Community Calendar

The Westminster Conservatory presents its annual showcase featuring students and ensembles from the Conservatory and Rider University on Sunday, May 4 at 3:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus.

The concert features the Westminster Community Orchestra conducted by Dr. Ruth Ochs; the Rider University Chorale directed by Tom Shelton; the piano duo of Phyllis Alpert Lehrer and Ena Bronstein Barton; student singers from the Honors Music Program, Danielle Sinclair, director, and Caelan Costello, Vito Cottone, and Joanna Hou, winners of the Westminster Conservatory Piano Concerto Competition. The concert will include selections from Porgy and Bess and The Empire Strikes Back plus music by Mozart, Rachmaninov, Grieg, and the world premiere of Searching by Westminster Conservatory faculty member Cecilia Reilly.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students/seniors and can be purchased from the Princeton University Box Office, 609-258-9220, online at www.princeton.edu/utickets, or at the door. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/Westminstercommunityorchestra

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation’s premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, concludes its 27th season with a free concert at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Saturday, May 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Celebrating the diversity, profundity, and versatility of the orchestra, BMOP and its GRAMMY Award-Winning Conductor and Artistic Director Gil Rose, present three virtuosic works by composers Chris Theofanidis, Han Lash, and Jeremy Gill—each concerned with evoking memories, feelings, moods, and literature.

✨ May the 4th Be With Us! ✨
An Epic Star Wars Concert with the East Brunswick Symphony Orchestra

Join us on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, as the East Brunswick Symphony Orchestra’s professional ensemble brings the legendary music of Star Wars to life! Conducted by Nate White, this thrilling performance will transport you to a galaxy far, far away with selections from John Williams’ iconic score.

🌟 Experience the Power of Live Music
🎻 Performed by a professional orchestra
🎶 Featuring epic themes and fan favorites
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 A family-friendly event for fans of all ages

Celebrate Star Wars Day with an unforgettable musical journey that unites our community and supports the arts. Don’t miss this chance to relive the adventure, the excitement, and the magic of one of the greatest film scores ever composed!

Early discount $35 ticket (until March 31)
*If attending “A Night at the Cantina” on May 3rd, please purchase your ticket to “A Night at the Cantina” FIRST to receive your coupon code for complementary seat for the "May 4th Be With Us" concert!

Brent Havens conductor & arranger
Windborne Music Group
Justin Sargent vocalist
New Jersey Symphony

The New Jersey Symphony and Windborne Music Group bridge the gulf between classical music and rock n’ roll to present The Music of Led Zeppelin, celebrating the best of the legendary classic rock group. Amplified with full-on guitars and screaming vocals, sing and dance along as Led Zeppelin’s “sheer blast and power” is put on full display riff for riff with new musical colors. Timeless hits like “Kashmir,” “Black Dog,” “Stairway to Heaven” and more will get you on your feet in this special concert you don’t want to miss!

May 4 performance presented in collaboration with State Theatre New Jersey.

Cantus Novus marks our Silver Jubilee – 25 years of bringing choral excellence to Bucks County by presenting our May concerts, A Choral Coronation, featuring the works William Walton, G.F. Handel, William Bird, as well as music royals Madonna, Queen, and Duke Ellington. Join us this May for A Choral Coronation!

Tickets purchased in advance are $25; tickets at the door (cash or checks only) are $30.

Tickets are available at https://cantusnovus.org.

The intrepid JACK Quartet returns to the Miller stage to highlight one of their own: Austin Wulliman—an in-demand violinist, highly regarded educator, and accomplished composer. This concert celebrates the upcoming release of his second album of original music, Escape Rites. Known for melding sounds both familiar and experimental, Wulliman weaves stories into his music with a deep passion for capturing emotional resonance.

Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during these hour-long weeknight Pop-Up Concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show.

Repertoire:
Austin Wulliman - Escape Rites (2024) [New York Premiere]
Austin Wulliman - The Late Edition (2024)
Austin Wulliman - Lost One (2024)

Performers:
Austin Wulliman, violin
Christopher Otto, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello

Free admission
Doors open at 5:30PM, music at 6PM
Onstage seating is first-come, first-served.

Celebrate Mother's Day weekend Friday, May 9, Sunday, May 11 at American Repertory Ballet’s "Pasión," a joyful program at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center with Spanish, Mexican, and Cuban choreographic ties 🩰

Featured choreography includes…

🌹”Paquita,” a joyous classical ballet set in Spain

🌹“The Time That Runs Away” by Stephanie Martinez, danced to popular songs from the 50's and 60's

🌹A dynamic world premiere with live music by Cuban choreographer Luis Napoles

For more information, visit www.arballet.org/may 🎟️

Spring is here! Cast off your Winter blues with this program of Springtime music - bird songs, love songs, and May dances, highlighting Piffaro's rich and varied instrumentarium.

“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. Its musicians perform on shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, recorders, krumhorns, bagpipes, lutes, guitars, harps, and a variety of percussion — all careful reconstructions of instruments from the period.

Celebrate Mother's Day weekend Friday, May 9, Sunday, May 11 at American Repertory Ballet’s "Pasión," a joyful program at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center with Spanish, Mexican, and Cuban choreographic ties 🩰

Featured choreography includes…

🌹”Paquita,” a joyous classical ballet set in Spain

🌹“The Time That Runs Away” by Stephanie Martinez, danced to popular songs from the 50's and 60's

🌹A dynamic world premiere with live music by Cuban choreographer Luis Napoles

For more information, visit www.arballet.org/may 🎟️

Saturday, May 10, 7PM
Aura Polyphonica, New Jersey's Renaissance Collegium
Timothy J. Smith, Director; Kevin O'Malia, organ continuo
"See, See the Word is Incarnate" A Celebration of Orlando Gibbons at 400

All Saints' Church, 16 All Saints' Rd, Princeton NJ
Tickets available at the door: $20/Students $10/Children Free
Reception to follow