Chris Komer
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The New Jersey Symphony Presents SYMPHONY STARS (Feb 24, 2023)
New Jersey Symphony Closes Season With World Premieres By DBR And 4 Jazz Composers; Dworkin's American Rhapsody (Jun 3, 2022)
New Jersey Symphony Announces 2022–23 Centennial Season, Extends Xian Zhang's Contract (Mar 11, 2022)
The New Jersey Symphony Presents SYMPHONY STARS (Feb 24, 2023)
New Jersey Symphony Closes Season With World Premieres By DBR And 4 Jazz Composers; Dworkin's American Rhapsody (Jun 3, 2022)
New Jersey Symphony Announces 2022–23 Centennial Season, Extends Xian Zhang's Contract (Mar 11, 2022)
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The New Jersey Symphony Presents SYMPHONY STARS
The New Jersey Symphony presents New Jersey Symphony Stars featuring five of the orchestra's resident musicians – Eric Wyrick, Ha Young Jung, Chris Komer, Garth Greenup and Nayoung Baek led by Music Director Xian Zhang.
The New Jersey Symphony presents New Jersey Symphony Stars featuring five of the orchestra's resident musicians – Eric Wyrick, Ha Young Jung, Chris Komer, Garth Greenup and Nayoung Baek led by Music Director Xian Zhang.
New Jersey Symphony Closes Season With World Premieres By DBR And 4 Jazz Composers; Dworkin's American Rhapsody
The New Jersey Symphony's 2021–22 season finale features the world premieres of a pair of Symphony commissions—an innovative concerto for Principal Horn Chris Komer and jazz trio with movements by four leading jazz composers, and a work by Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. Poetjournalist Aaron Dworkin performs his The American Rhapsody: Symphonic Variations on an African Air with music by Coleridge-Taylor. Music Director Xian Zhang conducts.
The New Jersey Symphony's 2021–22 season finale features the world premieres of a pair of Symphony commissions—an innovative concerto for Principal Horn Chris Komer and jazz trio with movements by four leading jazz composers, and a work by Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain. Poetjournalist Aaron Dworkin performs his The American Rhapsody: Symphonic Variations on an African Air with music by Coleridge-Taylor. Music Director Xian Zhang conducts.
New Jersey Symphony Announces 2022â€"23 Centennial Season, Extends Xian Zhang's Contract
The New Jersey Symphony and Music Director Xian Zhang announce the Symphony's landmark 2022–23 centennial season—and an extension of Zhang's music director contract through the 2027–28 season.
The New Jersey Symphony and Music Director Xian Zhang announce the Symphony's landmark 2022–23 centennial season—and an extension of Zhang's music director contract through the 2027–28 season.
Tickets On Sale For New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2021â€"22 Season
Tickets for all concerts in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2021–22 season are available starting today as part of Compose Your Own series packages, through which patrons can select three or more mainstage concerts at any of the NJSO's venues and save.
Tickets for all concerts in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2021–22 season are available starting today as part of Compose Your Own series packages, through which patrons can select three or more mainstage concerts at any of the NJSO's venues and save.
NJSO Launches Interactive Planets Video Adventure
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has launched an interactive video adventure to explore the planets—and Gustav Holst's The Planets—in a virtual experience designed for young music lovers and space enthusiasts and enjoyable for audiences of all ages.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has launched an interactive video adventure to explore the planets—and Gustav Holst's The Planets—in a virtual experience designed for young music lovers and space enthusiasts and enjoyable for audiences of all ages.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Announces 2021â€"22 Season
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang have announced the Orchestra’s 2021–22 classical season and return to mainstage concerts after pandemic-related cancelations.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang have announced the Orchestra’s 2021–22 classical season and return to mainstage concerts after pandemic-related cancelations.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang Have Announced 2020â€"21 Season
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang have announced the Orchestra's 2020-21 season. Classical highlights include a Winter Festival featuring works by Gershwin and other luminary composers who blend classical and popular traditions; performances of commissions from Tyshawn Sorey, Thomas Adès and a quartet of jazz composers; a continuing celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday; return engagements by violin superstars Joshua Bell and Jennifer Koh and solo performances by multiple NJSO musicians.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang have announced the Orchestra's 2020-21 season. Classical highlights include a Winter Festival featuring works by Gershwin and other luminary composers who blend classical and popular traditions; performances of commissions from Tyshawn Sorey, Thomas Adès and a quartet of jazz composers; a continuing celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday; return engagements by violin superstars Joshua Bell and Jennifer Koh and solo performances by multiple NJSO musicians.
NJSO Chamber Players To Perform Contemporary Works Curated By Juri Seo At Princeton University
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform a concert of contemporary chamber and solo works in the Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room at Princeton University's new Lewis Arts Complex on May 13 at 8 pm
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform a concert of contemporary chamber and solo works in the Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room at Princeton University's new Lewis Arts Complex on May 13 at 8 pm
NJSO Presents DvoraK's Cello Concerto, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and the NJSO premiere of Schumann's Konzertstuck for Four Horns, March 22-24. Music Director Xian Zhang conducts.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and the NJSO premiere of Schumann's Konzertstuck for Four Horns, March 22-24. Music Director Xian Zhang conducts.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Presents Bach's Complete Brandenburg Concertos
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Bach's complete Brandenburg Concertos May 17–20 in Newark, Princeton, Red Bank and New Brunswick. Concertmaster Eric Wyrick explores performance practices from Baroque to contemporary as he leads his colleagues. NJSO musicians perform solo roles in the six concertos, each of which is scored for a different combination of instruments.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Bach's complete Brandenburg Concertos May 17–20 in Newark, Princeton, Red Bank and New Brunswick. Concertmaster Eric Wyrick explores performance practices from Baroque to contemporary as he leads his colleagues. NJSO musicians perform solo roles in the six concertos, each of which is scored for a different combination of instruments.
NJSO Announces 2018-19 Season
"Music speaks" in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2018-19 season, announced today by the Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang. Classical, pops and family offerings feature works that bring to life great stories, poems and speeches, from Kate Whitley's Malala Yousafzai-inspired Speak Out to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to sarod master Amjad Ali Khan's Samaagam to Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Mary Poppins performed live to picture.
"Music speaks" in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2018-19 season, announced today by the Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang. Classical, pops and family offerings feature works that bring to life great stories, poems and speeches, from Kate Whitley's Malala Yousafzai-inspired Speak Out to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to sarod master Amjad Ali Khan's Samaagam to Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Mary Poppins performed live to picture.
NJSO And Pinchas Zukerman Present 2017 Winter Festival, 1/13
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra welcomes legendary violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman for its three-concert 2017 Winter Festival in January at all six NJSO venues across the state. Serving as the festival's Artistic Director, Zukerman solos in some of the violin repertoire's most prized works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Bach.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra welcomes legendary violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman for its three-concert 2017 Winter Festival in January at all six NJSO venues across the state. Serving as the festival's Artistic Director, Zukerman solos in some of the violin repertoire's most prized works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Bach.
Bassist/Composer Robert Sabin's New Tentet CD 'Humanity Part II' Out Today
For his bewitching new album 'Humanity Part II,' bassist, composer, and film music aficionado Robert Sabin assembled a brass-heavy tentet in service of a dark, glacial, cinematic sound. The CD, Sabin's third in ten years, will be released on his Ranula Music label today, July 14.
For his bewitching new album 'Humanity Part II,' bassist, composer, and film music aficionado Robert Sabin assembled a brass-heavy tentet in service of a dark, glacial, cinematic sound. The CD, Sabin's third in ten years, will be released on his Ranula Music label today, July 14.
Bassist/Composer Robert Sabin's New Tentet CD 'Humanity Part II' Out 7/14
For his bewitching new album 'Humanity Part II,' bassist, composer, and film music aficionado Robert Sabin assembled a brass-heavy tentet in service of a dark, glacial, cinematic sound
For his bewitching new album 'Humanity Part II,' bassist, composer, and film music aficionado Robert Sabin assembled a brass-heavy tentet in service of a dark, glacial, cinematic sound
Jamie Baum Septet Plays 'All Things Project Concert Series,' 5/14
The All Things Project Concert Series will feature the Jamie Baum Septet next month at 269 Bleecker Street (between 6th & 7th Ave), NYC. The concerts will be on Friday, May 14 at 7:30PM and 9PM. For more information or tickets please call 212.691.1770 or visit www.allthingsproject.net.
The All Things Project Concert Series will feature the Jamie Baum Septet next month at 269 Bleecker Street (between 6th & 7th Ave), NYC. The concerts will be on Friday, May 14 at 7:30PM and 9PM. For more information or tickets please call 212.691.1770 or visit www.allthingsproject.net.
Jamie Baum Septet Plays 'All Things Project Concert Series,' 5/14
The All Things Project Concert Series will feature the Jamie Baum Septet next month at 269 Bleecker Street (between 6th & 7th Ave), NYC. The concerts will be on Friday, May 14 at 7:30PM and 9PM. For more information or tickets please call 212.691.1770 or visit www.allthingsproject.net.
The All Things Project Concert Series will feature the Jamie Baum Septet next month at 269 Bleecker Street (between 6th & 7th Ave), NYC. The concerts will be on Friday, May 14 at 7:30PM and 9PM. For more information or tickets please call 212.691.1770 or visit www.allthingsproject.net.
Upcoming Gigs Announced for Jamie Baum in Canada, NYC and Portugal
Jamie Baum has announced upcoming gigs in Canada, New York, and Portugal.
Jamie Baum has announced upcoming gigs in Canada, New York, and Portugal.
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates in NYC and Portugal.
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates in NYC and Portugal.
Upcoming Gigs Announced for Jamie Baum in Canada, NYC and Portugal
Jamie Baum has announced upcoming gigs in Canada, New York, and Portugal.
Jamie Baum has announced upcoming gigs in Canada, New York, and Portugal.
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates in NYC and Portugal.
Jamie Baum Septet Announces Upcoming Concert Dates in NYC and Portugal.
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