Background
Moderacki, Edmund Anthony was born on July 18, 1946 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund Joseph and Helen Theresa (Fisher) Moderacki.
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River Vale explores a historically rich community that has been known over the years as the Overkill Neighborhood, Harrington Township, Washington Township, and the borough of Eastwood. One of the first settled areas of the Kakiat Patent, River Vale was the scene of the Baylor Massacre, New Jersey's bloodiest skirmish of the Revolutionary War. The area's fine farmland enabled some of Bergen County's earliest settlers to flourish. Strong streams provided power for the mills and the famed Collignon chair factory. By the 1920s, a change came over the township. Its proximity to New York City made River Vale's land more valuable for recreation than for farming, and the township became known for its summer charms, golf courses, and ice arena. Visitors arriving in bus caravans traveled from urban areas to enjoy the pleasures of Herrmann's Grove, and fishermen flocked on opening day to angle for trout in the clear waters of the Hackensack River and the Pascack Brook. It was this very appeal that led to tremendous change as River Vale became one of North Jersey's attractive bedroom communities.
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Moderacki, Edmund Anthony was born on July 18, 1946 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund Joseph and Helen Theresa (Fisher) Moderacki.
Bachelor, Montclair State College, 1968. Postgraduate, Montclair State College, 1970—1971. Master of Arts, Hunter College, 1970.
Postgraduate, Hunter College, 1970—1972. Postgraduate, Newark State College, 1969—1970. Postgraduate, Seton Hall University, 1970.
Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1976—1978. Postgraduate, Center for Understanding Media, 1973.
Teacher music public schools, River Vale, New Jersey, since 1968. Assistant conductor Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, since 1969, trustee, president, 1986—1987, 1994—1995. Artistic director Ridgewood Symphony, since 2001.
Assistant conductor Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, 1994—1995. Conductor Project Symphony, 2003. Tuba soloist Rutherford Community Band, Ridgewood Village Band, Waldwick Band, Ridgewood Concert Band, since 1978, trustee, 1985-2000, guest conductor, 1985, 86, 88, 93.
Manager All Bergen High School Band, 1994. Conductor All Bergen County High School Band, 2001.
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Town historian River Vale, 2002. Member steering committee Bergen County Teen Arts, since 1991. Member River Vale History Preservation Commission, since 2004.
Member National Education Association, Music Educators National Conference, New Jersey Orchestra Association (trustee 1981-1985), New Jersey Education Association (alternate delegate assembly 1983-1993, member state membership committee 1986^), Music Educators Bergen County (board member at-large 1995-1997, treasurer 1997-2000, president-elect 2000-2002, president 2002-2004, treasurer 2004^), River Vale Education Association (president 1981-1983, 88-91, 2000-2003), Brigade American Revolution (board directors at large 1991-1995, information officer 1989-1995, adjunct 1996-2000, editor Brigade Press 2002-2005), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Brenda Wing Moderacki.