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Oct 6, 2017

5 connections between works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Kernis

Check out some interesting ways the works on the NJSO’s Oct 12–15 program are connected.

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Oct 3, 2017

NJ.com: How Xian Zhang is ‘transforming the orchestra’

"Particularly sonic music, you don't need to understand any words to get it which is why it goes above and beyond words," Zhang said.

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Oct 3, 2017

Opening Weekend quiz: Are you a Beethoven or a Berlioz?

Are you a Beethoven or a Berlioz? Take this quiz to find out.

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Oct 3, 2017

NJSO on the Street: Romantic Gestures

Inspired by Symphonie fantastique, the NJSO went to the streets of Newark to find out about the most memorable romantic gestures of people’s lives.…

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Sep 29, 2017

NJSO Chamber Players perform free Broadway program as part of Clifton Centennial Concert Series

The NJSO Chamber Players perform a free program of popular Broadway tunes from West Side Story, The Sound of Music, The Lion King and…

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Sep 29, 2017

Watch: Xian Zhang previews Opening Weekend

Symphonie fantastique sounds “so new, so modern” every time, NJSO Music Director Xian Zhang says of one of the masterworks she conducts…

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Sep 26, 2017

NJSO presents Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

The NJSO and Music Director Xian Zhang present Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, November 2–5 in Newark, Princeton and New Brunswick.

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Sep 25, 2017

Ask a Musician with NJSO Assistant Principal Viola Elzbieta Weyman

What's the difference between a violin and a viola? NJSO Assistant Principal Viola Elzbieta Weyman answers.

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Sep 21, 2017

Inside Jersey features ‘dynamic’ Xian Zhang

“A conductor is also a performer, of course, and the adjective music critics use most to describe Zhang is ‘dynamic.’”

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Sep 20, 2017

Meet José Luis Domínguez, NJSO Youth Orchestras Interim Artistic Director

Get to know José Luis Domínguez, Interim Artistic Director of the NJSO Youth Orchestras.

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