Taste the lash, and prepare to be keelhauled!  Stand tall against tyrannical sea captains, with selections from “The Sea Wolf” (Erich Wolfgang Korngold), “Moby Dick” (Philip Sainton), “The Caine Mutiny” (Max Steiner), and “Mutiny on the Bounty” (Bronislau Kaper).  Strawberries will be pilfered and arms distributed among the crew, this Saturday at 6 pm.

Following a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra welcomed four emerging composers for its week-long Cone Composition Institute in mid-July, offering each an opportunity to work on one of their compositions with musicians, composer and Institute Director Steven Mackey and this year's conductor Ludovic Morlot. But perhaps as important as any of that this year was simply the chance to return to gather in person and to hear their works being performed after more than a year of shut-downs.

Following a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra welcomed four emerging composers for its week-long Cone Composition Institute in mid-July, offering each an opportunity to work on one of their compositions with musicians, composer and Institute Director Steven Mackey and this year's conductor Ludovic Morlot. But perhaps as important as any of that this year was simply the chance to return to gather in person and to hear their works being performed after more than a year of shut-downs.