PLOrk takes the traditional model of the orchestra and reinvents it for the 21st century. Each member performs with a ...
Cassandra Wilson
Mae Kellert2020-11-09T12:00:52-05:00In 1993, singer Cassandra Wilson and jazz guitarist Brandon Ross performed two songs live on the State of the Arts ...
Drummer Joe Morello
Mae Kellert2020-12-07T17:02:13-05:00The great jazz drummer Joe Morello performs "Take Five" and discusses his career in this segment from a 2001 edition ...
Leon Fleisher
Mae Kellert2020-09-21T20:40:34-04:00In the 1950s and early '60s Leon Fleisher was at the top of his field, making a spectacular Carnegie Hall ...
In Search of Alexander: Organist Alexander McCurdy
Mae Kellert2020-09-16T18:21:31-04:00The legendary organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy (1905-1983) is profiled by his grandson Eric Schultz on what would have been ...
Mozart’s Piano
Steven Wolock2023-09-14T16:04:38-04:00In 2006, State of the Arts caught up with Russian ex-patriot concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman. He was preparing to play ...
Vladimir Feltsman
Steven Wolock2020-09-21T20:59:47-04:00Concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman emigrated to the United States in 1987 after being silenced by the Soviet Union's Ministry of ...
Marian McPartland
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T13:57:54-04:00Marian McPartland was a musician, composer, and the host of Piano Jazz on NPR from 1978 to 2011. When State ...
The Dryden Ensemble
Eric Schultz2020-09-21T21:04:26-04:00The Dryden Ensemble, based in Princeton, New Jersey, uses instruments of the 17th and 18th centuries to perform music ...
Bucky Pizzarelli Tribute
Eric Schultz2020-07-13T14:09:49-04:00Legendary jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli died in April 2020 at the age of 94 from complications related to the coronavirus. ...
Hannibal Lokumbe
Eric Schultz2023-09-14T16:05:36-04:00Composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe sees it as his mission to create dramatic musical works that explore and ...
Willie The Lion
Eric Schultz2020-07-13T14:09:49-04:00Between 1920 and 1940, few pianists achieved the mythological status of Willie "The Lion" Smith. Along with James P. Johnson ...
Chicken Bone Beach Jazz
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T14:32:11-04:00Chicken Bone Beach Jazz honors the city’s African American history, performing jazz concerts right on the beach. Their name ...
James P. Johnson
Eric Schultz2020-07-13T14:13:04-04:00James P. Johnson (1894-1955) pioneered the stride style of jazz piano and composed the Charleston, considered the anthem of the ...
Jeffrey Gaines
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T14:10:06-04:00The all volunteer run Outpost in the Burbs has been putting on concerts with the top singer/songwriters in Montclair, New ...
Xian Zhang’s Romeo & Juliet
Eric Schultz2023-09-14T16:05:13-04:00Meet Xian Zhang, the conductor and music director of the New Jersey Symphony, as she conducts and discusses her ...
Paul Prestopino, Banjo
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T14:00:04-04:00Paul Prestopino gave State of the Arts a special mini-concert of one of his own compositions, "Weymann's March." Paul ...
Nimbus Dance
Eric Schultz2023-09-14T16:06:19-04:00Nimbus Dance premiered new work at NJPAC. "Falling Sky" was choreographed by Samuel Pott to music by experimental composer ...
Winter Morning Walks
Steven Wolock2023-09-14T16:05:56-04:00We meet composer Maria Schneider and soprano Dawn Upshaw as Upshaw and the New Jersey Symphony perform Winter Morning ...
Brett Miller
Steven Wolock2020-07-16T13:02:59-04:00Sixteen-year-old Brett Miller is a kid with a one-in-a-million talent. He plays the pipe organ and is an expert at ...