The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra will open the season with Three Latin-American Dances by celebrated American composer Gabriela Lena Frank. The concerto competition winner, Yan Yuet Artemis Cheung, will be featured as the soloist to perform Louis Spohr's Clarinet Concerto No. 2. The concert will conclude with La mer by Claude Debussy.
The Concerto Concept The Rutgers Wind Ensemble will feature Kevin Day's Concerto for Wind Ensemble, Jodie Blackshaw's Symphony No. 1 subtitled Luenig's Prayer Book, and will also feature the Music Department 2023 Concerto Competition Winner, Carson De La Rosa, on Phillip Sparke's Euphonium Concerto No.1
Reflections Thought-provoking compositions written to explore deep emotion and inspire.
Ian Jones' recital will include Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor, Op23, No. 5 and Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Chopin
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.
The Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir will perform a program of works from various style periods