New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Name that tune?
Uncovering lost masterworks

"English Viola Romances."
Brett Deubner (viola) with Barbara Ann Biggers (harp) and Andrew Lamy (clarinet). Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies In English Folksong; Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale; Benjamin
Britten: Elegie; Sir Arnold Bax: Fantasy Suite.

"Viola Dreams."
Brett Deubner (viola) with Gary Kirkpatrick (piano). Sulchan Zinzadse; Georgian Dance; Dmitri Kabalevsky; Improvisation on Film Music to "A Night In Saint Petersburg"; Bohuslav Martinu; Sonata no. 1; Gabriel Faure: Apres un reve; Franz Liszt: Romance Oublieé; Paul Hindemith: Sonata op. 25, no. 4; Modest Mussorgsky: Tears; Constantin Dimetrescu: Village Dance; Johannes Brahms: Sonata, op. 120, no. 2 In E-flat.

Coro Lirico
First Baptist Church, Morristown.
Multi-lingual evening
A chorus with a mission

Richard Kogan, M.D. (pianist/lecturer)
Music Building Theater, The College of New Jersey, Ewing.
Analysis of a depressive
Dr. Kogan reveals Tchaikovsky's inner life.

Neeme Järvi's first season
Caution the byword

Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark.
Northern Lights Festival III
Between Mahler and Ives

Northern Lights Festival IV
Music for the whole performer

Northern Lights Festival V
Astonishment

Student view of the Northern Lights Festival
NJSO Interplay: "Sibelius and Finland"

Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey
Presbyterian Church, Madison.
Operatic laughs
A word about product placement

Colonial Symphony Orchestra
Community Theater, Morristown.
Fire on the podium
Fire from the bandoneón

Alexander Kasser Theater
Mini-NJPAC
Walter Hautzig, piano
Montclair State University.

Saturday, February 5, 2005
and
Saturday, April 9, 2005

Westfield Symphony Orchestra
Presbyterian Church, Westfield.
A New Work
Some New Artists

Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra
Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center, Marlton.
Not often enough performed
Romantic Gems

Lyrica Chamber Music
Presbyterian Church, Chatham Township.
Valentine's bouquet
Pop and classical borderlands

New Jersey State Opera
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Victoria Theater, NJPAC, Newark.
Vocal yin and yang
Barber still the funniest opera

Riverside Symphonia Chamber Players
Presbyterian Church, Lambertville
Harp groupies and Francophiles
A Brahms masterpiece

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
State Theatre, New Brunswick.
An all-Russian program breaks out . . .
. . . replete with "Siberian" snow

VOICES Chorale
Presbyterian Church, Pennington
Spirited singing
A "Cyclopean" instrument and a witch

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Bergen PAC, Englewood
Prokofiev at His Hidden Best
An Almost Symphony

Ivan Moravec (piano)
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
A Master returns to Princeton
Restraint displayed

Ionisation New Music Ensemble
United Methodist Church, Red Bank.
New ensemble and new plans
Contemporary music in Red Bank

Saturday, June 11, 2005

... with guests Elaine Douvas (oboe), Daniel Shelly (bassoon) and Scott Brubaker (horn)
The Palisades Virtuosi concerts are ...

John Lampkin

The New Philharmonic of New Jersey
Community Theatre, Morristown.
Young cellist with impressive credentials
Sweeping Schubert

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark
A "Caribbean" premiere
Mystical Trinidad

Paul M. Somers

Montclair State University.
Harry Partch: 'dipus. Newband
Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair.
Complex 'dipus
In a Partched landscape

I've been reading with interest the ongoing
debate on the death of classical music.

Sejong Soloists
Community Theater of Morristown.
Outrageous Haydn
Conductorless young professionals

Montclair State University.
McEachern Recital Hall, Montclair
Janet Somers (flute), with Dmitri Korneev
(piano) and Koren Cowgill (mezzo-soprano)
All-New Jersey composers.
Homegrown music
Composers support each other

Morristown United Methodist Church Chancel Chorus
United Methodist Church, Morristown
Coming full circle
An affirming Requiem

Pro Arte Chorale
Community Church of Glen Rock
Mostly Shakespeare …
… as you like it

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA.
MSU's Robert Aldridge goes left coast
David Singer in Lalaland

Colonial Symphony
Community Theatre, Morristown
Colonial's Usual Interesting Programming
Farewell to Yehuda Gilad

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Prudential Hall, Newark
The vivacious Järvi fils
Kalichstein works his magic

The New Philharmonic of New Jersey
Community Theatre, Morristown
Fresh Beethoven
Searching For Connections

North Jersey Bach Festival
...to the Classical New Jersey Society members
on the North Jersey Bach Festival, 2005

Editor's Comment

What is American?
Seeking the Elusive

Commentary

Morris Choral Society & Orchestra
Saint Mary's Abbey, Morristown.
A Saint and a Patriot
2nd and 18th centuries as sources

Tuesday, May 24, 2005
through
Saturday, June 18, 2005

Cape May Music Festival - 2005

Tuesday Chamber Music Concerts by
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
and
New York Chamber Ensemble
Episcopal Church of the Advent, Cape May

Thursday/Saturday Evening
Bay-Atlantic Symphony Concerts
Convention Hall, Cape May.
For the 16th year Cape May added its music festival
to the usual Victoriana-by-the-Sea ambience.

New Jersey State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Prudential Hall, NJPAC, Newark
By the light of the fire
Some mighty fine singing

Chamber Music at Great Gorge
St. Francis de Sales, Vernon.
A journey in sound
"Praise music" in a Nazi Stalag

Nous Theatre Presents - Inaugural Concert
Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey
Nous Theatre, Blairstown.
Nous Theatre opens
Mozart Requiem reorchestrated

American String Teachers Association (NJ)
and
Kean University Music Department
Shanghai String Quartet
Wilkins Theater, Kean University, Union.
Students (and others) hear transparency
"Probing" left to internists

Midday Artist Series - William Paterson University
Two cover for eight
Confidence without arrogance

Mostly Music
F irst United Methodist Church, Westfield
By Star turn, (as usual)
Less-known Beethoven and Dohnanyi

The Philadelphia Virtuosi
The Miller Theater, Columbia Univeristy, New York City
Bad Boy not so "bad"
Antheil sans mechanique

Boheme Opera
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
A grand Aida.
Hold the elephants

The Tremblay Ensemble
Presbyterian Church on the Green, Morristown.
By A Messiaen celebration
Musical crystal and birds

New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera
Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood
L'Elisir d'amoure as "reality" show
Finely drawn performances

Summit Chorale
Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church, New Providence
A need for substance
Pelted by Fred Waring

Colonial Symphony
Community Theatre, Morristown
Hostetter takes over
Energy and enthusiasm

Rutgers Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick
Pianist and hornist in the solo spot
Mahler at the highest level

The New Philharmonic of New Jersey
Community Theatre, Morristown
Mozart for warmth
And Mozart for Mozart

Harmonium Choral Society
Church of the Redeemer, Morristown.
Wisdom
Diversity

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey PAC, Holiday Concert
Prudential Hall, Newark
Personality
Love, money, and cheers