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Youth Orchestra & Girlchoir Concerts This Weekend

For two local organizations that focus on young musicians, the future is now. Three concerts to be performed this weekend by the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) and the Princeton Girlchoir will demonstrate that music is shaping tomorrow today.

On Sunday at 3 & 7 p.m., YOCJ will present two separate programs at The College of New Jersey’s Kendall Hall. The afternoon program will include performances by its String Preparatory Orchestra, Wind Symphony and Pro Arte Orchestra. The evening program will include performances by the Saxophone Choir and Symphonic Orchestra.

Jennifer Montone will be the soloist for the Symphonic Orchestra concert, performing Emmanuel Chabrier’s “Larghetto” for horn and orchestra. Montone is the Principal Horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also teaches at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School. Her recording of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Horn Concerto with the Warsaw National Philharmonic was the recipient of a Grammy Award in 2013.

On March 21, Montone will visit West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North to conduct an interactive master class with students and brass ensembles. The master class is free and open to the public.

Also on Sunday evening, at 6 p.m., the Princeton Girlchoir will take to the stage at McCarter Theatre Center’s Matthews Theatre for its winter concert, “United in Song.” The program will bring together the organization’s six choirs, which range from the youngest beginners to the most polished pre-collegiate singers. The repertoire will include a wide variety of selections, from classical and folk song to contemporary.

The choirs will be directed by Lynnel Joy Jenkins, Melissa Keylock, Fred Meads and John Wilson. Two of the selections will feature the full battery of 290 girls. The last, Benjamin Britten’s “A New Year Carol,” will incorporate Princeton Girlchoir alumni.

Find out more about both organizations and all three events in my article in today’s Trenton Times.

http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2017/01/jennifer_montone_yocj_princeto.html

January 20, 2017
NJ Classical Concerts Your 2017 Resolution

No matter what 2017 may hold, you should make it a New Year’s resolution to catch as many concerts as you can. Check out representative enticements from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, McCarter Theatre Center, the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, Princeton University Concerts, Downtown Concert Series, Princeton University Glee Club, Princeton University Orchestra, Princeton Pro Musica, Boheme Opera NJ, Westminster Opera Theatre, VOICES Chorale, and Westminster Community Orchestra, in my article in today’s Trenton Times.

http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2017/01/classical_music_several_local.html

IMAGE: While we’re on the subject of musical resolutions…

January 6, 2017
NJ Holiday Concerts Guide 2024

Once again, it’s time to deck the halls – the concert halls, that is. The area’s performing arts groups are ready to dish up a veritable banquet of holiday fare. Unfortunately, I’m told a glitch at nj.com has kept my whirlwind overview of some of the season’s highlights from posting online.

I encourage you to explore the schedules of The American Boychoir, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, Capital Singers of Trenton, Central Jersey Choral Society, 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing, Hopewell Valley Chorus, McCarter Theatre Center, New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus – NJGMC, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Princeton University Chapel Choir, Princeton Girlchoir Princeton Pro Musica, The Princeton-Rider Brass Band, The Princeton Singers, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs – PSMA, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Symphonia, the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick, the Trenton Children’s Chorus, VOICES Chorale, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Westminster Choir College, Westminster Community Choir, and Westminster Community Orchestra.

It remains to be seen how many of these made it past the editors into today’s print edition of the Trenton Times.

PHOTO: Trenton Children’s Chorus will be here, there and everywhere this holiday season, appearing with Princeton Pro Musica (Dec. 11) and VOICES Chorale (Dec. 11, 17 & 18), on their own Winter Concert (Dec. 9), and at the Mayor’s Holiday Concert at the Trenton War Memorial (Dec. 17)

November 25, 2016
NJ Fall Chamber Music Concerts Abound

With the autumn equinox only days away, chamber music concerts will soon be as numerous as the leaves on your front lawn.

So Percussion, Concordia Chamber Players’ Chamberfest 2016, the Composers’ Guild of New Jersey’s Milton Babbitt marathon, Princeton University Concerts, McCarter Theatre Center’s classical series, the Downtown Concert Series in Freehold, 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing, the Lenape Chamber Ensemble, chamber music concerts by Riverside Symphonia, recitals by Westminster Choir College of Rider University and Westminster Conservatory of Music, English dances by La Fiocco, Baroque performances by The Dryden Ensemble, and the Guild for Early Music Festival at Grounds For Sculpture all lend color to the third part of my season overview in today’s Trenton Times.

http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2016/09/classical_music_2016-17_concer_2.html

September 16, 2016
Copland Toilet Art A Trenton Times Story

As I write this week’s article for the Trenton Times, somehow I feel a certain affinity with this photo of a great artist (Aaron Copland) posing in front of a toilet mural.

April 25, 2016

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