NJSO Virtual 20–21
A specially designed virtual season featuring orchestral concerts and a number of other exciting programs!
May 6, 2021
2020-21 Season
Celebrating Florence Price
With the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, in collaboration with ONEcomposer.
The NJSO Chamber Players perform pathbreaking Black composer Florence Price’s revelatory Five Folksongs in Counterpoint and String Quartet in G Major in this special performance, part of ONEcomposer’s yearlong celebration of Price. Don’t miss a free premiere event on Zoom!
May 12, 2021
2020-21 Season
Spring into Music Virtual Gala & Online Auction
Celebrating 30 Years of the NJSO Youth Orchestras
Ring in spring as the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents our premier annual gala, Spring into Music. This year’s virtual benefit celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NJSO Youth Orchestras—a musical training program coached by NJSO musicians that gives qualified students, especially Black and Latinx youth in the Greater Newark area, unparalleled opportunities to achieve personal and musical excellence.
Enjoy a digital New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performance of Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major featuring Hannah Lee, an exceptional young talent from the NJSO Youth Orchestras, the world premiere of The Enchanted Forest—an amazing work composed by students of the NJSO Youth Orchestras—plus chamber music, special guest appearances and much more!
May 26, 2021
2020-21 Season
EMERGE Part 2:
An NJSO Concert Film
XIAN ZHANG conductor
INON BARNATAN piano
CORI BARNES dancer
M.A. TAYLOR dancer
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YURI ALVES director
IGOR ALVES producer
DREAMPLAY FILMS
TIM MARTYN audio producer
This concert was recorded live and filmed on RED cinema cameras at NJPAC in Newark. The film features the NJSO and Inon Barnatan on stage, dance performances by Cori Barnes and M.A. Taylor and behind-the-scenes images of NJSO musicians. Presented in black-and-white 4K Ultra HD.
PRICE Piano Concerto in One Movement
MOZART Symphony No. 39
June 23, 2021
2020-21 Season
EMERGE Part 3:
An NJSO Concert Film
XIAN ZHANG conductor
DANIIL TRIFONOV piano
ANDERSON ROMERO trumpet
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YURI ALVES director
IGOR ALVES producer
DREAMPLAY FILMS
TIM MARTYN audio producer
This concert was recorded live and filmed on RED cinema cameras at NJPAC. This film features the NJSO and Daniil Trifonov on stage and riveting images of and inspired by the people of New Jersey. Presented in 4K Ultra HD.
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
June 27, 2021
2020-21 Season
Broadway, Walker & Dvořák
In person and livestreamed! With the NJSO Chamber Players in collaboration with MPAC.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players return to MPAC to ring in the summer! Hear favorites from Broadway, trailblazing Black composer George Walker’s moving Lyric for Strings and Dvořák’s beloved “American” String Quartet, plus insights and stories from the NJSO musicians.
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Watch: Gratias Tibi
NJSO premieres Gratias Tibi, a message of thanks to all frontline workers.
Watch: Carnival of the Animals Series
Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals serves as the backdrop to your submitted art with animals. Watch all episodes on our Facebook and YouTube channels—and right here on our website!
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