Category: Music

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ENCOURAGES CAREERS IN MUSIC

By Mabel Pais Wharton Arts, New Jersey’s largest non-profit community performing arts education center, awards the George Marriner Maull Careers…

SWING TO THE ‘RHYTHMS OF INDIA’ WITH WYNTON MARSALIS & JLCO

By Mabel Pais ‘Jazz at Lincoln Center’ closes out its 2023-24 concert season – a year-long celebration of community –…

BEETHOVEN’S THIRD SYMPHONY BREAKS RULES FORGING A NEW FUTURE FOR THE SYMPHONIC FORM

By Mabel Pais The New Jersey Symphony presents Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, May 16-19, 2024 at locations in New Jersey.…

EXPLORE THE BLISS OF “TISRA” AT NJPAC

By Mabel Pais Experience the richness, depth and joy of Indian classical music with Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan and Debopriya…

WITNESS LUKE SKYWALKER IN FINAL CLIMACTIC DUEL IN LIVE-TO-FILM CONCERT

By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in…

XIAN ZHANG CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY’S BELOVED FIFTH SYMPHONY

By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in…

DC ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FEST RETURNS IN A CRUCIAL YEAR

By Mabel Pais The DC (District of Columbia) Environmental Film Festival returns to theaters in a crucial year. With a…

CELEBRATE ST. PADDY’S DAY WITH TRINITY DANCE FEMALE EMPOWERMENT

By Mabel Pais Spend St. Paddy’s Day at NJPAC? The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes the Trinity Irish…

RED BARAAT USHERS IN THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS

By Mabel Pais “This year’s ‘discovery’ [WOMAD UK Festival], though, was Red Baraat, a cacophonous bhangra funk band from Brooklyn.…

HOMAGE TO LEGACY OF USTAD VILAYAT KHAN

By Mabel Pais To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan, an evening of musical remembrance and…

NJS BRINGS US ORFF’S CHORAL MASTERPIECE

Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in six…

‘GODDESS OF MELODY’ YUNGCHEN PERFORMS  ‘ONE DROP OF KINDNESS’

By Mabel Pais “We have been lucky to work with Yungchen’s wonderful voice and music, which encapsulate the spirit, understanding…

NJS PAYS RESPECT TO QUEEN OF SOUL

By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in…

REVEL IN THE MEMORY OF SONGS OF TWO ICONS

By Mabel Pais “If I'm the duke, man, Peggy Lee is the queen,” decreed Duke Ellington. “I consider her as…

WARM UP THIS WINTER WITH GRAMMY® AWARD WINNING VIOLINIST & MORE

By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in…

CELEBRATE THE JOY OF MUSIC  WITH FIVE CHOIRS

By Mabel Pais Nearly two hundred choristers in the New Jersey Youth Chorus (NJYC) present a Winter Concert on Sunday,…

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FINALISTS COMPETE FOR COVETED SASSY AWARDS

By Mabel Pais As part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival (November 3-19), and closing the Fest, the top…

HOLIDAY CLASSIC TRADITIONS STAY WITH NJS IN NJ

By Mabel Pais SYMPHONY CONCERT WITH JOSHUA BELL Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell joins the New Jersey Symphony in concert…

LITERARY FEST IN BIG APPLE ASSURES RENAISSANCE WEEKEND

By Mabel Pais Over 60 writers and poets light up New York City to celebrate the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC.us)…

EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF SPIRITUAL MUSIC IN “SINGING TOGETHER”

By Mabel Pais The World Music Institute, as part of its Collaboration Series, presents ‘Singing Together,’ a qawwali and gospel…

NJ SYMPHONY RINGS IN NEW SEASON

By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in…

SPEND AN AFTERNOON WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN?

By Mabel Pais Itzhak Perlman has established himself as a cultural icon and world’s reigning violin virtuoso, a status rarely…

WHARTON ARTS USHERS IN NEW SEASON

By Mabel Pais Wharton Arts’ new season presents the first Salon Series concert featuring Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano, and Ryan Bridge,…

‘LOVE IN EXILE’ TEAM GIVES US A SNEAK PEAK INTO THEIR RECORD

By Mabel Pais (‘Love in Exile’ is a project) "manifestation in musical telepathy" - NPR. Do you want to get…

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT “SASSY AWARD” WINNER?

By Mabel Pais The search is on for the next great jazz singers! The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)…

‘SHAKTI’ MUSIC ENSEMBLE GRACES NEW JERSEY ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

By Mabel Pais SHAKTI IS BACK! ‘Shakti’,  the revolutionary world music ensemble continues to discover and explore the musical common…

CELEBRATE INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE & MORE WITH BATTERY DANCE NYC

By Mabel Pais Performances by Aliyah Banerjee & Shashank Iswara (TX), Taraana, NYC Premiere Samanvita Kasthuri (MO), Krtaghna, NYC Premiere…

CELEBRATE INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE WITH THE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

By Mabel Pais The IAAC Festival of Indian Music takes place for the 2nd year on three incredibly mesmerizing days…

JAZZ @ LINCOLN CENTER, LCPA WELCOME MAHINDRA BLUES SPECIAL

By Mabel Pais The Mahindra Blues Festival, situated in an iconic 70-year-old Bollywood Studio, is held annually in Mumbai, India…