Community Calendar

Mosaic Youth Chorus (MYC) welcomes Vocal Essence Singers of This Age (VESOTA) from Minneapolis, MN for a joint concert to benefit the James Lawson Freedom School in Allentown, PA. VESOTA is a community of Twin Cities teenagers who are expanding what it means to be a choir and encouraging a wider circle of participation in the artform. MYC and VESOTA share a common vision of using creativity and collaboration to build an accepting community, equipped with the skills to lead social change in our society. Join us for an inspiring and eclectic program of music! A free will offering will be collected. More information at the Mosaic Youth Chorus website, http://mosaicyouthchorus.org.

Tallā Rouge's brings selections from their debut album, Shapes in Collective Space, to GatherNYC, weaving together a narrative of love, loss, childlike glee, and reflection. Featuring diverse and genre-defying compositions by inti figgis-vizueta, Kian Ravaei, Karl Mitze, and Leilehua Lanzilotti, Tallā Rouge sonically explores the raw emotions that shape our collective humanity — beckoning us to embrace and cherish the impermanence of life.

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.

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

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.

Live Jazz Concert, Award Program and International Food Crawl

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

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.

TOMS RIVER – Enjoy musical entertainment and great food during “Black History Month Celebration with NAACP and Dave Revels” from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 21 at the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library.

Dave Revels is a veteran singer, producer, and songwriter known for his work with legendary groups like the Drifters and as lead singer/producer for the Persuasions. He also created the popular Motown tribute show Shadows of the 60s, blending decades of soul, R&B, and classic hits with his own compositions. Revels has worked across genres and toured globally.

There will also be food tasting featuring food provided by NAACP members. Food may contain potential allergens.

This annual program is generously sponsored by the Toms River Area NAACP and the Friends of the Ocean County Library – Toms River.

Registration is required for this free program. To register, visit tinyurl.com/TomsRiverBHM, call 732-349-6200, or visit the branch at 101 Washington Street.

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

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.

Hailed as “a leader in contemporary opera and classical music in America (Opera News),” the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and Odyssey Opera present MONO E MONO (E MONO), a dynamic concert of monodramas scored by some of the nation’s most influential American composers. The performance will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., at NEC’s Jordan Hall, featuring the acclaimed BMOP and Odyssey Opera, as well as powerful solo performances by sopranos Julia Mintzer and Sarah Coburn and one of the world’s most sought-after baritones Michael Chioldi, all led under the direction of Grammy Award-winning conductor Gil Rose.

GatherNYC’s own artistic directors, cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd, take the stage to share several world premieres for the unique combination of cello and guitar by Stephen Goss, Reinaldo Moya and more, as well as works from their upcoming third album release.

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.

Pack your musical bags and take a journey through sun-soaked landscapes and centuries of Italian inspiration. This all-string chamber program opens with the elegant and expressive voice of 17th-century composer Isabella Leonarda—one of the few women writing music in her time—whose trio sonata offers a graceful glimpse into the Baroque era. From there, we travel to the early 20th century with Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, a lush reimagining of Renaissance and Baroque melodies that feels both nostalgic and cinematic. The adventure concludes with Tchaikovsky’s passionate Souvenir de Florence, a sweeping string sextet infused with Italian spirit and Russian soul. Performed by members of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, Postcards from Italy is a rich and romantic escape—no passport required.
https://www.capitalphilharmonic.org/