Music Resources

Tenor and Piano "Illuminations": Settings of Verlaine & Rimbaud by Fauré, Britten, and others

The second concert of the RSO season opens with Passacaglia for Orchestra by Anton Webern, followed by Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring soloist Ye Ji Kim, winner of the 2022 RSO Concerto Competition. Contrasting with the traditional Austrian/German-rooted orchestral sound in the first half, the program will conclude with Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5, one of his most performed symphonic … Read More

"Rutgers Sings!": A chance to hear your favorite Rutgers songs once again

The Rutgers Jazz Lab Band, directed by Dr. Anthony Branker, will feature “Mosaic: The Music of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers” celebrating compositions of former Jazz Messengers Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Donald Brown, Steve Davis, and others.

Featuring Distinguished Alumnus Orrin Evans, Downbeat Poll Winner, and the newest member of the Mason Gross Jazz Faculty. The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will honor the legacy of Professor William Fielder in their annual Prof Fielder Memorial Concert. The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra opens each season by paying tribute to … Read More