Community Calendar

Hugh Wolff conductor
Richard Goode piano
New Jersey Symphony

The powerful and expressive Egmont Overture distills all of Beethoven’s musical hallmarks—storminess, heroism, triumph—into eight minutes. Hear classical pianist Richard Goode’s effortless artistry in the regalest of Mozart’s concertos. With Aaron Jay Kernis’ Second Symphony, former Music Director Hugh Wolff returns to a work he premiered with the Symphony back in 1992. La Valse is one Ravel’s most intense and colorful works; originally composed as a series of waltzes for the piano, it is now most often heard as an orchestral piece.

Beethoven Egmont Overture
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25
Aaron Jay Kernis Symphony No. 2
Ravel La Valse

The Dessoff Choirs ushers in the winter solstice with a concert featuring John Tavener's Mother and Child, along with seasonal repertoire and contemporary arrangements of carols. Welcome Yule is the perfect way to shepherd you into the holiday spirit.

The Pennsbury Community Chorus with music director Lindsey Strauss and accompanist Joshua Suslak presents its 23rd annual Winter Concert, featuring James Whitbourn's Missa Carolae and Daniel Pinkham's Christmas Cantata, on Friday, December 9th at 7:30 PM in Pennsbury High School West's Keller Hall (608 S. Olds Blvd. Fairless Hills). Tickets are $15 adults, $10 senior citizens, and $5 students, and are available at the door or through a PCC member.

Sprinkle your holiday season with the all-vocal magic of Rockapella! With buckets of catchy original Pop songs, and complete contemporary revisions of sparkling Motown, Pop, and Soul classics, this a capella group has been the one to watch since it formed in 1986. Rockapella may best be remembered as the vocal house band and resident comedy troupe on the PBS children’s geography game show “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”

Dan Wilkins (sax) leads Horizons Quartet featuring Byron Landham (d) & Gene Perla (b). New room for Flemingotn DIY. cool vibe all ages welcomed

On Sunday, December 11 at 3:45 pm the choirs and friends of Church of the Advent and Cape May Presbyterian Church along with the Joyful Ringers English Handbell Choir, will join to offer the traditional Festival of Lessons and Carols at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Washington and Franklin Streets in Cape May. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall. The choirs are led by Carol Obligado of Cape May who is the organist and choir director for both congregations.

The Festival of Lessons and Carols follows a very old format from England with readings that recount the prophesies and then tell the story of the birth of Jesus. Between each of the readings are anthems and carols for the choir and the congregation. According to Carol Obligado “No matter how you celebrate Christmas, this is a wonderful way to be ready for the day, listening to the stories and hearing and singing the traditional music of the holiday.”

For more information and handicap access details call the church at 609-884-3065.

The Dessoff Choirs ushers in the winter solstice with a concert featuring John Tavener's Mother and Child, along with seasonal repertoire and contemporary arrangements of carols. Welcome Yule is the perfect way to shepherd you into the holiday spirit.

Favorite movements of Handel's Messiah, the Christmas music of J.S.Bach, and selections from Margaret Bonds' Ballad of the Brown King and her Go Tell It on the Mountain, embedded in a medley of your favorite Christmas carols and holiday songs in our Artistic Director's sumptuous, sparkling choral-orchestra arrangements. Truly a feast for the ears, this holiday concert will fill you with the warmth and joy of the season.

Join the NJYS Youth Symphony under the baton of Helen H. Cha-Pyo at UCPAC for a festive holiday concert featuring special guests romantic guitarist and multi-platinum award-winning artist Francis Goya with over 8 million records sold worldwide; Tim Egan, soprano saxophone; and Carolina Jaurena and Juan Alessandrini, tango dancers. It’s sure to be a dazzling holiday event and fun for the entire family!

Featuring works by Astor Piazzola, Arturo Márquez, Francis Goya, and Leroy Anderson. Special meet and greet with Francis Goya after the concert!

$20/Adults, $15/Students & Seniors
Family Bundle: 5 Tickets for $50

2022-2023 Season: NJYS Youth Symphony Signatures Concerts
A Confluence of Music, Dance and Story Beyond Cultural Boundaries
Community celebrations often consist of music, dance, and conversation, where people share the joy and the angst of life that is universal to the human experience no matter who we are and where we come from. NJYS Youth Symphony under the baton of Helen H. Cha-Pyo, is excited to explore a variety of dance rhythms across the world through symphonic music and share the stories behind them with our audiences.

Winterlight! will have a British flare as it features selections from Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, plus works by internationally acclaimed jazz composer, Will Todd: Bring Light, A Boy was Born and three jazz carols. Adding to the specialness of the event, Todd will join VCNJ in concert. Rounding out the program, diverse songs capturing the joyful spirit and reflection of the winter holiday season, including, We Are Where the Light Begins. The luminous text by Jan Richardson reminds the listener that the little kindnesses we can show to others every day radiate to bring light to all of humanity.