Ridgewood NJ, Ars Musica Chorale continues its 53rd season with The Magic of Opera: choruses and arias from operas by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner, including The Magic Flute, Carmen, Roméo et Juliette, and the Triumphal March from Aida. The performance will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Imagine a performance of all your favorite opera arias and choruses performed in a single concert! Ars Musica’s 70 voices, together with our stellar vocal soloists, will take you on a dramatic, musical journey through the greatest opera numbers, featuring tales of love, death, dancing, drinking, abandonment, and celebration.
Ridgewood NJ, BFMS Choral ,Orchestra and Band have big news. Justine Kawash, BFMS Choral Director Grades 6-8 reports on the Region I auditions: Alexis Rosenfeld (Gr. 7, Alto) and Katarina Burton (Gr. 7, Alto) were selected as members of the Region I 2019 Chorus.
Carol Sharar, BFMS Orchestra Director, reports that five string players have won placement into the prestigious Region I Intermediate Orchestra for 2019. They are: Harin Jeong (Gr. 8, violin), Phillip Bang (Gr. 8, viola, 1st chair), Ania Skulskaia (Gr. 7, violin), Jenny Yang (Gr. 7, violin) and Jenny Jang (Gr. 7, violin), who in addition also won Silver in the Scholastic Writing Contest.
Jason Curcio, BFMS Director of Bands and the Jazz Machine, has announced the Region Band selectees for 2019: Annie Skulskaia (Gr. 7, flute), Seung He Rhew (Gr. 8, clarinet,) Jennifer Lee (Gr. 7, clarinet), Eojin Kikm (Gr. 8, clarinet) and Joelle Yoon (Gr. 7, trombone).
Ridgewood NJ, Today at 2 PM – 4 PM , DON’T MISS THIS Record release and signing event for *Ridgewood’s own* celebrated SOUL GREAT and former lead singer of the famed, “Epitome of Sound,” Eugene Thomas!
Have a chat with Eugene and get your record signed! Special guest appearance by Starpoint Radio’s ANDY LOTHIAN of The New Jersey Connection!
There will be appetizers, beverages AND a raffle to WIN A FREE RECORD PLAYER!
Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.
Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.
While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.
Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726
Ridgewood NJ, Piano prodigy Drew Petersen will be featured with the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra on Friday November 16th at 8:00 p.m., at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood. An Oradell native, Drew most recently won the American Pianists Award following a rigorous 13-month competition. He is also a prizewinner in the Leeds International Piano Competition and has performed solo and concerto recitals in both Europe and the United States.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood teen Deena Shefter has been awarded a $25,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship. Shefter attended Bergen County Academies (BCA), a STEM-focused magnet high school in Bergen County , she is a member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society. Her research investigates the connection between multiple sclerosis and osteoporosis .
Ridgewood NJ, Enjoy free musical performances under the stars, Tuesdays and Thursdays, throughout the summer at the Kasschau Memorial Shell at Veteran’s Field (located behind the Village Hall, 131 N. Maple Avenue). Programs include Broadway tunes, Calypso, Reggae, Jazz, Best of Rock and Soul, Country Western, Ultimate Billy Joel Tribute Band and so much more. No fee to attend.
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Ridgewood NJ, On May 6, the stellar Neubauer-McDermott Family will bring our eleventh season to an exhilarating conclusion. Violist Paul Neubauer (of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society), violinist Kerry McDermott (of the New York Philharmonic), and their children, violinists Oliver and Clara Neubauer, will be joined by Kerry’s sister, CMS pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, in music of Bach, Dvořák, Ravel, and Schumann.
The concert will include the World Premiere of Gilad Cohen’s* Quintet for Three Violins, Viola, and Piano, commissioned by PCC especially for this event. Inspired by the familial theme, Cohen’s work will focus on children’s songs from Israel and America.
*Gilad Cohen is a Ridgewood resident and a music professor at Ramapo College. A Princeton Ph.D., he is the winner of the 2016 Barlow Prize and the 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Award for Composers.
Johann Sebastian Bach Preludio from Partita No. 3 arranged for 3 violins & viola
Antonín Dvořák Terzetto in C, Op. 74 for 2 violins and viola
Maurice Ravel Tzigane for violin and piano
Gilad Cohen World Premiere for 3 violins, viola and piano
Robert Schumann Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 for violin and piano
Mark O’Connor F.C.’s Jig for violin and viola
Charles Dancla Variations on Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman for three violins and viola
Y. Donbon Zowie! Goes the Weasel for 3 violins and viola
Parlance Chamber Concerts:
West Side Presbyterian Church
6 S. Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Adults $40, Seniors $30, Young Adults $20, Students $10.
for more info call 800-838-3006
https://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org/2017-2018-season/may-6-2018.
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Parlance Chamber Concerts Presents Neubauer-Mcdermott Family Concert Sun, May 06, 2018 Time: 3:00 PM Location: West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood NJ 07450 Cost: 40
Ridgewood NJ, This is a year of momentous anniversaries for The Ridgewood Choral! Celebrating 90 years of song and service, the Choral will present its Annual Spring Concert on Saturday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ.
Under the direction of Marjorie Vandervoort, who is celebrating her 25th year as Music Director, the choral will sing classics by Purcell as well as modern pieces such as A Spring Bouquet written for the Choral by our beloved friend and former accompanist, Richard Lane. To make our 2018 concert even more unique, the Northern Highlands Regional High School concert choir, under the direction of Thomas Paster, will join us.
Susan LaFever, pianist is celebrating 10 years with the Choral. She will also accompany the choral on French Horn in two Emily Dickinson poems set to music by James Mulholland.
Jazz Saxophonist, Isaac Ketter of Fair Lawn, winner of the 2018 Florence Reinauer Memorial Music Award, will perform at the concert. The scholarship is presented annually for excellence in vocal or instrumental music.
The Marjorie Vandervoort Vocal Award was instituted this year in honor of Marjorie Vandervoort’s 25 years as Music Director. The winner Alto Tiffani Rivera of Suffern, NY will also perform at the concert.
A reception with light refreshments will follow the performance. Join us as we welcome Spring with this beautiful blend of choral pieces.
Tickets are $20 advance sale; $25 at the door. For advance tickets, call 201-327-8184. For more information on The Ridgewood Choral, visit www.ridgewoodchoral.org.
Ridgewood NJ, Are you interested in adding your voice to Pro Arte Chorale? Founded in 1964, the Pro Arte Chorale is one of the Northeast’s most prominent choral organizations, and is committed to enriching the lives of its members, its audience and the broader community by exploring many musical traditions in a variety of venues, presenting performances of the highest artistic quality. This season’s concert programs include the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, Haydn, Vivaldi and more!
The Chorale is conducted by Maestro Steven Fox, a Grammy Award Nominee for Best Choral Performance 2017. The acclaimed and highly talented Ms. Janet Montgomery is the accompanist and assistant conductor.
Auditions are held by appointment only. If you are interested in performing with Pro Arte, please email info@proartechorale.orgor call the office at 201-497-8400 to schedule an audition. Rehearsals are Monday evenings starting at 7:30 and begin in September.
Ridgewood NJ, The Pro Arte Chorale is excited to announce its 2017-2018 season under the skillful direction of Maestro Steven Fox. In early September, the chorale will begin rehearsing for the group’s first concert, A Christmas Celebration, to be held on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 4.p.m. All concerts this season will take place at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ.
Guests who attended Pro Arte’s performance of the works of Anton Bruckner last June will remember the orchestral accompaniment by members of the NJ Wind Symphony (formerly the Ridgewood Concert Band). The chorus is delighted to be joined again by these fine instrumentalists for our December concert.
The program will feature sacred works by twentieth century artists, including Daniel Pinkham, Francis Poulenc, Ralph Vaughn Williams and Philip Ledger. Following the concert, audience members will be invited to join with the chorus in celebrating the season by singing some traditional carols.
The whole family will enjoy Pro Arte’s spring concert to be held on Sunday March 18, 2018 at 4pm. The lighthearted choruses and solos from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore will be familiar to many. These precursors of our modern musicals were immensely popular during the Victorian era in which they were written and continue to draw crowds entertained by the wit and humor of these operettas. The chorus will be joined by baritone Richard Holmes of the Metropolitan Opera and the NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players. You won’t want to miss this concert!A pre-concert lecture by Andrea Covais will give you background about the music and will illuminate the performance for you.
Masters of the Baroque is the chorale’s final concert on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 4pm. In 1727, shortly after George Friedrich Handel was naturalized as a British citizen, he composed his Coronation Anthem for the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline. It’s grand music for a grand occasion. Vivaldi’s Gloria is a traditional Gloria from the Latin mass. Vivaldi wrote it in the early part of the eighteenth century for the choir of the Ospedale della Pietå, an orphanage for girls. Vivaldi’s Gloria was lost for two hundred years and was finally rediscovered in the early twentieth century in a pile of old manuscripts. For this concert the chorale will be accompanied by members of the Clarion orchestra and soloists, mezzo- soprano Mikki Sodergren and soprano Esteili Gomez.
Special Events:
Do you want to improve your vocal skills? Save the date for an afternoon Master Class with Maestro Steven Fox on Saturday, September 16, 2017. He will lead participants in a warm up followed by a discussion of vocal and choral techniques. He will then guide the group through a rehearsal of some choral pieces in a variety of styles from different periods. Check the Pro Arte website for updates on this event: info@proartechorale.org
On Monday, December 11, 2017, Pro Arte invites you to join in the Christmas tradition of an open reading of Handel’s Messiah. Novice singers, professionals, non-singers and families are all welcome. Admission is $10. Scores will be available to borrow. After singing this monumental work together, we will gather for refreshments.
Interested in adding your voice to Pro Arte Chorale? Auditions are held by appointment only. If you are interested in performing with Pro Arte, please email info@proartechorale.org or call the office at 201-497-8400 to schedule an audition. Rehearsals are Monday evenings starting at 7:30.
All concerts take place at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, N.J. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Advance discounted tickets are available online atwww.proartechrorale.org
Vanity Fair explores how millennial marketing mess of a music festival happened.
Of late, all of the reports on the doomed-before-it-started Fyre Festival have been about its aftermath—the onsite chaos, subsequent lawsuits, and eventual, arrest of co-creator Billy McFarland.
But Vanity Fair has taken a little extra time to weave a soup-to-nuts tale of the buildup to the event—through the eyes of “serial entrepreneur” McFarland.
It appears that this wasn’t McFarland’s first big failure. He got his first bite of success in 2010 via a startup called Spling, which led him to drop out of college. But it was rendered obsolete when Google+ launched with a similar theme.
He then started the Magnises business, which was a members-only club that were given exclusive access to a Manhattan townhouse and bar—later adding high-end, celebrity-hosted parties around town. But after bringing in a supposed marketing whiz, who tried to scale the company up, McFarland ended up cutting costs to the business’ detriment. “They began trying to do things bigger and cheaper. The original kids, these rich kids, got disillusioned and began to leave. It was a mess,” says photographer Patrick McMullan, who McFarland burned on a proposed website project.
Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Guild’s “Music in the Night” program. In its 7th season, “Music in the Night” began on Fri. May 28 and Artists prepare for The Ridgewood Guild’s 4th season of “Art in the Park.” This is a First Friday event in June, July, and August. It’s free! Respond to this post and we will forward an application. This event is being sponsored by Pinot’s Palette.
The Ridgewood Guild “Music in the Night” evening performance series is now entering its 7th Season. Every Friday night from 7:00 – 9:00pm, Memorial Day to Labor Day, musicians will be performing in several locations throughout downtown Ridgewood. These talented performers have created quite a buzz, so come join the fun, and enjoy some great music!
If you can strum a guitar, blow a horn or croon a tune, we’d love to hear you. Please fill out this form and email: musicinthenight@ridgewoodguild.com and we’ll get back to you to schedule an audition.
Ridgewood NJ, The first annual Ridgewood ARTBeat is coming to Vet’s Field on June 6th! Listen to the village’s top young adult performing groups, talk to artists in the audience, and spend a beautiful night under the stars! Genres include a cappella, rock, pop, and blues music. Bring a blanket or chair (and your family and friends!), and please do not cross over playing fields if a game is in progress.
Ridgewood ARTBeat 2017
Tuesday, June 6 at 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM
Kasschau Memorial Shell
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan presents Patience in Ridgewood!
Saturday, May 20 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 21 at 3pm
at Ridgewood United Methodist Church
100 Dayton Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Ridgewood NJ, Tickets are $20 online and $22 the door. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased on our website.
Visit www.ridgewoodgands.com for more information! A direct link to our ticket purchasing page on our website is provided in the URL above.
All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, but he has eyes only for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthorne’s artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him–he doesn’t even like poetry! Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, who happens to be a real poet named Archibald Grosvenor, but feels she cannot marry him because he is just too perfect. In the meantime, the serious (and decidedly non-poetic) platoon of Heavy Dragoon Guards that were meant to marry the village maidens find themselves dismayed and perplexed by their sudden loss of prospects. One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most successful shows, Patience is a rollicking satire that pits the straight-laced ideals of the Victorian era against the passions and indulgences of the 1870s Aesthetic Movement, ridiculing each side of the spectrum.
Washington Twp NJ, Prepare to be “razzle-dazzled” as the New Jersey Choral Society presents “Fosse: the Theater, the Music, the Legend.” The NJCS Pops Spectacular will focus on the musicals of the multi-award- winning choreographer and director Bob Fosse. Performances will be held on Saturday, March 11 at 8:00 pm and on Sunday, March 12 at 3:00 pm at the
Immaculate Heart Academy, 500 Van Emburgh Ave., Washington Township.
The rousing program, under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, features show-stopping songs from such Broadway musicals as “Chicago,” “Pippin” and “Sweet Charity.” Some of the song highlights include “All That Jazz,” “Razzle Dazzle” and “Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago;”“Magic to Do,” “Corner of the Sky,” “Morning Glow” and “No Time At All” from “Pippin” and“Big Spender,” “The Rhythm of Life,” “I’m a Brass Band” and “If My Friends Could See Me
Now” from “Sweet Charity.” “Steam Heat” from “Pajama Game” and “Sing, Sing, Sing” by Louis Prima, based on Benny Goodman’s original hit, will also be featured. Linda Sweetman-Waters will accompany NJCS on the piano along with the Pops SpectacularBand. The NJCS Festival Youth Chorus, directed by Noelle Dachis, will join NJCS as well as special guests, the Pops Spectacular Dance Troupe. Several talented soloists and vocal ensembles from NJCS will also be featured and Broadway veteran actor and his wife David and Britt Cryer will serve as the hosts.
Advance tickets are $25.00 for adults and $22.00 for students and seniors (add $5.00 at the door).A 10% discount for groups of 10 or more is also available. Come one hour prior to performance time for The Inside Line, a complimentary lecture for all ticket holders that provides an intimate and entertaining preview of the music. For reservations or more information, visit www.NJCS.org or call the New Jersey Choral Society at (201) 379-7719.
Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups, well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House and have toured internationally in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia, England, France and next summer in Italy.Immaculate Heart Academy is wheelchair accessible. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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