Music Resources

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From the Breath of the Spirit to the Pulse of the Beat: Jazz & The Music of Brazil   The development of musical style in Brazil can be described as an example of cultural creolization in the New World. The country’s rich history of music and dance is the result of a complex intertwining of … Read More

The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will honor the legacy of Professor William Fielder in their annual Prof Fielder Memorial Concert featuring guest artist, Terell Stafford. The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra opens each season in paying tribute to the late, great, trumpet master and legendary educator.

Rutgers Symphony Orchestra Saxophonist Tyler Sakow (concerto competition winner) will take the stage to perform Concerto for Alto Saxophone, by Paul Creston with the RSO. After the intermission, RSO will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 without a conductor for the first time in its history.