Local Music Studio Students Take Home Top Awards

Bridgewater’s In-Home Piano Studio students brought home several trophies from the recent Mid-Atlantic Music Teacher’s Guild Festival (MAMTG). 

The private music studio, owned by Bridgewater resident AnnaRene’ Jeremiah, performed at the three-day festival in Whippany.

MAMTG was founded by a group of professional music educators from the Tri-State area to establish and maintain high professional teaching and ethical standards; exchange music-related ideas, information and fellowship among colleagues; promote music education in the area; and provide a platform for area music students to display their talents in a competitive environment. The festival includes accordian lessons and workshops, musical theatre, music entertainment, classical voice, rag, pop and classical piano and keyboard competitions.

Local Bridgewater student winners who placed in various categories and levels included:  

• Bianca (3rd place duet on piano) and Brianna Jeremiah (first and second places duets on piano)
• Leigh Huber (second place duet on piano)
• Alanna Huber (4th place standard pop solo)
• Grace Sellinger (3rd place piano duet) and Erica Girulando (4th place piano Rag Jr. and first place piano duet category)
• Bhavia Yalamanchili on trumpet (3rd place brass open solo intermediate category)
• Brian Jeremiah on trumpet (1st place Brass Open Solo Sr.)
• Bianca Jeremiah on saxophone (3rd place Woodwinds Open Solo Intermediate)
• Brianna Jeremiah on violin (5th place in the Strings Virtuoso Jr. category, and 3rd in Strings Level 4 Open Solo Category).

The MAMTG also held a “Battle of the Bands” during the final day of the festival. The Grand Ballroom at Whippany’s Hanover Marriott was packed with festival contestants and their families and teachers who all sang along and clapped while Bridgewater’s all girl band “The Fabettes” performed their Beatle medley of "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club," "Hey Jude" and "We Can Work It Out.” 

The Fabettes—with Brianna Jeremiah on lead vocals, keys and violin; Bianca Jeremiah on lead guitar, vocals and sax; and Leigh Huber on lead keys vocals and guitar—placed second this year.