2024-2025  Middle School Band and Chorus Festival Information

Music Educators of Bergen County, Inc. announces auditions for the 2024-2025 Bergen County Middle School Chorus and Band. The Bergen County Chorus and Band have consistently displayed a high standard of musical excellence and have been an important annual event for many of the county’s outstanding student musicians.

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2024-2025 Middle School County Choir Information

Congratulations to Tricia Lalla (Rutherford Public Schools) on being selected to conduct the 2024-2025 Bergen County Middle School Chorus.

The 2024-2025 Choir Audition Solo is The Water is Wide. Please download the following file: Water is Wide PDF (4 voice parts) 

Soprano: The Water is Wide (A Major)

Alto: The Water is Wide (F Major)

Baritone-High: The Water is Wide (B-flat Major)

Baritone-Low: The Water is Wide (G Major)

Choir Scale Requirements are posted here: MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR SCALES

Please direct all questions to your local choir director first.

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2024-2025 Middle School County Band Information

Congratulations to Jeffrey Bittner (Mahwah Public Schools) on being selected to conduct the 2024-20125 Bergen County Middle School Band.

Winds:

Solo: The 2024-2025 audition piece for wind instruments is In All Its Glory  by James Swearingen. All instruments should prepare the entire first part  

Scales: Middle School Scale Requirements for Wind Instruments

Percussion:

Multi-Percussion, Mallets, Timpani: Middle School Percussion Requirements- Coming Soon

Please direct all questions to your local band director. 

Applications will be online in September 2024

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The Festival Co-Coordinators are:

William Ullman, Emerson Public Schools (Emerson)

[email protected]

Stacey Sassi, Roy W. Brown Middle School (Bergenfield)

[email protected]

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