.Metro Lyric Opera
Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park
The Count Gets His Gal: Reasons to be suspicious of music teachers

Garrett Lakes Arts Festival. Deep Creek Symphony
Garrett College, McHenry, Maryland
Nuanced playing by Deep Creek Symphony
(a.k.a Westfield Symphony Orchestra - mostly)
Stark contrasts

Garrett Lakes Arts Festival
Garrett College, McHenry, Maryland
A little dynamo A fond farewell

Obituary
In Memoriam Theodore Lettvin

Bay-Atlantic Symphony
Guaracini PAC, Cumberland County College, Vineland
Soloist to section player. In the wake of Isabel.

OPINION
By Paul M. Somers
On not being stuck in one place. Slimming down.

COMMENTARY
On being a concert companion
What gains the interest of youngsters?

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Wilkins Theatre, Kean University, Union
Crouching Tiger, Hidden film score
Fishing in Snow and Stars and Stripes

Ridge Light Opera
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Basking Ridge
Comedy central. Operetta and Broadway

Affiliate Artist Program
Wilkins Theater, Kean University, Union
A place worth being affiliated with
English music from Americans

COMMENTARY
By Laurie Tema-Lyn
VOICES, Hamlisch, Pittsburgh, and Mountain Laurel Center

Teatro Lirico d'Europa.
State Theatre, New Brunswick
Lust in New Brunswick. Unfortunately 'topless'

Rutgers University Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick
Rutgers welcomes a newcomer
Peter Sculthorpe's music introduced

Arbor Chamber Music Society
Presbyterian Church, Westfield
- also presented at the Burgdorff Cultural Center, Maplewood
Hurtling along. Lyric ensemble

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Patriots Theater, War Memorial, Trenton
Scratching the Shakespearean surface. Nicholas McGegan visits

I Musici de Montréal
Koslowski Hall, Seton Hall University, South Orange
Of hands visible and invisible Dons Juan and Quixote
meet in Finland (and South Orange)

NJPAC Underground Performance Series
Lucent Technologies Center for Arts Education, Newark
Islands outside the stream. On being one's own pilot.

Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo
Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick
Islands outside the stream. On being one's own pilot.

Colonial Symphony
Community Theatre, Morristown
The apex of Mozart The nadir of Archangelo Corelli

West Jersey Chamber Symphony
First Presbyterian Church, Moorestown.
Light and space. Oh those nicknames!

Lyrica
St Peter's Episcopal Church, Mountain Lakes
Schubertiad. Singing and playing

The Cathedral Brass & Percussion Ensemble
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark
Sonic ambience. What an organ! What brass!

Chamber Music at Great Gorge
St. Francis de Sales Church, Vernon
Superior ensemble. An intergenerational audience

New Philharmonic of New Jersey
Community Theatre, Morristown
A young man's music. Joy and sadness expressed

Monmouth Symphony Orchestra
Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank
'Indianism' in Red Bank. Programming historic American music.

Boheme Opera of New Jersey, Boheme Opera Orchestra
and Chorus, and members of the Passaggio Youth Corale
Patriots Theatre at the War Memorial, Trenton
Carmen appeals again. A Richard Strauss recommendation

Westfield Symphony Orchestra
Presbyterian Church, Westfield
Satisfyingly bourgeois Who's on the podium?

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Leading with Liszt, Shleynenkov returns to the State Theatre

Oratorio Society of New Jersey
Union Congregational Church, Upper Montclair
Rare Requiem. Psalms sung with transparency.

Crescent Choral Society
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield.
Gloria, Gloria. Poulenc, Rutter

Anthony Newman (organ)
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark
Little-known little Bach. Miniatures in a large space.

Claring Chamber Players
Unitarian Church, Montclair
Personal romanticism. Haydn and Dvorák a calming influence

Mostly Music
Temple Emanu-El, Westfield
Two full houses. Beethoven still a big draw

High Mountain Symphony. Family Concert
Shea Center, William Paterson University, Wayne
Kids at High Mountain Hands-on music

Colonial Symphony
Community Theatre, Morristown
Wide expressive range
An insomniac hears a goldfinch at dawn

Thurnauer Chamber Music Society
Eric Brown Theater, JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly.
Mature composing, mature artistry. A high-level faculty on display.

Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Community Theater, Morristown
This year's Messiah. Clarity and consistency.

Antioch Chamber Ensemble
Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit
Welcome to New Jersey. Choral variety sung very well.
An Antioch Christmas.