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2008-09 CONCERTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE


Reserve your tickets now! Please click on a time and date below to place your order. If you have questions, please call the Coordinator of Education and Community Engagement at 973.624.3713 ext. 254 or e-mail. 

Tickets: $7/student (one free adult ticket with every 15 student tickets purchased, plus $10 processing fee)

You will also receive The Teacher Resource Book, containing educational resources and lesson plans created by the members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s Master Teachers Collaborative. One book for every 50 seats purchased.
   
 
   
 

Fall 2008: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS, Grades 4 – 8

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JEFFREY GROGAN conductor

Let the Orchestra introduce you to all the different instrument families of a symphony orchestra. The NJSO tells stories and shows emotions through music, including Benjamin Britten’s delightful Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Gioacchino Rossini’s famous Overture from William Tell. The Greater Newark Youth Orchestra (GNYO) performs side-by-side with the NJSO in selected pieces.

Wednesday, October 29 — NJPAC in Newark

9:45 am & 11:30 am*

Thursday, October 30 — NJPAC in Newark

9:45 am & 11:30 am*

Tuesday, November 11 — Sussex County Vo-Tech in Sparta [PDF]

9:30 am & 11:00 am

Call Ms. Gerri Bryant at 973.347.6663 for information and reservations.

Wednesday, November 12 — Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton

11:00 am

*Concert listings in red are SOLD OUT.
   
 
   
 

Spring 2009: SPOTLIGHT CONCERTS, Grades K-6

SCHEHERAZADE: Arabian Tales

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ENCHANTMENT THEATRE COMPANY

JEFFREY GROGAN conductor

Journey to a faraway land with Rimsky-Korsakov’s magical Scheherazade. Hear the composer’s interpretation of some of the most famous stories from One Thousand and One Nights and discover the Arabian tales for yourself! Using masks, puppets and magic, the Enchantment Theatre Company will bring these stories to life.

Thursday, May 7 — NJPAC in Newark

9:45 am & 11:30 am*

Thursday, May 14 — Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton

11:00 am

Tuesday, May 19 — NJPAC in Newark

9:45 am & 11:30 am*

Wednesday, May 20 — Michael T. Lakes Performing Arts Center in Neptune [PDF]

9:45 am & 11:30 am

Thursday, May 21 — bergenPAC in Englewood

9:45 am & 11:30 am

Friday, May 22 — State Theatre in New Brunswick

9:45 am & 11:30 am

*Concert listings in red are SOLD OUT.
   
  SUPPORT
 

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s Concerts for Young People series is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust, The Prudential Foundation, Turrell Fund, The Vincent Mulford Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Merck Foundation and other generous gifts from corporations, foundations, individuals, and community organizations.