The Sound of Stories
A Collaboration with Nimbus Dance - New Jersey Symphony Family Concert
Tong Chen conductor
Jee-Hoon Krska host
Nimbus Dance
New Jersey Symphony
- Bizet Selections from Carmen
- Tchaikovsky Selections from The Nutcracker
- John Williams “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone
- Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2
Mozart & Mendelssohn
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Brennan Sweet violin
Elzbieta Weyman viola
Kathleen Nester piccolo
New Jersey Symphony
Season Finale:
An American Rhapsody
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Chris Komer horn
Manuel Valera piano
Ismail Lawal drums
Diallo House bass
Aaron Dworkin poetjournalist
New Jersey Symphony
- Daniel Bernard Roumain We Shall Not Be Moved: Symphonic Scenes and Samples (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
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Various Surreal Sketches for Horn, Jazz Trio and Orchestra (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission) Movements by Vivian Li, Christian McBride, Paquito D’Rivera, Gary Morgan
Vivian Li “Galatea of the Spheres”
Christian McBride “Fried Bacon”
Paquito D’Rivera “Dali in the Tropics”
Gary Morgan “The Metamorphosis of Narcissus” - Aaron Dworkin/Coleridge-Taylor The American Rhapsody: Symphonic Variations on an African Air
- Gershwin An American in Paris
New Jersey Symphony at Branch Brook Park in Newark
New Jersey Symphony Free Summer Concert
Enjoy the sounds of your New Jersey Symphony under the stars! This free outdoor program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant” and so much more. An inspiring performance by the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition winner rounds out this concert of favorites the whole family will love.
New Jersey Symphony at Giralda Farms in Madison
New Jersey Symphony Outdoors: 38th Giralda Music & Arts Festival
Enjoy the sounds of your New Jersey Symphony under the stars! This free outdoor program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant” and so much more. An inspiring performance by the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition winner rounds out this concert of favorites the whole family will love.
New Jersey Symphony at Ocean County College in Toms River
New Jersey Symphony Free Summer Concert
Enjoy the sounds of your New Jersey Symphony under the stars! This free outdoor program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant” and so much more. An inspiring performance by the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition winner rounds out this concert of favorites the whole family will love.
New Jersey Symphony at Metuchen Town Plaza
New Jersey Symphony Free Summer Concert
Enjoy the sounds of your New Jersey Symphony under the stars! This free outdoor program features a tribute to Sondheim, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant” and so much more. An inspiring performance by the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition winner rounds out this concert of favorites the whole family will love.
Winds in the Garden
New Jersey Symphony Special Presentation with The Newark Museum of Art
Robert Wagner bassoon and curator
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
Wind music has entertained audiences for centuries. In Imperial Vienna, guests at most festive outdoor gatherings would be serenaded by groups of wind players, a tradition that gave us magnificent wind chamber music. This lovely evening with the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players includes a Mozart masterpiece and music of Hummel and Gounod, alongside wind music of the 20th and 21st centuries chosen especially for the garden courtyard of The Newark Museum of Art.
Moving, Believing and Being Together
New Jersey Symphony Special Presentation with The Newark Museum of Art
Daniel Bernard Roumain violin and curator
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
New Jersey Symphony Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain returns to The Newark Museum of Art with the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players for a program that presents music through the lens of an emotional arc that meets the moment. DBR has curated works from amazing composers like Florence Price, Mozart and Farrenc and presents his own powerful works such as Hip-Hop Study & Etude in F Major and E-flat Major and his arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing. The Chamber Players perform the Ukrainian national anthem in solidarity with the people of Ukraine during the unjust war that continues.
Summer, Time and Jazz
New Jersey Symphony Special Presentation with The Newark Museum of Art
Daniel Bernard Roumain violin and curator
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
Rhythm and harmony are on the menu for a program filled with jazz and jazz-inspired classical music expertly curated by New Jersey Symphony Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. Featuring the music of Paquito D’Rivera, Valerie Coleman, Tania León and DBR’s own Hip Hop Study & Etude in G Minor.
Bass & Flute Extravaganza
New Jersey Symphony Special Presentation with The Newark Museum of Art
Ha Young Jung bass and curator
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
New Jersey Symphony Principal Bass Ha Young Jung has crafted a chamber music program starring the bass and flute! With a concert featuring classic works from Bach, Rossini and Schulhoff and contemporary sounds from composers Dorothy Rudd Moore, Morton Gould and Valerie Coleman, you are in for an unforgettable treat.
Yefim Bronfman Plays Rachmaninoff
Opening Weekend! New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
Nimbus Dance Company
New Jersey Symphony
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Jessie Montgomery Banner
The season opens with Jessie Montgomery’s tribute to the “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Her piece Banner draws on musical and historical sources to create a rhapsody that blends cultures through music.
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Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
The orchestral suite of Copland’s iconic ballet is quintessential Americana with both celebratory exuberance and somber undertones. The music depicts a newlywed couple’s mixed emotions around unity in rural Pennsylvania in the 20th century. Dancers from Nimbus Dance Company add dynamic original choreography to our Newark and Morristown performances.
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff performed this thrilling concerto for the first time in 1909 in New York. Superstar pianist Yefim Bronfman will thrill audiences with his interpretation of one of the most challenging and virtuosic concertos in the repertoire.