Maroon stripes, gold sashes, white plumes. Crowds roaring. These are the hallmarks of a crisp autumn evening under the lights at a marching band competition. Not this year. There were no competitions for the Verona High School...

Erik Lynch, the director of bands at Verona High School, sent MyVeronaNJ.com a note and asked that we share it with the community: “After two days of mini camp and six days of band camp defined by...

Students, Parents, & VHS Community: I am struck by a quote this morning by Victor Hugo: “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”. In quintessentially Verona music family form,...

The end of summer usually means last trips to the beach, last visits with the family, and last minute back-to-school shopping. However, that is not always the case; for kids in the Verona Marching Maroon and White,...

Verona’s award-winning Marching Maroon and White will host the first annual New Jersey Regional Marching Band Competition on Saturday, October 14, at 4:30 p.m. at Verona High School’s newly renovated Thomas J. Sellitto Athletic Field. The festival...

Verona High School students will once again exhibit their creative endeavors from this year’s curricular and extracurricular activities on Wednesday, June 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view the morning of June...

Parents, friends and music lovers are invited to watch the Verona Concert Band perform at the magnificent Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Wednesday, April 13, as part of the Cathedral’s “Wednesdays at Noon”...

Verona High School’s Marching Maroon and White wrapped up its 2014 competition season with a “maxed-out performance” at the USBands New Jersey State Championship at Rutgers University on Saturday, October 25, in the words of band director...

Erik Lynch, the band director and music educator at Verona High School, is among a total of 222 music teachers from 208 cities across 41 states who have been picked as quarterfinalists for the second annual Music Educator...

Erik Lynch, director of bands at Verona High School, is featured on the opening segment of this weekend’s “Sounds from the Spires” program on Sirius XM radio channel 129. Mr. Lynch performs as timpanist on a recording...