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Xian Zhang conductor
Joyce Yang piano
New Jersey Symphony

From Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone to Dvořák’s autumnal Eighth, our season-opening concert is full of musical warmth. Tchaikovsky’s riveting First Piano Concerto heats it up further with blazing passages for the pianist. Come hear why BBC Music Magazine called Joyce Yang “astounding.”

Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Oct. 10, 7:30 PM – Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse

Oct. 11, 7:30 PM – Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Oct. 12, 3:00 PM – Christ Church Christiana Hundred

Oct 24-Nov 6 | Streaming online

Get an inside look at the instruments that shaped the sound of the era - the perfect introduction for new listeners and a chance for longtime fans to discover something new. Highlighting the heavy hitters and bringing out some of the less familiar gems, this concert is a musical tour through the rich, surprising world of Renaissance instruments.

Piffaro breathes life into the sounds of the past with its collection of carefully crafted period instruments: shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, recorders, krumhorns, bagpipes, lutes, guitars, and a variety of percussion.“Widely regarded as North America's masters of music for Renaissance wind band” (St Paul Pioneer Press), Piffaro delights audiences throughout the world with highly polished recreations of the rustic music of the peasantry and the elegant sounds of the official wind bands of the late Medieval and Renaissance periods.

Xian Zhang conductor
Joyce Yang piano
New Jersey Symphony

From Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone to Dvořák’s autumnal Eighth, our season-opening concert is full of musical warmth. Tchaikovsky’s riveting First Piano Concerto heats it up further with blazing passages for the pianist. Come hear why BBC Music Magazine called Joyce Yang “astounding.”

Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Oct. 10, 7:30 PM – Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse

Oct. 11, 7:30 PM – Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Oct. 12, 3:00 PM – Christ Church Christiana Hundred

Oct 24-Nov 6 | Streaming online

Get an inside look at the instruments that shaped the sound of the era - the perfect introduction for new listeners and a chance for longtime fans to discover something new. Highlighting the heavy hitters and bringing out some of the less familiar gems, this concert is a musical tour through the rich, surprising world of Renaissance instruments.

Piffaro breathes life into the sounds of the past with its collection of carefully crafted period instruments: shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, recorders, krumhorns, bagpipes, lutes, guitars, and a variety of percussion.“Widely regarded as North America's masters of music for Renaissance wind band” (St Paul Pioneer Press), Piffaro delights audiences throughout the world with highly polished recreations of the rustic music of the peasantry and the elegant sounds of the official wind bands of the late Medieval and Renaissance periods.

Getting their start as teenagers in the late 1980s in Hershey, PA, The Ocean Blue released their self-titled debut on the famed Sire Records, which launched many of their heroes in the U.S., including the Smiths, the Pretenders, the English Beat, and Echo & the Bunnymen. Embraced by college radio and MTV, the band quickly made their mark with early singles “Between Something And Nothing”, “Drifting, Falling” and “Ballerina Out of Control” which notched them Top Ten hits on Modern Rock Radio. Early success set in motion a run of four successful major label albums, including Cerulean (1991), Beneath the Rhythm and Sound (1993), and See The Ocean Blue (1996), followed by a string of beloved independent releases, Davy Jones Locker (2000), Waterworks (2003), Ultramarine (2013) and Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves (2019). With eight albums and several EPs under their belt, the band continues to perform and record, with work underway on a new album.

The Ocean Blue is David Schelzel (vocals, guitar), Oed Ronne (guitar), Bobby Mittan (bass) and Peter Anderson (drums).

Xian Zhang conductor
Joyce Yang piano
New Jersey Symphony

From Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone to Dvořák’s autumnal Eighth, our season-opening concert is full of musical warmth. Tchaikovsky’s riveting First Piano Concerto heats it up further with blazing passages for the pianist. Come hear why BBC Music Magazine called Joyce Yang “astounding.”

Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8