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 program features a medley of timeless classics from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant March” and so much more. An inspiring performance by Timothy Shi, winner of the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition, rounds out this concert of favorites the whole family will love.
Sound, Image & PRIDE
An evening of music, art and LGBTQ+ Pride!
New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
Join ArtFront Galleries and the New Jersey Symphony for a free evening of music, art and PRIDE! Celebrate the inclusive and collaborative nature of music with a performance by the New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players, and an art exhibit featuring LGBTQ+ artists curated by Artfront Galleries.
Enjoy the video premiere of vogue dancing by members of local ballroom houses to remixes of New Jersey Symphony recordings and empowering stories from Newark LGBTQ+ leaders and influencers.
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 program features a medley of timeless classics from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, Sousa’s ode to his time in New Jersey in “The Atlantic City Pageant March” and so much more. An inspiring performance by Timothy Shi, winner of the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Henry Lewis Concerto Competition, 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.
New Scores: 2022 Edward T. Cone Institute Concert
New Jersey Symphony Special Presentation
David Robertson conductor
Steven Mackey institute director & host
New Jersey Symphony
Dai Wei’s Samsāric Dance traces cycles of birth, death and rebirth. Baldwin Giang’s to remember is always forgetting explores “the rich space between sound and the music of memory.” Jack Frerer reimagines his solo cello work Steep with an infusion of orchestral harmony and rhythm. In What do flowers do at night?, Sophia Jani revels in the sonic combinations and possibilities of orchestral writing. Institute Director Steven Mackey provides the concert finale with his own Eating Greens.
- Dai Wei Samsāric Dance
- Baldwin Giang to remember is always forgetting
- Jack Frerer Steep
- Sophia Jani What do flowers do at night?
- Steven Mackey Eating Greens
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.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase, courtesy of Sterling Affairs and Urban Vegan Kitchen.
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.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert
New Jersey Symphony at the Movies
Shih-Hung Young conductor
New Jersey Symphony
The Harry Potter™ film series is a once-in-a-lifetime cultural phenomenon that delights millions of fans around the world. The New Jersey Symphony arrives to perform every note from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™. Audiences will be able to relive the magic of the film in high-definition on a giant HD screen while hearing the symphony orchestra perform John Williams’ unforgettable score live to picture.
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.
Xian Zhang Conducts Brahms
New Jersey Symphony Classical
Xian Zhang conductor
Michelle Cann piano
New Jersey Symphony
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Dorothy Chang Northern Star
Award-winning composer Dorothy Chang wrote her inspirational and bright Northern Star as part of a larger collection of commissions from several Canadian composers in 2017. New Jersey Symphony Music Director Xian Zhang performed it for the first time in Vancouver in 2018.
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Strauss Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
Michelle Cann makes a triumphant return to the Symphony stage for the first time since 2014 with Strauss’ light, virtuosic and witty Burleske for Piano and Orchestra.
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Brahms Symphony No. 4
Brahms’ final symphony balances autumnal hues with virtuosic power. Scaling the heights of this monumental work is an orchestral and emotional feat of Mount Everest proportions—and one musicians relish playing.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival will share dynamic contemporary poets offering dramatic readings between the orchestral works during the performances at NJPAC in Newark.
Jaws in Concert
New Jersey Symphony at the Movies
Nicholas Hersh conductor
New Jersey Symphony
The original summer movie blockbuster, with an Academy Award®-winning score by composer John Williams, Jaws is an unforgettable film-with-live-orchestra experience!
In the words of Chief Brody, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”