More Info for Music and Mind with Renée Fleming
Oct 4, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Music and Mind with Renée Fleming

New Jersey Symphony Panel Discussion

Renée Fleming award-winning soprano
Dr. Tasha Golden singer, songwriter and behavioral scientist
Aly Maier Lokuta NJPAC Senior Director of Arts and Well-Being

Renée Fleming joins esteemed health experts Dr. Tasha Golden and Aly Maier Lokuta for an inspiring panel discussion about the impact of human health in the arts. Be a part of this discussion and learn more about the transformative power of music and how it can play a role in the impact of people’s health.

Presented in Nutley
More Info for Season Opening Celebration
Oct 6, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Season Opening Celebration

Brunch and Concert

Join us for the breathtaking opener of the 2024–25 season with international superstar Renée Fleming. The event will feature an amazing brunch, followed by the season opening concert inspired by the 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning album, Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene.

Presented in Newark
More Info for Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming
Oct 6, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming

Season Opening Concert | Includes visuals from National Geographic Society!

Xian Zhang conductor
Renée Fleming soprano
New Jersey Symphony

A breathtaking start to the 2024–25 season with international superstar Renée Fleming. As fall colors flare, America’s most celebrated soprano adds the exquisite hues of her own voice to this concert, inspired by her 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning album, Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene. Come be immersed in the majesty of nature, as the music will be accompanied by stunning film by the National Geographic Society. This special performance includes an eclectic mix of nature-inspired songs, plus arias by Handel and Puccini, music from Lord of the Rings and Carousel, contemporary hits by Björk, Kevin Puts and Nico Muhly and selections by famed film composer Ennio Morricone.

Performed in Newark
More Info for Xian Conducts Scheherazade
Nov 1 - 3, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Xian Conducts Scheherazade

Opening Weekend | New Jersey Symphony Classical

Xian Zhang conductor
Inon Barnatan piano
New Jersey Symphony

Performed in Princeton, Red Bank and Newark
More Info for Paquito D’Rivera with New Jersey Symphony
Nov 7 - 10, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Paquito D’Rivera with New Jersey Symphony

Part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival

Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor
Paquito D’Rivera guest artist & co-curator 
Paquito D’Rivera Quintet
Amber Monroe
soprano
New Jersey Symphony

Performed in Newark and Morristown
More Info for The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert
Dec 5 - 8, 2024 
2024-25 Season

The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

New Jersey Symphony at the Movies

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor
New Jersey Symphony

The New Jersey Symphony presents Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring the complete film, with the score performed live to picture. The Muppets perform Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) and features many more of your favorite Muppet characters. This special holiday event is fun for the whole family!

Performed in Morristown, Red Bank, Newark and New Brunswick
More Info for New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker with New Jersey Symphony
Dec 13 - 26, 2024 
2024-25 Season

New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker with New Jersey Symphony

Presented by New Jersey Ballet

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor
New Jersey Ballet
New Jersey Symphony

New Jersey Ballet’s beloved annual tradition enchants youngsters and grown-ups alike with splendid dancing, eye-popping special effects and a touch of holiday magic, set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by New Jersey Symphony.

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
Based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman

Performed in Morristown
More Info for A Gospel Holiday
Dec 14, 2024 
2024-25 Season

A Gospel Holiday

New Jersey Symphony Family Concert

Gregory D. McDaniel conductor
New Jersey Symphony Gospel Chorus | Gwen Moten, director
New Jersey Symphony

Spotlighting celebrated artists from Newark and beyond, the New Jersey Symphony lauds the power of the first instrument—the human voice—with a gospel music-inspired holiday extravaganza. Come ready to sing, dance and clap along!

Performed in Newark
More Info for Handel’s Messiah
Dec 20 - 22, 2024 
2024-25 Season

Handel’s Messiah

New Jersey Symphony Holiday Tradition

Jeannette Sorrell conductor
Sonya Headlam soprano
John Holiday countertenor
Ed Lyon tenor
Kevin Deas bass-baritone
Montclair State University Singers | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony

Spirits will soar at “For Unto Us a Child is Born” and the “Hallelujah Chorus” as well as the treasured arias that make Handel’s Messiah the must-hear classic of the holidays. Jeannette Sorrell, who “brings revelations” (Philadelphia Inquirer) to everything she conducts, leads the New Jersey Symphony and the phenomenal Montclair State University Singers.

Performed in Princeton and Newark
More Info for Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel
Jan 9 - 12, 2025 
2024-25 Season

Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel

New Jersey Symphony Classical

Kevin John Edusei conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
New Jersey Symphony

Performed in Newark, Princeton and New Brunswick
More Info for 2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang
Jan 25, 2025 
2024-25 Season

2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang

Celebration of the Year of the Snake

Xian Zhang conductor
Min Kwon piano
Peking University Alumni Chorus
Starry Arts Children’s Chorus
| Rebecca Shen, director
New Jersey Symphony

Join us for this evening of community and cultural exchange that is wonderful for families and children, as we celebrate the Year of the Snake. Music Director Xian Zhang, pianist Min Kwon, the Peking University Alumni Chorus and the Starry Arts Children’s Chorus all return for this joyous concert.

Performed in Newark
More Info for Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey
Jan 30 - Feb 2, 2025 
2024-25 Season

Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey

New Jersey Symphony Classical

Xian Zhang conductor
Nancy Zhou violin
Montclair State University Prima Voce | Heather J. Buchanan, director
New Jersey Symphony

Performed in New Brunswick, Newark and Morristown