Accolades

2007-2008

Pequannock Marching Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Overall, Best
Music, Best Visual, Best Effect Yamaha Cup 2nd Place Group VI, Best
Music Hillsborough Music Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Music, Best
Visual, Mayor’s Trophy for Best Band Morris Knolls Golden State Band
Competition 1st Place Group VI, Overall Best Music, Visual, Percussion,
Color Guard, Mayor’s Trophy for Best Band
BOA Regional Finalist – 6th Place
USSBA NJ State Championships Group VI CHAMPIONS, Best Music
USSBA Northern States Championships Group VI CHAMPIONS, Best
Music, Esprit de Corps Award, Highest Score of ANY USSBA band for the
entire season – 98.0! Music For All National Concert Band Festival
Wind Symphony performance Boston Brass National Concert Band
Competition Symphony Band 3rd place finish NJSMA/NBA Region I
Concert Band Festival Wind Symphony – Gold Rating Best Woodwind,
Brass, and Percussion Sections Symphony Band – Silver Rating Ninth
Symphony – Silver Rating New Jersey Band Conference Gala Concert
Wind Symphony, Honor Band

2008-2009

Pequannock Marching Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Overall, Best
Music, Best Visual, Best Effect, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion South
Brunswick Marching Festival 2nd Place Group VI, Best Music Group VI,
Best Music Overall Hillsborough Music Festival 3rd Place Group VI
Mt. Olive Marching Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Overall, Best Music,
Best Visual, Best Effect, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion BOA Regional
Finalist USSBA Northern States Championships 2nd Place Group VI
(score of a 97.0!), Best Music, Best Percussion, Best Effect,
Esprit de Corps Award
nd Annual Midwest Clinic: A Band and Orchestra Conference
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Wind Symphony performance

2009-2010

Vernon Marching Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Overall,
Winner of All Captions
Bands of America Regional Class AA Champion in Finals, 3rd Overall,
Best Music in Prelims
Mt. Olive Marching Festival 1st Place Group VI, Best Overall,
Winner of All Captions
USSBA Yamaha Cup 2nd Place Group VI, Esprit de Corps Award
Roxbury Band Classic Exhibition Performance
USSBA NJ State Championships 2nd Place Group VI, Best Music
USSBA Northern States Championships 2nd Place Group VI
USSBA National Championships Group VI CHAMPIONS, Best Music,
Best Overall Effect, Best Color Guard, highest scoring band out of over 95
competing bands from 12 states – 98.188!

2010-2011

Roxbury Band Classic Exhibition Performance
Hillsborough HS Marching Festival 1st Place Group V,
Winner of All Captions
Mt. Olive HS Marching Festival 1st Place Group V, Best Overall,
Winner of All Captions
USSBA NJ State Championships 2nd Place Group V, Best Visual
Performance
USSBA Northern States Championships 2nd Place Group V

HONOR BANDS

2011
Jonathan Amato – Trumpet: NJ Region I Band
Erik Henricksen – Tuba: NJ Junior Region Band
Alexa Marzocca – Alto Sax: NJ Region I Band
Danielle Padron – Trombone: NJ Junior Region Band
Elizabeth Rosa – Bassoon: NJ Region I Band
Matthew Sanchez – Trumpet: NJ Region I Band and NJ All-State Band
Joseph Soriano – Trumpet: NJ Region I Band and NJ All-State Band
Monika Szumski – Flute: NJ Region I Band
Kathryn Vetter – Clarinet: NJ Region I Band and NJ All-State Band
Nicholas Wagstaff – Percussion: NJ Region I Band and NJ All-State Band