Press Releases

Dec 19, 2024

Xian Zhang conducts Holst’s The Planets with New Jersey Symphony

The Symphony will perform The Planets alongside the Montclair State University Prima Voce with accompanying images by NASA in a program that also features…

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Dec 12, 2024

Xian Zhang conducts New Jersey Symphony’s 2025 Lunar New Year Celebration

Music Director Xian Zhang will conduct the yearly tradition on January 25 at NJPAC in Newark in celebration of the Year of the Snake, featuring guest…

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Dec 11, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 Edward T. Cone Composition Institute

The New Jersey Symphony, in partnership with EarShot, a program of American Composers Orchestra, announces that it is accepting applications for the 2025…

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Dec 9, 2024

New Jersey Symphony appoints Terry D. Loftis as President & CEO

Loftis will be joining from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), where he will be finishing up his duties as the Chief Advancement and Revenue Officer…

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Dec 3, 2024

Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel with New Jersey Symphony

The longtime fan-favorite of New Jersey Symphony patrons will return to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G alongside the orchestra and guest conductor…

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Nov 26, 2024

New Jersey Symphony to present a series of holiday events across the Garden State

The orchestra will present a slate of fun holiday concerts in December and January, with notable highlights including The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert,…

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Nov 12, 2024

New Jersey Symphony returns with its holiday tradition: Handel’s Messiah

Jeannette Sorrell joins the New Jersey Symphony, vocal soloists and the Montclair State University Singers to conduct Handel’s iconic holiday classic…

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Oct 29, 2024

New Jersey Symphony presents Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

The beloved Christmas film will be performed in concert, December 5–8 in Morristown, Red Bank, Newark and New Brunswick with Constantine Kitsopoulos…

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Oct 10, 2024

Joshua Bell named New Jersey Symphony principal guest conductor, beginning in 2025–26 season

The decorated violinist and music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields will serve as the Symphony’s inaugural principal guest…

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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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