montclair State U; BA Studio Arts, Stockton College NJ


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