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2022 BONJ Summer Music Festival Opens Sunday, July 17

 


 

 

BONJ 2022 Summer Music Festival Opens 
Sunday, July 17

 

The 2022 Summer Festival will feature two orchestra concerts, a new music concert, a cabaret, and a symposium.

 

The Festival opens on Sunday, July 17 at 4:00 PM at The Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey.

 

Like last summer, the concert is free (donations welcome).

 

The concert will have limited indoor seating, but will be fully open for outdoor seating as well, so bring a lawn chair and enjoy the summer with great music.

 

Featured guest artist is Mexican pianist Patricio Apaez performing Franz Joseph Haydn's great Piano Concerto in D.

 

The concert will also feature music by George M. Cohan, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel, and Antonio Vivaldi.

 

Following the concert, enjoy dinner at one of the nearby great Madison restaurants, just a few blocks walk from the arts center.

 

For more information, click here.

 

For the first time, The BONJ Summer Music Festival will be spread out over the summer. The 2022 Summer Festival will feature two orchestra concerts, a new music concert, a cabaret, and a symposium.


The Festival will feature a special symposium on Saturday, July 23, at 2:00 PM in collaboration with Morristown National Historical Park at Washington's Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown, New Jersey. On display will be a recently discovered letter from opera composer Richard Wagner to King Ludwig of Bavaria. The event will include a recital of Wagner arias with special guest Metropolitan Opera bass Harry Dworchak and talks by Dr. Jude Pfister and Maestro Butts.

The event is free. For more information, click here.

 

New music will be featured on Sunday, July 31, at 4:00 PM at The Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey. New chamber music works by David WIlliams, Michael DeMaio, Robert W. Butts and others will be featured. All tickets: $20.

For more information and to order tickets, click here.

 

The popular BONJ Cabaret returns on Saturday, August 13, at 7:30 PM at Grace Hall, Grace Church, 4 Madison Ave., Madison, New Jersey. With cabaret seating and light refreshments (or feel free to bring your own), enjoy selections from Broadway, opera, and the Great American Songbook. All tickets: $25.

For more information and to order tickets, click here.

 

The Festival concludes on Sunday August 21, at 4:00 PM at The Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey. As before, the concert is free with donations welcome and will feature indoor seating and the opportunity to sit out on the lawn and enjoy the sounds of summer. For more information, click here.

 


 




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