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

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)

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

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.