Press Releases

Dec 8, 2023

Applications are open for the 2024 Edward T. Cone Composition Institute

Call for Scores: The New Jersey Symphony announces that it is accepting applications for the 2024 Edward T. Cone Composition Institute through Friday,…

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Dec 5, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Blends East and West to Celebrate Lunar New Year

The New Jersey Symphony celebrates the Year of the Dragon in a special celebration that features a pre-concert Cultural Exchange Festival and concert…

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Nov 7, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Presents Holiday Classic Handel’s Messiah

Nicholas McGegan joins the New Jersey Symphony to conduct Handel’s incomparable holiday classic with a host of guest vocalists and the Montclair…

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Nov 1, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Presents Violinist Joshua Bell in Concert

The acclaimed violinist returns to the New Jersey Symphony to conduct and perform with the orchestra in a program that features Mendelssohn’s Violin…

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Oct 11, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Debuts One-of-a-Kind Opera Short Film Starring Monét X Change

The short film, starring two-crown “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Monét X Change and the New Jersey Symphony Chamber…

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Oct 6, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Appoints Sue On as Repertory Orchestra Conductor for the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Resident Youth Orchestra of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University

As the conductor for the new intermediate-level symphonic orchestra, On will work closely with Youth Orchestra Artistic Director Diego García…

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Oct 4, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Announces Jessica Rivero Altarriba as its first-ever Colton Conducting Fellow

Altarriba will work closely with Music Director Xian Zhang and will serve as the conductor for New Jersey Symphony’s educational concerts as well…

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Sep 25, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Presents Opening Weekend Concerts and Jurassic Park in Concert

The New Jersey Symphony kicks off its 101st season with three consecutive weekends of performances in October, featuring conductors Robert Spano and Joseph…

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Aug 9, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra to Become Resident Program at Montclair State University’s Cali School of Music

The New Jersey Symphony and Montclair State University announce a five-year collaboration that makes the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra the…

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Aug 1, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Announces Single Tickets On Sale for the 2023–24 Season

All tickets are on sale now for the New Jersey Symphony’s 2023–24 season. Patrons can purchase tickets for individual concerts and can save…

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June 21, 2023

New Jersey Symphony Appoints Diego García as Youth Orchestra Artistic Director

Diego García will succeed José Luis Domínguez as the newest Artistic Director of the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra beginning…

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June 6, 2023

Danny DeVito live narrates Matilda in Concert with the New Jersey Symphony; David Newman conducts

Acclaimed actor, producer and director Danny DeVito joins David Newman and the New Jersey Symphony to narrate Matilda while the orchestra performs…

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