Davell Crawford will present a free children’s concert at Newark Symphony Hall, Nov. 16, as part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Below are listings for free cultural events in New Jersey. They are listed alphabetically and grouped together by county. To request adding something to the list, please email the information to njartsdaily@gmail.com.
ATLANTIC COUNTY
Longport
Nov. 19: Joel Zelnik, piano, and Francine Evans, vocals, “The Lady Swings Sinatra” at Longport Public Library.
BERGEN COUNTY
Park Ridge
Music at the Barn at Wortendyke Barn Museum
Oct. 27: Cider Barn Band
ESSEX COUNTY
Newark
Nov. 16: Davell Crawford, “WBGO Children’s Concert: A Musical Journey From New Orleans to Newark” at Newark Symphony Hall. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
New Brunswick
Nov. 3: U.S. Navy Band — Commodores Jazz Ensemble at State Theatre.
MONMOUTH COUNTY
Red Bank
Red Bank Chamber Music Society Concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank.
Oct. 27: Manhattan Chamber Players
Nov. 17: Hermitage Piano Trio and Jordan Bak, viola
April 6: Frisson Piano Trio
May 4: Ulysses Quartet
MORRIS COUNTY
Morristown
Oct. 31: “Halloween Organ Concert” featuring Jennifer Yang at Morristown United Methodist Church. Program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565.
Whippany
Oct. 23: Hanover Wind Symphony at Memorial Junior School. Zachary Solano, tuba; guest conductors Michele Hughes and Ayden Khan. “Symphonic Witticisms” program will include Randall Standridge’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Sergio Guerro’s LakeSide Melody; John Mackey’s Strange Humors; David Maslanka’s Rollo Takes a Walk; Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide (arr., Clare Grundman) and Slava! (arr., Clare Grundman); James Barnes’s Concerto for Tuba, Opus 96B, Rondo Movement III.
OCEAN COUNTY
Lavallette
Nov. 13: Joel Zelnik, piano, and Tony Corrao, vocals, “Tony Bennett & Bill Evans: The Legendary Recordings at Ocean County Library Upper Shores Branch.
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