ARTS CALENDAR

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New Jersey Symphony: Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Xian Zhang conductor Inon Barnatan piano New Jersey Symphony Stories and music together – what could be better? Kauyumari tells the tale of a joyful search for the mystical “blue deer” of long-ago Mexico. In Scheherezade, you’ll sail the seas with Arab pirates of the past. Between these glorious bookends, New Jersey Symphony favorite Inon […]

$29 – $110

New Jersey Symphony: Paquito D’Rivera with New Jersey Symphony

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor Paquito D’Rivera guest artist & co-curator Paquito D’Rivera Quintet Amber Monroe soprano New Jersey Symphony Such riches from south of the border! Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and the New Jersey Symphony have gorgeous Latin American melodies and rhythms for you. Very special guest clarinetist and co-curator Paquito D’Rivera lights up the […]

$29 – $105

New Jersey Symphony: Paquito D’Rivera with New Jersey Symphony

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Carlos Miguel Prieto conductor Paquito D’Rivera guest artist & co-curator Paquito D’Rivera Quintet Amber Monroe soprano New Jersey Symphony Such riches from south of the border! Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and the New Jersey Symphony have gorgeous Latin American melodies and rhythms for you. Very special guest clarinetist and co-curator Paquito D’Rivera lights up the […]

$29 – $105

New Jersey Symphony: The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor New Jersey Symphony The New Jersey Symphony presents Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring the complete film, with the score performed live to picture. The Muppets perform Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) and features […]

$39 – $125

New Jersey Symphony: The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor New Jersey Symphony The New Jersey Symphony presents Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring the complete film, with the score performed live to picture. The Muppets perform Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) and features […]

$39 – $125

New Jersey Symphony: A Gospel Holiday

Science Park High School 260 Norfolk Street, Newark , NJ, United States

Gregory D. McDaniel conductor New Jersey Symphony Gospel Chorus | Gwen Moten, director New Jersey Symphony Spotlighting celebrated artists from Newark and beyond, the New Jersey Symphony lauds the power of the first instrument—the human voice—with a gospel music-inspired holiday extravaganza. Come ready to sing, dance and clap along! Various / arr. Johnie Green Calypso […]

$10 – $20

New Jersey Symphony: Handel’s Messiah

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart 89 Ridge St , Newark, NJ, United States

Jeannette Sorrell conductor Sonya Headlam soprano John Holiday countertenor Ed Lyon tenor Kevin Deas bass-baritone Montclair State University Singers | Heather J. Buchanan, director New Jersey Symphony Spirits will soar at “For Unto Us a Child is Born” and the “Hallelujah Chorus” as well as the treasured arias that make Handel’s Messiah the must-hear classic […]

$29 – $105

New Jersey Symphony: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Kevin John Edusei conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano New Jersey Symphony A lightning-fast touch and richly expressive insights have made pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet internationally famous, and Ravel’s jazz-age Concerto, bursting with blues and heartbreaking melody, is Thibaudet’s signature piece. Conducted by an exciting young star in his New Jersey Symphony debut, Kevin John Edusei, this is […]

$29 – $105

New Jersey Symphony: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Kevin John Edusei conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano New Jersey Symphony A lightning-fast touch and richly expressive insights have made pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet internationally famous, and Ravel’s jazz-age Concerto, bursting with blues and heartbreaking melody, is Thibaudet’s signature piece. Conducted by an exciting young star in his New Jersey Symphony debut, Kevin John Edusei, this is […]

$29 – $105

New Jersey Symphony: 2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Xian Zhang conductor Min Kwon piano Peking University Alumni Chorus Starry Arts Children’s Chorus | Rebecca Shen, director New Jersey Symphony Join us for this evening of community and cultural exchange that is wonderful for families and children, as we celebrate the Year of the Snake. Music Director Xian Zhang, pianist Min Kwon, the Peking […]

$29 – $89

 


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