NJSO presents first ever #CelloYou | Feb 27

Sat, Feb 27

• #CelloYou offers amateur cellists full-day workshop with NJSO Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz and Associate Principal Stephen Fang
• Participants to give special Prelude Performance before NJSO concert at NJPAC in Newark

NEWARK, NJ (January 27, 2016)—The NJSO invites amateur cellists to participate in the first ever #CelloYou, an immersive daylong experience and NJSO Accent event, on Saturday, February 27, in Newark. NJSO Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz and Associate Principal Stephen Fang will coach and inspire participants in a masterclass and rehearsals. #CelloYou culminates in a special Prelude Performance at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center before the NJSO’s 8 pm concert, which features Fang in the solo role.

Repertoire will include three works transcribed for cello: Bach’s chorale “Was Ich Will, Das,” Juan del Encina’s Spanish Renaissance-era “Pues que Jamás Olvidaros” and Dvořák’s lively Mazurka, Op. 56, No. 3.

February 27 NJSO concert attendees can watch the #CelloYou Prelude Performance unfold from one of the NJPAC lobby’s many vantage points and can share their photos and comments on social media. The #CelloYou performance begins at 7 pm.

Spitz says: “The personal connections I have with fellow cellists are a big part of my artistic life. I am looking forward to sharing this opportunity with amateur cellists—it will be a fun learning experience for all, and I know participants will enjoy the thrill of giving a Prelude Performance at NJPAC.”

#CelloYou costs $130 (or $65 for college-aged or younger students). The cost includes one concert ticket for the evening’s NJSO performance. Additional concert tickets are available at a 20% discount.

Advance registration is required by Monday, February 21. Cellists can register for #CelloYou and view the full day’s schedule at www.njsymphony.org/celloyou.

Upon registration, participants will receive a link to a brief level assessment survey and can indicate their interest in playing for the masterclass. Cellists will receive sheet music with bowings and fingerings marked by email in advance.

Program and ticket information for the NJSO’s 8 pm performance of works by Dvořák, Copland and Popper is available at www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/vistas-landscapes-copland-dvorak.

This season, the NJSO presents the second annual #ChoraleYou and third annual #OrchestraYou. #ChoraleYou and OrchestraYou—which garnered national attention on NPR’s “All Things Considered”— are post-concert pro-am sessions free to ticketholders of the NJSO’s January 30 and April 8 concerts, respectively.

#CelloYou, #ChoraleYou and #OrchestraYou are NJSO Accent events sponsored by the Prudential Foundation.

 

#CelloYou Schedule of Events

1:30 pm                Check in at the Robert Treat Hotel across from NJPAC.
2–2:45 pm           Group rehearsal
2:45–3:50 pm     Sectionals
4–5 pm                 Masterclass with NJSO Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz
5:30–6 pm           Dress rehearsal
6–7 pm                 Dinner on your own
7:10–7:40 pm     #CelloYou Prelude Performance in the lobby of NJPAC
8 pm                      NJSO performs at NJPAC

 

NJSO ACCENTS

Inspired by the concerts and designed to inspire audiences, NJSO Accents are pre- or post-concert events that complement the concert experience and provide audience members with more opportunities to personally connect with the music and music makers. Learn more at www.njsymphony.org/accents.

The Prudential Foundation generously sponsors NJSO Accents in Newark.

 

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Named “a vital, artistically significant musical organization” by The Wall Street Journal, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra embodies that vitality through its statewide presence and critically acclaimed performances, education partnerships and unparalleled access to music and the Orchestra’s superb musicians.

Under the bold leadership of Music Director Jacques Lacombe, the NJSO presents classical, pops and family programs, as well as outdoor summer concerts and special events. Embracing its legacy as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO is the resident orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and regularly performs at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown and bergenPAC in Englewood. Partnerships with New Jersey arts organizations, universities and civic organizations remain a key element of the Orchestra’s statewide identity.

In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of education and community engagement programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music. Programs include school-time Concerts for Young People performances and multiple offerings—including the NJSO Youth Orchestras family of student ensembles and El Sistema-inspired NJSO CHAMPS (Character, Achievement and Music Project)—that provide and promote instrumental instruction as part of the NJSO Academy. The NJSO’s REACH (Resources for Education and Community Harmony) chamber music program annually brings original programs—designed and performed by NJSO musicians—to a variety of settings, reaching as many as 17,000 people in nearly all of New Jersey’s 21 counties.

For more information about the NJSO, visit www.njsymphony.org or email information@njsymphony.org. Tickets are available for purchase by phone 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476) or on the Orchestra’s website.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s programs are made possible in part by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with many other foundations, corporations and individual donors.

 

PRESS CONTACT

National & NYC Press Representative:

Dan Dutcher, Dan Dutcher Public Relations | 917.566.8413 | dan@dandutcherpr.com

 

Regional Press Representative:

Victoria McCabe, NJSO Communications and External Affairs | 973.735.1715 | vmccabe@njsymphony.org

 

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