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Oct 9, 2024

Renée Fleming and the New Jersey Symphony put ‘sentiment over sentimentality’ in season-opening performance

“ ... Fleming has mastered a stylish blend of tender sentiment and extrovertive high spirits. She was polished and poised, displaying no shortage…

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Oct 7, 2024

Allison Loggins-Hull embraces her role as Resident Artistic Partner in her interview with NJArts.net

Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull spoke to Courtney Smith of NJArts.net about her role as the New Jersey Symphony’s new Resident Artistic…

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Sep 26, 2024

Paquito D’Rivera performs with New Jersey Symphony in collaboration with TD James Moody Jazz Festival

Paquito D’Rivera will join guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto in a program featuring famous contemporary compositions from Latin American composers…

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Sep 19, 2024

New Jersey Symphony presents Opening Weekend with Xian Zhang conducting Scheherazade

Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony in three performances of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, November 1–3 in Princeton,…

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Sep 10, 2024

New Jersey Symphony announces 2025 Lunar New Year Composition Competition

The winner of the composition competition will have their arrangement of “Arirang” performed by pianist Min Kwon at the 2025 Lunar New…

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Sep 5, 2024

Xian Zhang receives major press for announcement as Seattle Symphony music director

Music Director Xian Zhang was announced as the new music director for the Seattle Symphony beginning in the 2025–26 season, with the announcement…

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Sep 5, 2024

Xian Zhang announces appointment to music director of Seattle Symphony while remaining music director of New Jersey Symphony

Music Director Xian Zhang will conduct the New Jersey Symphony and the Seattle Symphony from the 2025–26 season to the 2027–28 season before…

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Aug 21, 2024

Mayor Steven Fulop & New Jersey Symphony announce new permanent headquarters & performance hall located in Jersey City for premier symphony orchestra

The new 550+ seat venue in Jersey City will focus on both live performances and continued youth education as the New Jersey Symphony continues to expand…

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Aug 20, 2024

New Jersey Symphony to present Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming

Celebrated soprano Renée Fleming joins the New Jersey Symphony to kick off the 2024–25 season in a performance inspired by her 2023…

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Aug 14, 2024

New Jersey Symphony announces Gregory D. McDaniel as Colton Conducting Fellow for the 2024–25 season

McDaniel will succeed Jessica Rivero Altarriba as the Symphony’s newest Colton Conducting Fellow, where he will participate in rehearsals and select…

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Aug 13, 2024

Colton Conducting Fellow Jessica Rivero Altarriba looks back on her time with the New Jersey Symphony in NJArts.net profile

Jessica Rivero Altarriba spoke to NJArts.net about her time with the New Jersey Symphony as its inaugural Colton Conducting Fellow as she prepares to…

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Aug 7, 2024

Musicians of the New Jersey Symphony and Kulture Kool wow an enthusiastic crowd with a performance of traditional Indian music

“Each song and performance were so good, and what I liked was the diversity in the performances itself, like the sitar, the symphony, and then there…

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