Community Calendar

TOMS RIVER – Relive the days when teens danced to the tunes on American Bandstand with “American Bandstand: Philadelphia 1957-1963,” a multimedia presentation by Rick Feingold, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 at the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library.

American Bandstand originated in 1957 as a five-day-a-week afternoon television show. It featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 records introduced by Dick Clark. Students would dance on the show which all their teachers watched.

This program, set in Philadelphia 1957-1963, features original live performances of “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets, “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin, “Tears on My Pillow” by Little Anthony, “Charlie Brown” by the Coasters, “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis, “Rock ‘n’ Roll is Here to Stay” by Danny and the Juniors, and more.

Rick Feingold teachers American Business History at Bergen Community College and holds an MBA from Penn State University and B.A. in History from Rutgers University.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean County Library – Toms River, volunteers who support the library through fundraising, programs, and advocacy. New members are always welcome. Membership forms are available at all OCL branches and reading centers and at theoceancountylibrary.org/OCLFriends.

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

Xian Zhang conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
New Jersey Symphony

Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music from our gifted Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull–a finale to cherish!

Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

The Bay Atlantic Symphony performs Arthur Foote’s Serenade, Op. 25, Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor with violinist Ruotao Mao, and Isaac Albeniz’s España. The center of Bach’s violin concerto is a breathtakingly lyrical middle movement with a sweeping melody of spiritual dimensions, shared between the soloist and orchestra. It is bookended by jaunty movements, the last being a gigue (jig). American composer Arthur Foote’s Serenade sings to us with bucolic grace and rhapsody. Albéniz’s España takes us on a sensual tour of picturesque regions throughout Spain.

Opening Weekend begins Friday, June 5 with a cabaret evening with Broadway star Sierra Boggess best known for starring roles in The Little Mermaid, The Phantom of the Opera, and more. Festival Performance Pavilion at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $40 (children 5-17 accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Digital programs, wheelchair accessible. Additional accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice—contact mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org/festival or 609-497-0020.

Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change.

Xian Zhang conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
New Jersey Symphony

Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music from our gifted Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull–a finale to cherish!

Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

WBGO presents All That Jazz concert series, a unique series showcasing some of the genre’s most talented and respected performers, featuring the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars with John Lee and special guest Paquito D’Rivera! This series is a partnership between WBGO, UCPAC, and Smooth Jazz NJ.

About The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars:

The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars perform the music of the 40s and 50s as an ensemble of 6-8, including tunes such as “A Night In Tunisia,” “Anthropology,” “BeBop,” “Birks Works,” “Blue ‘N’ Boogie,” “Con Alma,” “Dizzy Atmosphere,” “Groovin’ High,” “Hot House,” “Oop-Pop-Sh’-Bam,” “Ow,” “Salt Peanuts,” and many more.

The line-up, which varies, includes some of the stellar musicians who used to work with Gillespie, plus some of the best and brightest young up-and-comers of the next generation of jazz.

Xian Zhang conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
New Jersey Symphony

Berlioz used all the colors in a composer’s paintbox–and created a few new ones all his own–for his Symphonie fantastique, a swirling portrait of an artist’s passion, dreams and ecstasy. We’ll place this alongside the unparalleled elegance of Emanuel Ax at the piano, and brand-new music from our gifted Resident Artistic Partner Allison Loggins-Hull–a finale to cherish!

Allison Loggins-Hull New Work (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Commission)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Pianist Chelsea Randall will give the NY premiere of six newly commissioned piano pieces inspired by Black Arts Movement poets including her great uncle, the poet and editor Dudley Randall. The program features music by Carolyn Yarnell, Adolphus Hailstork, Joyce Solomon Moorman, Anthony R. Green, Regina Harris Baiocchi and Jeremiah Evans, based on the poetry of Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, Naomi Long Madgett and Dudley Randall, who platformed these poets via his Detroit-based Broadside Press. Special guest poets Melba Joyce Boyd–Michigan’s Poet Laureate and Dudley Randall’s biographer, and Jon Randall–Dudley’s nephew, will join Chelsea onstage for live readings. "Quest" is dedicated to the memory of Nikki Giovanni.