PROSECUTION TABLE OF CONTENTS...colors in the Royal Scots Guards, and wear the red and dark blue...
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PROGRAM
Welcome John Foster, GLBPO President Recognition of Outgoing Executive Board Welcome to Incoming Executive Board
Recognition of Quartermasters ~ Tracy Toribio & John Pullara
Recognition of Quartermadams ~ Jill Cook & Quynh Pham
Recognition of Chaperones
Recognition of Outgoing Senior Parents
Highlights of the Year Nicholas O’Sullivan, Band Director
Student Awards
First-Year Letters Josef Ellis, Band Director Certificates
Senior Plaques Nicholas O’Sullivan, Band Director Four-Year Letters
Four-Year Concert Band Certificates
Staff Recognition John Foster, Master of Ceremonies Nicholas O'Sullivan…Band Director
Josef Ellis…Assistant Band Director
Jennifer Troxell and Emily McLaughlin…Color Guard Instructors
Michael Mirabella…Marching Tech Instructor
Peter ReHill…Visual Consultant
Josef Ellis and Bob O’Connor…Battery Percussion Instructors
John Leister…Pit Clinic Instructor
Benjamin Bolger…Bagpipe Instructor
Student Leadership Emily Scheibe…Drum Major
Ben Cook…Bagpipe Major
Taylor Onelli and Meaghan Buckley…Color Guard Captains
Special Senior Awards Nicholas O’Sullivan, Band Director John Philip Sousa Award Bartow Memorial Award
Band and Band Front Loyalty Awards
Forrest A. Bartlett Award
Daniel Kopcha Scholarship Award
Frank & Margaret Shepard Scholarship Awards
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
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CONGRATULATIONS!
For a Successful Season
And Four Years of Musical Achievement GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND 2016-2020
2016-2017- CONCERT BAND: MACH DICH, MEIN GEIST, BEREIT, ALBANIAN DANCE,
COVENTRY CAROL, OLD SCOTTISH MELODY, ANCIENT & HONORABLE ARTILLERY
COMPANY, OVERTURE!, SHENANDOAH, GHOST TRAIN, SLEEP
WIND ENSEMBLE: FANFARE AND RUMINATION, BEFORE THE SUN, LASSUS TROMBONE
2017-2018- CONCERT BAND: DEDICATORY OVERTURE, SECOND PRELUDE,
GREENSLEEVES, FOUNDRY, GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: SYMPHONIC SUITE,
FANTASY ON A THEME BY SAMUEL BARBER, SELECTIONS FROM “CARMINA BURANA”
WIND ENSEMBLE: NIMROD, THE WASHINGTON POST, ELEGY, CHESTER
2018-2019- CONCERT BAND: ON THE VILLAGE GREEN, LUX AURUMQUE, FOSTER’S
AMERICA- MVMT. III, MIKADO MARCH, SHADOW PLAY, PSALM 42, OVERTURE IN Bb,
“HYMN TO THE FALLEN” FROM “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN”
WIND ENSEMBLE: RHOSYMEDRE, FOUR SCOTTISH DANCES- MVMT. I, TOCATA,
SHEPHERD’S HEY
2019-2020- CONCERT BAND: FANTASY ON AN IRISH AIR, OLD CHURCHES, RHYTHM
STAND, PRAIRIE DANCES, IN THE CATHEDRAL, VOLVER A LA MONTAÑA,
THEMES FROM GREEN BUSHES, NATIONAL EMBLEM, AMERICAN HEROES
WIND ENSEMBLE: FUNERAL MARCH, IRISH TUNE FROM COUNTY DERRY, THE EAREL
OF OXFORD’S MARCHE
GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND FIELD SHOWS 2016-2020
2016-2017: Seven 2017-2018: Outside The Bachs
2018-2019: The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars 2019-2020: Light Prevails
GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLANDER MARCHING BAND
“LIGHT PREVAILS” 2019-2020
09/21 Northern Highlands TOB Competition 1st Place- Group II Open
09/29 Madison TOB Competition 1st Place- Group II Open
10/05 Northern Lehigh TOB Competition 1st Place- Group II Open
10/12 Woodbridge TOB Competition 1st Place- Group II Open
10/13 Berkeley Heights TOB Competition Judged Exhibition
10/19 Toms River North TOB NJ State Championship 1st Place- Group II Open
10/20 West Essex TOB Region 10 Championship 1st Place- Group II Open
11/03 Hershey, PA TOB Group II Open A.C.C. 2nd Place-Gold Medal
(97.70- School Record)
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Best Wishes to our Seniors for Continued Success at…
Sohum Agnihotri - United States Military Academy at West Point
Alex Beke - Stevens Institute of Technology
Victoria Beke - Stevens Institute of Technology
Meaghan Buckley - Savannah College of Art and Design
Alexandra Buono - Berklee College of Music
Raul Carhuayano - University of Connecticut
Ben Cook - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Jace Etterman - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Arden Foster - Muhlenberg College
Al Germansky - University of Richmond
Tony Ho - Johns Hopkins University
Anthony Kaluzny - Rutgers, The State University of NJ, New Brunswick
Taylor Onelli - University Maryland, Baltimore County
Jackson Osborn - Rutgers University
Stephanie Parma - Rochester Institute of Technology
Maria Rivero – Florida Atlantic University
Emily Scheibe - Villanova University
David Schwartzman - Rutgers University
Sarah Sequeira - New York University
Daniel Sternberg - New Jersey Institute of Technology
George Skinner - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Adam Woo - Stevens Institute of Technology
Allie Zimmermann - Belmont University
Jill Zimmermann - Tulane University
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Congratulations to our 2020 Marching Band Seniors
EMILY SCHEIBE MARIA RIVERO VICTORIA BEKE
ALEX BUONO JACE ETTERMAN GEORGE SKINNER STEPHANIE PARMA
JILL ZIMMERMANN ADAM WOO RAUL CARHUAYANO
We Wish You All The Best!
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Congratulations to our 2020 Marching Band Seniors
MEAGHAN BUCKLEY BEN COOK TAYLOR ONELLI
AL GERMANSKY ARDEN FOSTER ALLIE ZIMMERMANN ALEX BEKE
DANIEL STERNBERG JACKSON OSBORN SOHUM AGNIHOTRI
We Wish You All The Best!
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The Highlander Band
Governor Livingston High School
Berkeley Heights and Mountainside, NJ
2019 Field Show
“Light Prevails”
Music by Jeff Chambers, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Eric Whitacre
Band Director…………………………..Nicholas O’Sullivan
Assistant Band Director………………..Josef Ellis
Marching Tech Instructor……………...Michael Mirabella
Bagpipe Instructor……………………..Benjamin Bolger
Battery Percussion Instructors…………Bob O’Connor, Josef Ellis
Pit Clinic Instructor……………………John Leister
Color Guard Instructors………………..Jennifer Troxell, Emily McLaughlin
Visual Consultant……………………...Peter ReHill
Drum Major……………………………Emily Scheibe
Pipe Major……………………………..Ben Cook
Color Guard Captains………………….Meaghan Buckley, Taylor Onelli
TOB Atlantic Coast Open Champions
1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
Performances in Scotland, UK include: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2018
TOB New Jersey State Champions: 2011, 2012, 2018
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Concert Band Seniors 2020
Tony Ho, Clarinet * Anthony Kaluzny, Saxophone
David Schwartzman, Saxophone * Sarah Sequeira, Clarinet
Highlander Marching Band 2020
Drum Major
Emily Scheibe *
Bagpipe Major Color Guard Captains
Ben Cook * Meaghan Buckley *
Taylor Onelli *
Flute/Piccolo
Alex Buono *
Al Germansky
Jill Zimmermann *
Clarinet
Kathryn Bager
Elizabeth Connelly
Cosimo Pedicini
Emma Sylvester *
Ella Wolfe
Alto Saxophone
Pavni Bhardwaj
Aaron Jiang
Matthew Puia
Corey Stark *
Tenor Saxophone
Toby Pasternak
Juliana Schickel
Allie Zimmermann * **
Tuba
Ben Cook * **
Fritz Huggins
Mellophone
Victoria Beke * **
Michael Mezzo
Siddharth Phatak
George Skinner * **
Daniel Whalen
Baritone
Arden Foster **
John Koubek **
Adam Woo *
Trumpet
Sohum Agnihotri *
Shreyas Agnihotri
Raul Carhuayano
Uriel Ministro
Ryan Wargaski
Richard Wetterer *
Ryan Wetterer
Section Leader *
Bagpiper **
Percussion
Alex Beke
Jack Bernard
John Bernier
Aidan Dike
Allen Du
Kyle Foster
Jack Hogan
Brandon Lim **
William Maciejewski
Jackson Osborn
Matt Pullara
Joey Stecher *
Daniel Sternberg *
Mike Tomich
Color Guard
Shae Brogowski
Meaghan Buckley *
Sam Carhuayano
Jace Etterman
Natalie Hagen
Christine Jiang
Taylor Onelli *
Stephanie Parma
Maria Rivero
Dani Toribio
Paige Wathen
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HIGHLANDERS
The Highlanders have established a long record of excellence throughout their history. Highly respected
among the nation’s competitive band groups, Highlanders have been a dominant force in East Coast
activities almost from the day they were formed.
The Highlander Band was created in 1962, shortly after the opening of Governor Livingston Regional
High School. Its first Band Director was Forrest Bartlett, an outstanding music educator and an
accomplished trumpet player. Mr. Bartlett guided the selection of a style and theme for the Band.
The school was named for Governor William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790,
and signer of the constitution. William Livingston was the son of Robert Livingston, originally from
Ancrum, Scotland, and a member of the Stewart clan. It followed, therefore, that the school symbol would
be the Highlander, a fierce Scottish warrior, and the school colors would be red and blue, the dominant
colors in the Royal Scots Guards, and wear the red and dark blue colors.
From 1962 until 1964, the Highlander Band built its strength as, primarily, a concert and stage band while
also performing at football games and parades. Its uniform then bore little resemblance, other than color,
to the current uniform. The transition from one to the other occurred as a result of the creative chemistry
between Mr. Bartlett and a local resident, Robert Harrison.
Mr. Harrison, an accomplished bagpiper, suggested that a bagpipe band would fit perfectly with the
Highlander style, and offered to work with students to establish such a group. Mr. Bartlett agreed, and
secured approval from the school administration. Mr. Harrison, assisted by his friends Bill Cochrane and
Frank Mulreany from Mountainside, began forming and teaching the Highlander Pipers.
From 1964 until 1972, the Band was known as “the Highlander Bands” to acknowledge the fact that two
distinct “band” (the original band and the new bagpipe band) formed the unit. During that time, the
original band uniform was changed to approximate that worn by the Royal Scots Guards. Together with
the unique bagpipe band, the Highlanders quickly became parade and concert favorites in the
Northeastern states.
In 1970, Daniel Kopcha came to Governor Livingston as Marching Band Director. Mr. Kopcha also
carried a reputation as an accomplished music educator, and was clarinetist with the U.S. Army Band.
He brought a love of classical music and marching bands to the Highlanders, and began to influence their
style and performance patterns.
In 2007, a new era of the Highlander Marching Band began under the leadership of Nick O'Sullivan, a
Governor Livingston graduate from the class of 2003. Mr. O'Sullivan is a graduate of the Mason Gross
School of Music at Rutgers University (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music) and is an accomplished
musician himself. He has the unique perspective on the marching band, having experienced it as a student
and now as the director of the award-winning Highlanders.
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HISTORY
In 1972, the band was invited to represent New Jersey in the National Festival of States Marching
Band Competition in St. Petersburg, Florida. Selected for their reputation and competition record,
the Highlander Band would be competing against the top-rated high school bands from each state
in the nation, with the prize being the title of National Champion. The Highlanders set, as a goal,
to finish in the top six and came in first.
The win in St. Petersburg vaulted them to national recognition. In 1973, they were chosen to
represent New Jersey in the presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
In 1980, they won their first Atlantic Coast Championship and were the first to score over 90 points
in a marching band competition. In 2019, the Highlander Marching Band earned a score of 97.70,
their highest score ever in the history of the school.
Since then, The Highlander Band has been Atlantic Coast Champions thirteen times and Cadet
Marching Band Cooperative Champions seven times. They have been TOB Chapter Champions
37 times in the last 41 years.
Since 1988, the Highlanders have toured Scotland and England. These tours have included the
famous Edinburgh Tattoo, performances in the Cavalcade Parade, and concerts at Edinburgh and
Stirling Castles.
PARADE GRAND CHAMPION- 1999, 2005, 2007 Festivals of Music, Norfolk, Virginia; 2002
Music Festival, Orlando, Florida
TOB ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONS- 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012
TOB NJ STATE CHAMPIONS- 2011, 2012, 2018
US BANDS CHAMPIONS (FORMERLY USSBA, FORMERLY CMBC)- 1989, 1990, 1991,
1992, 1993, 1997, 2008 Yamaha Cup
INVITED PARTICIPANT- 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010: Cavalcade Parade, Edinburgh,
Scotland
INVITED PARTICIPANT- 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2018: Edinburgh and
Stirling Castles, Scotland, U.K.
FEATURED BAND- 1992 Marching Retreat, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland, U.K.
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SPECIAL BAND AWARDS
The John Philip Sousa Award is presented to a senior in recognition of outstanding achievement and interest in
instrumental music, for singular merit in loyalty and cooperation, and for displaying generally those high qualities of
conduct which school instrumental music strives to impact. To be considered, a senior must be in the band program
for four years. Nominations are made by fellow band members and confirmed by the band directors. The recipient’s
name is added to a plaque in the Band Room and a commemorative paperweight is presented to the winner.
The Bartow Memorial Award is presented to the senior who has shown the most improvement in musicianship
during their high school career, and whose loyalty and devotion to the Highlander Band has been particularly
outstanding. Nominations are made by fellow band members and confirmed by the band directors. A personalized
plaque is presented to the winner.
The Band and Band Front Loyalty Awards are presented to the seniors who have demonstrated outstanding service
and leadership to the Band and Band Front above and beyond the ordinary call of duty, and whose musicianship and
carriage has been equally outstanding. Nominations are made by band members and confirmed by the band
directors. Personalized plaques are presented to the winners.
The Forrest A. Bartlett Award - Forrest Bartlett was the first Band Director at Governor Livingston, and originated
the Highlander Bands. He was especially instrumental in forming the Highlander Pipe Band, had a deep
understanding and love of music, and was concerned for others regardless of age or position. This award is
presented to the student who most exemplifies these qualities. To be considered, a senior must be in the band
program for four years. Nominations are made by fellow band members and confirmed by the band directors. The
recipients’ name is added to a plaque in the Band Room and a personalized plaque is presented to the winner.
The Daniel Kopcha Scholarship Award - Daniel Kopcha, the second Band Director at
Governor Livingston, came to GL in 1970 as Marching Band Director. Mr. Kopcha was an accomplished music
educator and clarinetist with the U.S. Army Band. He brought a love of classical music and marching bands to the
Highlanders. This is a $250.00 scholarship award from the GLBPO presented to a senior Band and/or Band Front
member who has submitted an application reviewed by the band directors and music staff and who has shown
exemplary musicianship and character. To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must write an essay about
what being in the Highlander Band has meant to them, how they have grown as a performer, and how they have
grown as a person. Essays are reviewed by the Marching Band Staff. The recipient’s name is added to a plaque
displayed in the Band Room.
The Frank and Margaret Shepard Memorial Award is a $500.00 scholarship presented to a senior in either Band
and/or Band Front. In order to be eligible for this scholarship, students must apply in their senior year and must have
been in band for four years. The student must have a band cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or greater,
demonstrated marked improvement in execution or interpretation, exemplary leadership qualities and good
citizenship throughout the four years. The recipient’s name is added to a plaque in the Band Room.
The Louis Armstrong Award, or sometimes the King Bee Award, is awarded to a senior jazz student who has
demonstrated exemplary interscholastic achievement in the field of jazz. Established as a national award in 1974, it
is presented annually to one senior in recognition of outstanding musical achievement and an incredible dedication
to the program. Nominations are made by fellow jazz students and are confirmed by the band directors. The
recipient’s name is added to a plaque in the Band Room.