Music Resources

Brass Prism is an exciting Brass Department event that highlights the audience experience of immersive performance. Large and small brass chamber ensembles will perform in various locations in Nicholas Music Center to submerge the audience in sound. Become part of the event at this exciting performance! View the Livestream

“Chiaroscuro” In art, chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures. In our concert, titled … Read More

The Rutgers University Jazz Lab Band, directed by Professor Abraham Burton, will showcase arrangements from Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and Charles Mingus. The premier twenty-two-piece repertoire ensemble focuses on studying and developing the performance of foundational jazz works from various eras and styles, which it features at concerts. View the Livestream

“The Love of Thousands” Join the Rutgers Voorhees Choir for a concert of powerful soprano-alto repertoire, featuring Reena’s Esmail’s dazzling 12-part work The Love of Thousands. Seasonal songs from around the world will be interspersed with contemporary works which center the idea of finding strength in lineage.

The RU Symphonic Winds will feature the great artistry of Rutgers student performers, composers, and soloists in various combinations, including 2024 RU Concerto Competition winner, Matthew Wall on bass trombone. To Pull Out All the Stops...Franklin Hansen Concerto for Bass Trombone....Derek Bourgeois. Matthew Wall, Soloist. Concerto Sinfonico.... Nicolas Flagello / Trans.  Merlin Patterson.  Ares Saxophone … Read More

Join us for Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Maria Schneider's "Evanescence." This program features music from Schneider’s groundbreaking 1994 debut recording, in which she began developing her writing for her 18-member collective, tailoring her compositions to the uniquely creative voices of the group. Schneider is a multiple Grammy Award-winning composer and a … Read More

Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club celebrate the season with this annual holiday concert of traditional songs and new works.

Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club celebrate the season with this annual holiday concert of traditional songs and new works.

A diverse selection of Mason Gross chamber ensembles performing a variety of styles and composers.

Chamber music performances by winners of the Mason Gross Honors Chamber Music Competition.

Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club celebrate the season with this annual holiday concert of traditional songs and new works.

Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club celebrate the season with this annual holiday concert of traditional songs and new works.

“The Greenest Green” Join the 100 voices of the Rutgers University Choir for a concert of adventure, of perseverance, and of journeying home. Repertoire includes contemporary works by Reena Esmail, Reginal Wright, Yiran Zhao, and more, featuring several pieces within the last year. Rutgers University Choir explores music for choir and percussion that spans eras, … Read More

Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensemble recitals, directed by jazz faculty members, will feature students in small-group settings performing original music and works from renowned jazz artists. Themed and non-themed ensembles highlight jazz traditions ranging from Bop to modern, Fusion, and Soul R&B styles. This recital will feature the following groups: Ch Jazz 3 Tower of Power … Read More