Sunday, January 11, 2004

Richard Kogan, M.D. Lecture/recital.
Music Building, The College of New Jersey, Ewing.
“Shrinking” Gershwin. Speed demon.

String quartet of NJSO members
Malcolm X. Shabazz High School, Newark
Dvorák in school.
Students and NJSO members meet

Dvorák Centenary
Billie Johnson Auditorium, Newark Museum, Newark
Fluid playing
Freedom by a Czech, style from America

Coro Lyrico
The Community Theater, Morristown
Bit twice by the same dog. Fine singing in Babylon 2.

The Ridgewood Concert Band
St. Cassian's Church, Upper Montclair
A windy Valentine's Day. A band and a "band."

New Jersey Concert Opera
First United Methodist Church, Westfield
and
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield.
Opera off the beaten (Italian) path
Two reviewers to reflect a cast difference

Opera in New Jersey
A wide view

New Jersey State Opera
Prudential Hall, Newark
Natural madness. Fine singing, fine playing

On Women composers
Speaking for the majority
Gender inclusion in composing

Opera at Florham
Community Theatre, Morristown
Seeking expressive chastity. Dealing with economic realities.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark
Classicism with the gloves off. The “Golden Age Strings” payoff.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Young Artists Auditions 20th Annual Awards Concert.
State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Everybody a winner. Popular first place.

St. John's Arts & Spirituality Initiative.  Schola Cantorum on Hudson
St. John's Episcopal Church, Montclair.
From the Orkneys to Cardiff
Scotland the Brave to Suo Gan

Conducting in the shadow of German history
The Student Conductor, a novel by Robert Ford.

Tremblay Ensemble
Community Theatre, Morristown.
Music without borders. A genial gathering.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark.
Second thoughts by others. Good ol’ Bruch tags along.

Crescent Choral Society
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield.
Choral communication. Full house for Carmina.

Juana Zayas, recital
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood.
Fire and revolution … and impish wit

Boheme Opera of New Jersey
Patriots Theater, Trenton.
Clowns at work
Singers provide smiles, too

This article originally appeared in US1
Down Under in Up Over
Kynan Johns conducts at Rutgers

The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Community Theatre, Morristown.
A choral masterwork by Masterwork
Stamina on display

Colonial Symphony Orchestra
Community Theatre, Morristown
Music with a smile. A farewell

Harmonium Choral Society
Grace Episcopal Church, Madison
Premieres galore!

Felix Hell, Organ Recital
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark
Felix Hell returns
Virtuoso visits Sacred Heart

Lauda! Chamber Singers
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Woodbury.
A Wedding of Music and Poetry

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber
Cape May Music Festival, Cape May.
Golden strings in salt air
Instruments ahead of their time

ANNOUNCEMENT
Violinist Nancy Clarke Honored
44 Year Career of Claring Chamber Players Co-Founder Celebrated

Chamber Music at Great Gorge
St. Francis de Sales Church, Vernon
Crackling excitement. Folk roots explored.

Access to Art. Mondrian Ensemble
Our Lady of the Angels R. C. Church, Cape May Court House.
Brahmsian cabala
Dvorák at his finest

Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Bristol Chapel, Princeton
Falling into obsession
Landing in destruction

Awards: recently given by the Arts Council of the Morris Area

2004 Outstanding Educator in the Arts:

2004 Outstanding Professional in the Arts

The 2004 Elaine Ehlers Arts Scholarship

Soclair Music Festival
The Barn, Soclair Brooks Farm, Lebanon.
“Tone Paintings”
Personal music

Ocean City Pops/Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale
Music Pier, Ocean City.
Ocean City’s 125th
The Pops concert a microcosm

Bay-Atlantic Symphony
Guaracini Performing Arts Center, Vineland.
Russian tale
A players’ marathon

Lyrica Chamber Orchestra
Presbyterian Church, Chatham Township.
First rate student players
An honored guest

The Morris Festival Orchestra
Community Theatre, Morristown
A Tenth Birthday. Two Tchaikovskys

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank.
Auden’s “Age” in the midst of our anxiety
American “Bs”

Westfield Symphony Orchestra
Union County Arts Center, Rahway.
War-horse deja-vu
Looking for the harpsichord

Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
Storm, Stress, and Joy
… like many a 25th annniversary

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark.
Superstar power
Is that all we want?

Rutgers Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick.
Shostakovich-Lite
Careful Mahler

Riverside Symphonia
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Lambertville.
Red Violin Fireworks, Connecting strands of meaning

Chamber Music at Great Gorge
St. Francis de Sales, Vernon.
A rare treat
Name that tune? Lotsa luck!

Princeton Pro Musica
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
On hearing great choral music
On hearing schlock

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
State Theatre, New Brunswick.
"Orpheus"-ing with a conductor present
Alchemy or familiarity?

West Jersey Chamber Symphony
Presbyterian Church, Moorestown.
Silver Anniversary
Haydn and Mozart shine again

Northern New Jersey Camerata: Inaugural Concert
Ingalls Recital Hall, Rossey Building
New Jersey City University, Jersey City.
A special Garden State crop
Seven distinct voices

The Princeton University Department of Music
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
"Call me Ishmael"

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
Not really a trick …
but certainly a treat

Plainfield Symphony
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield.
An attractive little-known work
A hairy experience

Murray Colosimo (clarinet), Barbara Stein Mallow (cello),
and Elizabeth Martyn (piano)
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood.
Shades of color
Different romanticisms

Colonial Symphony
Community Theatre, Morristown.
"I would play Mozart"
Classicism: original and neo

Laura George (flute), Sándor Szabó (piano
Glen Ridge Congregational Church, Glen Ridge.
Premiere of a flute sonata
and a memory of the artist's father

Patricia Davila (flute, piccolo, alto flute), Elaine Christy (harp)
"Hear for a Reason"
Unitarian Society, Ridgewood.
Variety of style and color
But do they play weddings?

Westfield Symphony Orchestra
Presbyterian Church, Westfield.
A Platonic relationship
From girl to young woman

Oratorio Society of New Jersey
Union Congregational Church, Upper Montclair.
A trinity of Glorias
Orchestral technique leads a chorus

Summit Chorale
The Presbyterian Church of Madison.
A new conductor, a solid start
A wide variety of musics

Claring Chamber Players
Unitarian Society, Montclair.
Life and death
Remembrance

CDs for the Gift Season: Tapping toes, teary eyes
Ronald Naldi (tenor).
Torna a Surriento, Neapolitan and Italian Songs, Vol. II.

Madison String Quartet
Dreaming in America about America

New Jersey Symphony
Prudential Hall, Newark.
Frodo hidden within an epic soundscape
Elvish spoken in Montclair and Newark

The Colonial Symphony
Community Theater, Morristown.
Two from the NY Phil
Lightness and escitement

Christmas Remembered
Nationalisms and Christmas
All-American Scots and Germans

Rutgers Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick.
The Rite of Fall
Morozov's fiery Prokofiev

Mostly Music
Temple Emanu-El, Westfield.
Bach in all his glory
Six for two

American Boychoir
Princeton University Chapel, Princeton.
"Angelic" Christmas concert
Lessons beyond the Biblical and carols not all standard