BONJ Performances Are Back!   LIVE IN-PERSON CONCERT, JULY 18 at 4:00 PM   2021 Summer Music Festival     We are so excited to announce our first live and in-person concert in over a year!  Sunday, July 18, at 4:00 PM  Opening Concert of the 2021 BONJ Summer Music Festival  We will perform outdoors at the pavilion in front of the new Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey.  The concert is FREE The concert marks a historic first as young students from the renowned Keys 2 Success program led by Jee-Hoon Krska in Newark, New Jersey will perform live with the professional musicians of BONJ. Works performed will include Variations on Simple Gifts, co-composed by Maestro Robert W. Butts and young Newark composer Elijah Souels and Lift Every Voice and Sing co-composed by Elijah and Saki Uetsuhara with a special solo violin part performed by Héctor Falcón, violinist with the New Jersey Symphony. Also joining will be pianist Serafina Taylor. The concert also marks a collaboration with the famed New York Classical Music Society. NYCMS artists appearing and performing music of Mozart, Offenbach, and Puccini will be pianist Lynn Czae, soprano Seunghee Cha, and cellist Liz Seungah Hong. Also appearing to perform the solo parts on Antonio Vivaldi's popular Concerto for 3 Violins will be the popular Evergreen Violin Trio: Emily James, Sara D'Sa, and Amelia Muccia. The orchestra will also play selections by Mozart, Handel, and Scott Joplin.  BONJ Representatives will be there to welcome everybody back and accept any contribution you feel comfortable to offer to help us return to full concert schedule.  for further Information, click here. Concert Will Be Rain or Shine! Some seating will be available, but this will mostly be open lawn and sidewalk viewing so please feel free to bring blankets and/or chairs! Following the concert, it is but a few blocks walk to several of the area's finest restaurants.  We greatly look forward to seeing you in person again Sunday, July 18, at 4:00 PM!       2020 was a rough year for all of us! Thank you for sharing so much with us. We look forward to seeing you in person at our Summer Concerts and later this year! Thank you for sharing our collaborative performance with Keys 2 Success, working together to produce music even at the height of the pandemic. Thank you for sharing Bach, Bagels, and Bob on Saturday mornings where we could be together to meet our artists and each other while watching memorable videos from the BONJ archives. Thank you for sharing our Virtual Summer Festival, recorded at the Madison Community Arts Center and broadcast over four consecutive Sunday evenings. Thank you for sharing our December events—a virtual concert safely recorded live, a Beethoven Birthday Concert, our holiday episode of Bach, Bagels, and Bob, and an original holiday opera. We thank you greatly for your generous support which has helped the orchestra and our artists continue to perform and present music we all can enjoy. Every gift—no matter the amount—makes a real and deeply appreciated difference.  Donations to BONJ are tax-deductible.  In addition, the 2020 Cares Act has enacted new tax laws which enable you to receive increased tax benefits this year.  Please send a check to: The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, 531 Herrick Drive, Dover, NJ 07801 or click here to donate online