Community Calendar

On Wednesday, April 1, 11:30AM, All Saints' Church is pleased to invite you to a Holy Week musical meditation, featuring music director, Kevin O'Malia, musically walking us through the Passion and the spirituality of this sacred time. Organ works of J.S. Bach, César Franck, Florence Price, and Jessica French will comprise this 30 minute program. A light soup lunch follows in the Woodlands Room. This meditation is at no cost, and is open to the public. All are encouraged to pause, reflect,and be immersed by organ music through the ages, in this most holy of weeks

WBGO presents All That Jazz concert series, a unique series showcasing some of the genre’s most talented and respected performers, featuring, by popular demand, the return of smooth jazz saxophonist and visual artist Marion Meadows! This series is a partnership between WBGO, UCPAC, and Smooth Jazz NJ.

Enjoy an evening of modern jazz, beginning in the WBGO Piano Lounge. Come early to enjoy an art exhibit, cocktails, and live piano music played by Leonieke Scheuble on the Fazioli piano before the performance – doors open one hour before showtime. Marion’s art will be displayed and available for purchase at this event!

WBGO presents All That Jazz concert series, a unique series showcasing some of the genre’s most talented and respected performers, featuring, by popular demand, the return of smooth jazz saxophonist and visual artist Marion Meadows! This series is a partnership between WBGO, UCPAC, and Smooth Jazz NJ.

Enjoy an evening of modern jazz, beginning in the WBGO Piano Lounge. Come early to enjoy an art exhibit, cocktails, and live piano music played by Leonieke Scheuble on the Fazioli piano before the performance – doors open one hour before showtime. Marion’s art will be displayed and available for purchase at this event!

Following their much-loved performance at GatherNYC in 2023 as part of the early music collective Twelfth Night, violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and harpsichordist David Belkovski return to the stage for a charming and intimate recital featuring impeccably performed Baroque gems.

GatherNYC is a revolutionary concert experience founded in 2018 by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd. The 2025-2026 season includes 31 concerts that run from October 2025 through May 2026, with concerts held every Sunday at 11am in The Theater at MAD.

Guests at GatherNYC are served exquisite live classical music performed by New York’s immensely talented artists, artisanal coffee and pastries, a taste of spoken word, and a brief celebration of silence. The entire experience lasts one hour and evokes the community and spiritual nourishment of a religious service – but the religion is music, and all are welcome. Coffee and pastries are served before each performance at 10:30am.

Program
Ferenc Farkas: Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
Ferenc Liszt: Eglogue from Years of Pilgrimage
Katherine Hoover: Homage to Bartok
Gyorgy Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Endre Szervanszky: Wind Quintet No. 1

Sylvan Winds
Amir Farsi, flute; Kathy Halvorson, oboe; Nuno Antunes, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Zohar Schondorf, horn

Performing in historic and culturally significant venues across New York City, the Sylvan Winds create imaginative and informative programs that reflect the character of each space. This program brings together music by Hungarian composers spanning four centuries. An integral part of the city’s cultural life, the Sylvan Winds have earned both critical and audience acclaim for their spirited performances and innovative programming, exploring the rich repertoire of chamber music for winds.

Join folk singer Jessica Carroll at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 for “Jessica Carroll Sings Americana” at the Upper Shores Branch of the Ocean County Library.

Carroll will perform patriotic hymns, Americana folk songs, and share stories about their origins.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Upper Shores Branch.

Registration is required for this free program. To register, visit tinyurl.com/CarrollUpperShores, call 732-793-5133, or visit the branch at 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette.

Xian Zhang conductor
Francesca Dego violin
New Jersey Symphony

Prokofiev asks for astonishing skill from every musician in his tour-de-force concerto. For his part, Strauss invites the artists to become storytellers in A Hero’s Life. With the New Jersey Symphony, Xian Zhang brings these two epics to life, and all the artists are joined by the young Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego.

Anton Webern Im Sommerwind
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents three performances in the seldomly seen Crypt at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. During these concerts, EXO invites audiences to listen deeply in this profound and mysterious setting. The program features Franz Schreker’s Intermezzo, Caroline Shaw’s Punctum for string orchestra, Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code, James Blachly’s Work for Strings, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 132 Mvt 3, Heiliger Dankgesang, arranged by Blachly for string orchestra.

With these concerts, EXO continues its ongoing exploration of the relationship between sound and architecture throughout the Cathedral. Each work on the program was specially chosen for the unique acoustics and atmosphere of the Crypt. The performances are also a homecoming for Blachly – more than 20 years ago, he recorded his first string quartet in this very space.

The GRAMMY®-winning Experiential Orchestra (EXO) brings audiences close to the music by engaging listeners through imaginative, immersive, and interactive concert experiences. Founded by Music Director James Blachly in 2009, EXO’s performances and recordings have been described as “strikingly persuasive” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “immaculate” by Musical America, and have been praised for having “luscious tone and poise” by Classics Today.

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents three performances in the seldomly seen Crypt at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. During these concerts, EXO invites audiences to listen deeply in this profound and mysterious setting. The program features Franz Schreker’s Intermezzo, Caroline Shaw’s Punctum for string orchestra, Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code, James Blachly’s Work for Strings, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 132 Mvt 3, Heiliger Dankgesang, arranged by Blachly for string orchestra.

With these concerts, EXO continues its ongoing exploration of the relationship between sound and architecture throughout the Cathedral. Each work on the program was specially chosen for the unique acoustics and atmosphere of the Crypt. The performances are also a homecoming for Blachly – more than 20 years ago, he recorded his first string quartet in this very space.

The GRAMMY®-winning Experiential Orchestra (EXO) brings audiences close to the music by engaging listeners through imaginative, immersive, and interactive concert experiences. Founded by Music Director James Blachly in 2009, EXO’s performances and recordings have been described as “strikingly persuasive” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “immaculate” by Musical America, and have been praised for having “luscious tone and poise” by Classics Today.

Xian Zhang conductor
Francesca Dego violin
New Jersey Symphony

Prokofiev asks for astonishing skill from every musician in his tour-de-force concerto. For his part, Strauss invites the artists to become storytellers in A Hero’s Life. With the New Jersey Symphony, Xian Zhang brings these two epics to life, and all the artists are joined by the young Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego.

Anton Webern Im Sommerwind
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben