Radio superstar or cautionary tale? I talk about my years behind the microphone, and my beard, with musicians of Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey on Tuesday, as part of a Music Business & Careers Course hosted by Chris Colaneri. Thank you, YOCJ!
Tag: Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey
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PSO Fall Preview on WWFM Radio This Week
Tune in to WWFM – The Classical Network this Friday at 3:45 pm and Saturday at 7 pm EDT, to hear about the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s fall plans.
David Osenberg will host Executive Director Marc Uys and Music Director Rossen Milanov, on Friday at 3:45 pm.
On Saturday, Rachel Katz will talk to Marc Uys and the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey’s Larisa Epps about their organizations’ new partnership, on “A Tempo” at 7:00 pm.
WWFM can be heard locally at 89.1 FM. Additional frequencies and online streaming are available at wwfm.org.
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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
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Youthful Music Britten Copland on WPRB
Youth may be wasted on the young, at least according to George Bernard Shaw, but a skillful composer knows how to make the most of youthful talent.
Join me tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we listen to music written for young musicians, by such composers as Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Zoltán Kodály, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Robert Moran, Carl Orff, and Grace Williams.
We’ll also be visited by representatives of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, which will perform two concerts this Sunday at Kendall Hall on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, and the Princeton Girlchoir, which will appear at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton on Sunday night.
It will be a veritable fountain of youth tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I may be an old soul, but I’m also nothing if not young at heart, on Classic Ross Amico.
Benjamin Britten and his menagerie, rehearsing the chamber opera “Noye’s Fludde”
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Youth Music on the Radio This Sunday
O sweet bird of youth!
No, it’s not Tennessee Williams. Rather, it’s a full morning of music written especially for young performers.
We’ll have selections by Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Zoltán Kodály, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, William Mathias, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Robert Moran, Carl Orff, and Grace Williams, among others.
Furthermore, in the 9:00 hour, Larisa Epps will drop by from the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey. YOCJ will present two concerts this Sunday at Kendall Hall on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing. She’ll tell us a little bit about the programs and her worthwhile organization. Then at 10:00, we’ll be joined by Hilary Butler of the Princeton Girlchoir, which will appear at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton on Sunday night.
I welcome you into my sandbox, this morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Radio can certainly age you, but the music will keep you young, on Classic Ross Amico.
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