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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Closes Season With Works by Wagner, Mackey, and Tchaikovsky
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) completed its 2012-13 Princeton concert series in grand fashion on Friday night with a performance full of precision, operatic flair, and innovative musical composition. Music…
Tokyo String Quartet Bids Farewell to Princeton In Their Final Country-Wide Concert Tour
Very few chamber ensembles thrive for more than forty years, and few music organizations have the luxury of saying good-bye through music to their loyal and steadfast fans. The Tokyo…
Princeton University Orchestra, Glee Club Join to Perform Works by Poulenc and Ravel
The two works performed in the Princeton University Orchestra’s concerts this past weekend paid particular tribute to the performance’s honoree — former orchestra percussionist Stuart B. Mindlin. The music of…
Dryden Ensemble Journeys Back in Time To Music and Ambience of Versailles’ Court
Music scholars have long recognized that music is more than the notes on the page; composers write within the context of their lives and what is happening around them. The…
Princeton University Student Filmmakers Explore Housing Problems in Trenton
For the course “Documentary Film and the City,” Princeton University Urban Studies students have a ready-made laboratory less than 15 miles away: Trenton. The capital city is a gold mine…
The Westminster Opera Theater Presents Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann”
With the growth of performing opportunities at Westminster Choir College over the past years, one thing which has been missing is a proper hall in which to present non-choral performances.…
The Brentano String Quartet Presents Variety of Chamber Music in Richardson
As part of its residency at Princeton University, the Brentano String Quartet presents a public concert each semester. This semester’s performance paired light and airy music with the beautiful early…
New Jersey Symphony Brings a Bit of Vienna to Princeton
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra paid tribute to both New Jersey composers and music educators this past weekend with a concert of Classical period music—touched with a bit of 20th century…
This Year’s Concerto Winners Perform With Princeton University Orchestra
One thing the Princeton University campus has no shortage of is talented student musicians. In the second performance of concerto winners this season (winners of the 2013 Concerto Competition), the…
Princeton Pro Musica Presents French Music in University Chapel
Ryan James Brandau’s concerts with Princeton Pro Musica up to this point have been a process of adjustment — masterworks with which the ensemble is comfortable and performs well to…
