Music

More than fifty years ago, acclaimed concert organist Gordon Turk arrived in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, as resident organist for ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa joins forces with his friend, composer and pianist Vince di Mura to create their powerful ...

Legendary musician Stanley Clarke revolutionized the bass in the 1970s and has been dazzling audiences ever since; Stanley tells us ...

For decades, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has carried the spirit of South Africa across the globe—through harmony, joy, and a legendary ...

Nimbus Dance joins forces with the full New Jersey Symphony for a reimagined Firebird, bringing Stravinsky’s classic into the present ...

Legendary English singer, songwriter, and virtuosic guitarist Richard Thompson brings his wide-ranging collection of powerful songs to the Tabernacle, a ...

The Birdhouse Center for the Arts, located in the quaint river town of Lambertville, is a creative hub founded on ...

The Institute of Music for Children in Elizabeth, New Jersey offers youth an opportunity to explore the performing arts, music ...

Peruvian percussionist Hector Morales was born and raised in Lima, Peru, where he was immersed in the traditional music of ...

Valerie Vaughn uses the power of musical storytelling to share the stories of the New Jersey Pinelands and Shore. With ...

Nelson Baez shares his passion for the music of Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest genre of music, with communities of all ...

Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and the harp. Every week, Kathy and her ...

From the 2003 archives of State of the Arts, a profile of composer George Antheil (1900-1959). The Trenton, NJ-born musician ...

We profile Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), the New Jersey Symphony's Resident Artistic Catalyst, and the debut performance of his new ...

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Sameer Patel, performs the world premiere of William Harvey's violin concerto, with the composer ...

The Chivalrous Crickets bring together backgrounds in Early European music, Appalachian folk tunes, opera, Irish, Scottish, and English music, creating ...

Renowned violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw has a long and warm relationship with conductor Jed Gaylin and the Bay Atlantic Symphony. ...

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy is in her early 20s, but her deeply moving take on the standards brings to mind ...

Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 women and non-binary singers, sharing their women-centered music of resistance ...

Jazz drummer Billy Hart, now in his 80s, was just named a 2022 NEA Jazz Master. The Montclair, NJ resident ...