John Brancy and Kara Dugan will sing with The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 13.
Dec. 5: Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Dec. 6: Chanticleer at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 6: New Jersey Festival Orchestra, “Return of the Holiday Tenors” at Westfield Presbyterian Church. David Wroe, conductor.
Dec. 6: Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, “Holiday Pops” at Republic Bank Performing Arts Center, Sewell.
Dec. 7: New Jersey Festival Orchestra, “Return of the Holiday Tenors” at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge. David Wroe, conductor.
Dec. 7: Kean University Fall Choral Concert with Kean University Treble Choir, Concert Choir, Community Chorale at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside. Rachel Carlson, diretor; Harmony Chau, piano. Program includes Bach’s Magnificat and works by Rosephanye Powell, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Claude Debussy, C. A. Pinto Fonseca.
Dec. 7: NJCU Chorale at Margaret Williams Theatre at New Jersey City University. Program includes Vivaldi’s “Gloria.”
Dec. 7: James Popik’s “Sourland Symphony,” presented by Hopewell Valley Arts Council at Hopewell Theater.
Dec. 7: Stockton Holiday Choral Concert at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. Featuring Stockton Chorale, University Chorus, Stockton Oratorio Society Community Choir and others.
Dec. 7: “Musical Holiday Tapestry: From Baroque & Medieval Melodies to Christmas Carols, Hanukkah & Sephardic Songs,” presented by Montclair Early Music at First Congregational Church, Montclair.
Dec. 8: MCCC Faculty Recital at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 9: Kean University Orchestra, conducted by Warren Cohen, at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Union. Program includes Cohen’s Concerto for Marimba/Vibraphone and String Orchestra, featuring percussionist Stephen Myers; Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major; instrumental selections from Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Armide et Renaud.
Dec. 9: MCCC Winter Choral Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 10: Théo Ould, accordion, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes works by Bach, Piazzolla, Bartók, Villa-Lobos, Rameau and others.
Dec. 11-12: William Antoniou’s “Turing” at Margaret Williams Theatre at New Jersey City University.
Dec. 12: Ridgewood Choral, “Holiday Concert” at Unitarian Society of Ridgewood.
Dec. 13: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor; Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano; John Brancy, baritone; Princeton High School Choir. Holiday Pops! program.
Dec. 13: “Galaxies of Joy: The Planets in Concert” featuring by Wharton Arts’ New Jersey Youth Symphony conducted by Helen H. Cha-Pyo at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Program includes Holst’s “The Planets.”
Dec. 13: Manhattan String Quartet, Cultural Arts Series at Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair. Program includes Mozart’s Quartet in D Major, K. 155; Arriaga’s Quartet in D Minor; Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A Minor, opus 13.
Dec. 13: Ars Musica Chorale holiday concert at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood. Program includes selections from Handel’s Messiah and works by John Rutter, David Willcocks and Ryan Brandau.
Dec. 13: Livingston Symphony Orchestra at Heritage Middle School, Livingston. “The American Symphony” program includes Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, “Romantic”; Amy Beach’s Symphony in E minor, “Gaelic.”
Dec. 13: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Rowan College of South Jersey, Cumberland. “Singing in the Holidays” featuring soprano Natalie Conte.
Dec. 13: Voices Chorale NJ, “The Gift of Being Together” at Trinity Church, Princeton. Featuring John Whittaker’s “A Garland for Christmas” and other works.
Dec. 13: Community Carol Sing at Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook. With Benjamin T. Berman, organ; Anna West Ott, guitar.
Dec. 13-14: Harmonium Choral Society at Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Kris Lamb, flute and piccolo; Michael Holak, cello; Kimberly Love, viola; John Leister, percussion; John Girvin, piano and organ. “Season of Blessings” program includes works by Andrea Clearfield, Václav Nelhýbel, Palestrina, Bach, Nunes Garcia, Carol Barnett, Alice Parker, Craig Courtney and others.
Dec. 14: “The Pipes of Christmas” at First Presbyterian Church, Summit.
Dec. 14: “The Christmas Spider,” presented by New Jersey Opera Theater at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Dec. 14: Morris Choral Society at Methodist Church on the Green, Morristown. Program includes works by Robert Shaw, Dave Brubeck, Rachmaninov and others.
Dec. 14: Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway. “Singing in the Holidays” featuring soprano Natalie Conte.
Dec. 14: Princeton Pro Musica at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Ryan James Brandau, conductor. “A Feast of Carols” program.
Dec. 14: “A Forrest Wonderland,” Tower Hill Choir Christmas Concert featuring songs by Dan Forrest, Dietrich Buxtehude, Hal Hopson, others, at Tower Hill Church, Red Bank.
Dec. 15: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, program includes Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Dec. 16: MCCC Symphonic Band Winter Concert at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 18: Vienna Boys Choir at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 19: New Jersey Symphony, “Holiday Singalong” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Sing-along of songs and carols with the Montclair State University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).
Dec. 19-20: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).
Dec. 21: New Jersey Symphony, “Handel’s Messiah” at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark. Anthony Parnther, conductor; Caitlin Gotimer, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Orson Van Gay II, tenor; Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, bass-baritone; Montclair University Singers (Heather J. Buchanan, director).
Dec. 21: Light Opera of New Jersey, “Holiday Pops Concert” at Ridge High School PAC, Basking Ridge. Jason Tramm, conductor.
Dec. 21: Monmouth Civic Chorus, “A Joyous Day” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 21: Brook Orchestra, “Holiday Pops” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook. Thomas Vacca, conductor.
Dec. 31: “Salute to Vienna” at State Theatre, New Brunswick. With Strauss Symphony of America (Nir Kabaretti, conductor); Rebecca Nelsen, soprano; Thomas Weinhappel, baritone; dancers from Europaballet St. Pölten; international champion ballroom dancers.
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