Peruvian percussionist Hector Morales was born and raised in Lima, Peru, where he was immersed in the traditional music of ...
Musical Storyteller Valerie Vaughn
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:49:01-04:00Valerie Vaughn uses the power of musical storytelling to share the stories of the New Jersey Pinelands and Shore. With ...
Bomba Master Nelson Baez
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:40:48-04:00Nelson Baez shares his passion for the music of Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest genre of music, with communities of all ...
Irish Harper Kathy DeAngelo
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:37:50-04:00Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and the harp. Every week, Kathy and her ...
George Antheil: Bad Boy of Music
Mae Kellert2024-04-14T13:59:58-04:00From the 2003 archives of State of the Arts, a profile of composer George Antheil (1900-1959). The Trenton, NJ-born musician ...
DBR and NJ Symphony
Mae Kellert2023-09-14T10:10:40-04:00We profile Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), the New Jersey Symphony's Resident Artistic Catalyst, and the debut performance of his new ...
Seven Decisions of Gandhi by William Harvey
Mae Kellert2023-03-30T12:35:11-04:00The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Sameer Patel, performs the world premiere of William Harvey's violin concerto, with the composer ...
The Chivalrous Crickets
Mae Kellert2023-02-16T10:37:09-05:00The Chivalrous Crickets bring together backgrounds in Early European music, Appalachian folk tunes, opera, Irish, Scottish, and English music, creating ...
Britten’s Violin Concerto: The Bay Atlantic Symphony with Stefan Jackiw
Mae Kellert2022-12-08T11:47:29-05:00Renowned violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw has a long and warm relationship with conductor Jed Gaylin and the Bay Atlantic Symphony. ...
Samara Joy: Reverence for Tradition
Mae Kellert2022-09-15T09:52:03-04:00Jazz vocalist Samara Joy is in her early 20s, but her deeply moving take on the standards brings to mind ...
Resistance Revival Chorus
Mae Kellert2022-07-10T09:18:21-04:00Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 women and non-binary singers, sharing their women-centered music of resistance ...
Drummer Billy Hart
Mae Kellert2022-05-12T12:13:21-04:00Jazz drummer Billy Hart, now in his 80s, was just named a 2022 NEA Jazz Master. The Montclair, NJ resident ...
First Lady of Jazz: Dorthaan Kirk
Mae Kellert2021-12-19T11:45:01-05:00The New York Times referred to Dorthaan Kirk as Newark's First Lady of Jazz. In 2020, she won the NEA ...
McKonkey’s Ferry Overture by George Antheil
Mae Kellert2021-11-23T14:56:40-05:00In 2014, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra opened its season with a performance of George Antheil's 1948 Overture "McKonkey's Ferry," ...
The Secret Trio
Mae Kellert2021-11-22T09:38:25-05:00Native New Jersey musician Ara Dinkjian is considered one of the most accomplished oud players in the world. But at ...
Rose Marie McCoy: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
Mae Kellert2022-11-08T10:57:35-05:00Songwriter Rose Marie McCoy (1922-2015) was born in a tin-roof shack on a farm in the heart of the Arkansas ...
ALEA at Two River Theater
Mae Kellert2021-10-27T15:40:15-04:00At Two River Theater’s outdoor stage, ALEA explores the musical heritage of Latin America, from cumbia, vallenato, ranchera, and jazz ...
Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful
Mae Kellert2021-07-25T13:31:52-04:00Korean-born American classical pianist Min Kwon asked more than 70 very different composers to create variations on the familiar song ...