NJSO Virtual 20–21 On Demand

EMERGE: An NJSO Concert Film Trilogy
Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra back on the main stage to masterfully conduct a striking selection of orchestral works, showcased in a uniquely intimate style by maverick filmmaker Yuri Alves, who complements the live performances with mesmerizing visuals beyond the stage. The EMERGE concert film trilogy expands the universe of orchestral music through a mix of live stage performance, stunning visuals, mesmerizing dance sequences and format-bending elements on and off stage.

TRANSCEND: An NJSO Concert Film
Arising from a pandemic shutdown, world-renowned conductor and star music director Xian Zhang leads the illustrious New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in a concert film directed by award-winning filmmaker Yuri Alves, who expands the magnetic soundscape with evocative visual meditations on a world in turmoil.

NJSO musicians give solo and chamber performances outdoors in iconic New Jersey locations in this cinematic series presented by the NJSO and DreamPlay Films, part of Newark-based DreamPlay Media.

A weeklong virtual festival led up to the Lunar New Year Celebration Concert. The festival highlighted community performers and cultural groups, traditional performances, cooking demonstrations and more.

Powerful performances from Trilogy: An Opera Company and Newark Boys Chorus singers capture young Emmett Till’s innocence, Mamie Till’s grief and strength in the face of her son’s murder, and the horror of the 1955 lynching that sent shockwaves through the country. Community leaders engage in powerful conversations around race and the lasting impact Emmett Till's tragic story has had on America in a special panel event.

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.

The NJSO and Paper Mill Playhouse co-present four at-home performances pairing star vocalists with the NJSO Chamber Players.

The NJSO & The Newark Museum of Art co-present a special spring-inspired recording of “Sakura, Sakura” (“Cherry blossom, Cherry blossom”) by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players as part of the Community Day: Cherry Blossom Festival.

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