From first notes to auditions
Wind and brass students begin with tone and breath, then move into band literature, chamber groups and audition preparation for regional and all-state ensembles.
Faculty
Brass & woodwinds
Flute, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, trumpet, horn and trombone — with regional, state and national honors among our students.
Jenny Cline
Flute
- Flute
- Piccolo
- Chamber Music
Jenny Cline holds a Bachelor of Music in flute performance from Northwestern University, where she studied with Walfrid Kujala. She is principal flutist of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, piccoloist with the Summit Symphony, and performs regularly with the Plainfield Symphony. As a member of FLUTATIOUS!, a professional flute ensemble, she performed at the 2009 National Flute Association convention in New York City. Her woodwind quintet, the Monmouth Winds, recently performed a concerto with the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra. On the faculty at NJWA since 1996, her students regularly achieve honors at the local, regional, state and national level.
Thomas Appert
Brass · French Horn
- French Horn
- Trumpet
- Trombone
- Conducting
Thomas Appert holds a B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University, an M.A. in Music Education from New York University, and studied in the graduate division of the Juilliard School. His principal horn teachers were James Walck (St. Louis Symphony), John Simonelli (Philadelphia Orchestra), Ranier DeIntinis (New York Philharmonic) and Harry Berv (NBC Symphony). Mr. Appert has taught in the public schools of Ridgewood and Summit and at Koinonia Academy in Plainfield, and maintains a private brass studio in Warren. He has conducted the Central Jersey High School Orchestra and the Summit High School Orchestra, and served as Principal Horn in the Air Force Band of the Mid-Atlantic.
Alex Stein
Saxophone · Recorder
- Saxophone
- Recorder
- Jazz
Alex Stein is a jazz saxophonist and board member of the Barry Harris Institute of Jazz. Alex holds multiple graduate degrees in music. He was a longtime music teacher and band director in the NYC and Newark public schools and is excited about the promise a Suzuki-inspired approach to the recorder holds to shape musical minds and develop students' ears without the barriers to entry posed by more traditional Suzuki instruments like the piano and violin. He performed for many years with the Stein Brothers Quintet and is the curator of and project lead for the Barry Harris Digital Archive.
Janet Lyman
Brass & String Ensembles
- Ensembles
- Conducting
Janet Lyman has been teaching since 1967. She studied at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, receiving a B.M. and an M.M. Ed. She is Director of Music at Zion Lutheran Church in Clark where she established a brass and string ensemble and conducts the Adult and Youth Choir. Ms. Lyman was string advisor to WYACT/NJPAC Summer Musicals and has conducted the North Jersey Junior Regional Orchestra. She currently conducts the Wednesday Morning Strings and Summer Symphony.
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