NJSO hosts College Night March 1 at NJPAC

NEWARK, NJ (February 15, 2013)—The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will host College Night on Friday, March 1, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. A special $10 student ticket includes entrance to the Orchestra’s Pictures at an Exhibition concert and a post-concert all-student party with light refreshments and live entertainment provided by student musicians and performing groups from various New Jersey colleges and universities.

The NJSO will provide free round-trip bus transportation to the concert from select New Jersey college campuses. Pick-up times and locations are posted at www.njsymphony.org/college; the site will be updated as additional buses become available.

The Orchestra has set aside a block of tickets as Tweet Seats, from which college students can post live concert commentary on social media. The NJSO (@NJSymphony) will tweet live program notes during the performance.

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is the centerpiece of a concert program of Russian and French Romantic music. NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick makes his annual solo appearance with the Orchestra, performing Chausson’s Poème and Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. The program also includes Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (with a theme famously adapted as the song “Stranger in Paradise” from Kismet and later sampled in hip-hop tracks and video game scores); Eugene Tzigane conducts.

NJSO Music Director Jacques Lacombe says of Wyrick: “Eric is really a top violinist, and we are very lucky to have him as our concertmaster. He has the qualities of both a soloist and a chamber musician, which is very rare to find. He has such clear vision and instincts, and whenever he solos with the NJSO he really brings the Orchestra with him.”

The March 1 performance at NJPAC begins at 8 pm; a pre-concert Classical Conversation about the music with conductor Eugene Tzigane begins at 7 pm.

For more information on College Night, visit www.njsymphony.org/college.

TICKETS

College Night student tickets are $10 and include the concert and a post-concert party. Regular concert tickets start at $20. Student tickets are available for purchase online at www.njsymphony.org/college or by phone at 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476); Tweet Seats are available by phone only.

College students interested in performing at the post-concert party can contact Rebecca Ludkiewicz, Marketing and Social Media Manager, at rludkiewicz@njsymphony.org or 973.735.1716.