"Lot of Strings Music Festival" at the Morris Museum

Lot of Strings Music Festival

Featuring Four of Today's Most Exciting and Critically-Acclaimed String Quartets—The Tesla, JACK, Attacca and Catalyst String Quartets

WHEN:  Four Thursday Evenings, August 13th to September 3rd. All performances are at 7:30 pm. Patrons may arrive as early as 6:00 pm to set up their blocks and enjoy the evening sun.
WHERE:Atop the Museum's Elevated Parking Lot Overlooking the Hills of Morris County, 6 Normandy Hgts. Rd., Morristown
TICKETS: Click here for more information on ordering tickets or call the box office: 973 971-3706.

Enjoy the thrill of live music and stunning sunsets from the comfort of your own socially distant 8'X8' block. Bring your own chair and refreshments and drink in the glorious sounds.   

Masks must be worn throughout the evening, except when enjoying refreshments in your own block. 

First up is the fresh, young Tesla Quartet with "Variations on a Russian Theme," which will include a string quartet by Pavel Karmanov and Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's String Quartet, No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11. 
Thursday, August 13 at 7:30pm. Rain date: Friday, August 14 at 7:30pm

Praised for their "superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical demand," the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire.

You can catch them "quarantuning" up at home—here.

The Morris Museum's Lot of Strings Festival is made possible by a generous gift from F. Gary Knapp.

www.morrismuseum.org

STRING QUARTET CONCERT @ JCC METROWEST ON OCTOBER 15

WHERE: JCC MetroWest, Maurice Levin Theatre, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange

Order tickets online or Contact Mara Miller 973-530-3473

RUSSIAN STRING ORCHESTRA @ WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY IN WAYNE

Russian String Orchestra

From the King of Waltz to the King of Tango: The Music of Strauss and Piazzolla

WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 7:30 PM
WHERE: Shea Center for Performing Arts, William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne
TICKETS: $30

Founded in 1991, the orchestra, formerly known as Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, is comprised of some of Russia's finest young string players, and has carved a niche for itself under the creative baton of its founder and music director Misha Rachlevsky. Music selections will include Strauss Jr.'s "Voices of Spring," Tchaikovsky's waltz from "Serenade" for string orchestra and Piazzolla's "Libertango" and more crowd favorites by the "kings."

BRUSH UP ON STRING SKILLS @ NJIO SUMMER STRING STUDIO

NEW JERSEY 
INTERGENERATIONAL ORCHESTRA
SUMMER STRING STUDIO

WHEN: Thursdays August 6, 13, 20, 27 from 7-9 pm
WHERE: NJYS Music Center, 570 Central Ave, New Providence
TUITION: $125

NJIO runs programming year round for musicians of all ages and abilities. 
For more information about this program or NJIO, please visit our website at http://njio.org or contact Mary Beth Sweet at info@njio.org or (908) 603-7691.

Prepare for the upcoming musical season with New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra’s Summer String Studio in August. Summer String Studio is designed to reinforce and extend the musical abilities of string players by strengthening their core music knowledge. Musicians will improve and gain confidence in their abilities in just four short weeks. In this program, string players are grouped by instrument and work directly with professional faculty to help improve intonation, rhythmic integrity, bowing, sight reading, and score understanding.

All ages and all abilities are welcome. Whether you want to utilize those waning nights of summer to prepare for the fall concert season in your community, youth, school or intergenerational orchestra, or simply want to improve your playing, and you are a string player, this program is for you.  Walk into your first fall rehearsal confident and prepared.  Summer String Studio is led by Program Director, Martin Steinberg, who has been NJIO’s principal cellist and chamber music coach since 2005, and NJIO’s Artistic Director, Warren Cohen.

About NJIO
New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra, now in its 21st season, has been recognized as a national leader in intergenerational excellence through its unique approach to teaching musical performance and as a model for intergenerational orchestras across the country.  Not only do the intergenerational members play together, but they also mentor each other.  In addition to providing free concerts and outreach to the community, NJIO has been invited to perform at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and at the United Nations, and was a finalist for the Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence.  NJIO welcomes new members of all ages and abilities each concert period to one of its several orchestras - no auditions needed!

NJIO is committed to ensuring that all programs and concerts are accessible to everyone.  For more information regarding the concert or to inquire about patron services, please contact Mary Beth Sweet at (908) 603-7691 or info@njio.org, or visit NJIO’s website at http://njio.org. 

CLOSING CONCERT OF RARITAN RIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CLINTON

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo + ETHEL string quartet

2014 and Beyond: Tomorrow’s Classics
Music from Raritan River Commissioned Works by Paul Moravec, Augusta Read Thomas (50^th Birthday Celebration), Michael Karmon, Dusan Bogdanovic, among others

WHEN: Saturday, May 24, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Clinton Presbyterian Church, 91 Center Street, Clinton, NJ  08809
TICKETS: $21; $14 for students and seniors. For more information and reservations: 908.213.1100
www.RaritanRiverMusic.org

About ETHEL
ETHEL invigorates the contemporary music scene with exuberance, intensity, imaginative programming, and exceptional artistry.  At the heart of ETHEL is a collaborative ethos – a quest for a common creative expression that is forged in the celebration of community. As cultural and musical “pollinators,” ETHEL’s 2013-’14 season celebrates the diversity of regional American music. For nine consecutive years, ETHEL has served as the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, culminated in the first commercial recording of American Indian student works. Over the past four years, ETHEL has premiered 55+ new works by 20th- and 21st-century composers at major festivals throughout the country, including Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival and Lincoln Center's Out of Doors. Founded in 1998 and based in New York City, ETHEL comprises Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin). www.ethelcentral.org

“Indefatigable and eclectic” —The New York Times 
“Vital and brilliant” —The New Yorker
“One of the most exciting quartets around” —Strad Magazine

About Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Guitarists Laura Oltman and Michael Newman have been making music together since they met at the Aspen Music Festival in 1977.  As founding directors of Raritan River Music, they have developed an award-winning festival, community outreach program, and a new music commissioning and recording program.  They have recorded a dozen CDs, perform throughout the world, serve as Ensemble-in-Residence at New York’s Mannes College The New School of Music since 1987, are artistic advisors to the D’Addario Foundation Performance Series at Carnegie Hall and are the 2013-2014 Alan and Wendy Pesky Artists-in-Residence at Lafayette College.  They also founded the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, now in its 14^th season, and the Lanciano International Guitar Seminar in Abruzzo, Italy, now in its 2^nd season. www.guitarduo.com

“Guitar duo dazzles with grace, precision” —Anchorage Daily News 
“Sheer artistic greatness” —Seen & Heard International 
“The standing ovation was probably the loudest noise to ever happen in rural Clinton.” —The Star-Ledger

MAY MUSIC @ McCARTER THEATRE IN PRINCETON

MUSIC AT McCARTER IN MAY
Programming for May includes concerts from Zakir Hussain, Bill Charlap, Pinchas Zukerman/Yenfim Bronfman, and Moscow Virtuosi

McCarter Theatre Center invites audiences to spend the month of May enjoying one (or more) of four special events spanning multiple genres of music.

Simon Shaheen
WHEN: Friday, May 9, at 8:00 PM
WHERE: in the Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton
TICKETS: $45.

The most significant Arab musician and performer of his generation, Simon Shaheen’s concerts reflect a legacy of Middle Eastern music, and his acclaim as a virtuoso on the oud and violin have earned him 11 Grammy nominations and a White House National Heritage Award. This evening of music will move seamlessly from  traditional Arabic sounds to jazz and Western classical styles. With his quartet, he continues to forge ahead to new frontiers, while embracing many different styles in the process.

Bill Charlap Trio
WHEN: Saturday, May 10, at 8:00 PM.
WHERE: in the Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton
TICKETS: $50.

For more than 15 years, Bill Charlap has been the greatest jazz purveyor of the Great American Songbook. Other jazzmen of his generation play the harmonies and the melody, he plays the song—the whole song—with his innate sense of time, place and melody. With bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington (no relation), the trio has secured its place in jazz history with two Grammy nominations. Charlap himself is also the artistic director of New York City's Jazz in July Festival at the 92nd Street Y, and this season curates a three-concert series at NJPAC focusing on the music of Ellington, Gershwin and Richard Rodgers.

Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and Yefim Bronfman (piano)
WHEN: Monday, May 12, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: in the Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton
TICKETS: start at $20.

The only thing better than one virtuoso in recital is two, and since this pair of master musicians and perennial McCarter favorites love to play together, we’re lucky enough to hear them do so. For over 40 years, Pinchas Zukerman has maintained a prodigious presence around the globe as violinist, violist, teacher, and conductor (of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa). Yefim Bronfman is a legend amongst his peers both as a fearless pianist for whom no score is too demanding, but also for his poetic, poignant touch. Their McCarter collaboration will include sonatas for both violin and viola by Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms.

Moscow Virtuosi – Vladimir Spivakov, conductor and violin
WHEN: Thursday, May 15, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: in the Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton
TICKETS: start at $20.

Ever since violinist Vladimir Spivakov founded his Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra in 1979, it has been the “gold standard” for similar ensembles around the world. Hand-picked by Spivakov—each orchestra member is a ranking soloist drawn from the principal chairs of the other great orchestras of Russia. Spivakov himself, a violin virtuoso of the highest rank, will join his fellow musicians as the featured soloist in a program of works by Vivaldi, Rossini, and Boccherini, as well as the ever-popular Serenade for Strings O. 48 by Tchaikovsky.

Tickets for all events can be purchased online at www.mccarter.org, by phone at (609) 258-2787, or in person at the McCarter Theatre Ticket Office, located at 91 University Place in Princeton.

Construction Updates
Construction continues around McCarter for Princeton University’s Arts & Transit project and the expansion of the Lewis Center for the Arts. This will have an impact on parking, traffic, and transit in and around McCarter through early Fall 2014. Stay informed by visiting mccarter.org/VisitorInfo to get the latest construction updates.

SWINGIN’ STRING TRIO @ RVCC THEATRE THIS THURSDAY

International String Trio WHEN: Thursday, May 1, at 12 & 7 PM WHERE: The Theatre at RVCC , 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg TICKETS: $10 at 12 PM, $25 at 7 PM The International String Trio, founded in 1999 by its musical director and guitarist, Slava Tolstoy has performed at more than 1000 venues across the USA and has gained national recognition for its distinct sound and stylistic diversity. The trio's repertoire includes classical, Gypsy jazz, popular and world music and their unique concert program is highly entertaining, energetic and musically gratifying. This performance will take audiences on a cultural musical journey, as they perform music from countries around the world. The International String Trio has such a unique sound and a large repertoire of music, ranging from Bach to The Beatles and from Elvis to Duke Ellington. The show was simply amazing! —ST. PETERSBURG NEWS, RUSSIA   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TCHAVOLO SWING DO YOU KNOW CLUB28? Each 7 PM performance in our relaxed on-stage cabaret setting is approximately 2 hours long & includes light snacks. * Tickets: $25 Each 12 PM performance in our on-stage theatre style seating is approximately 1 hour in length. * Tickets: $10 Pre-order a box lunch (at least 24 hours prior to curtain) for $5.00 and have lunch at the Theatre before the noon show. tickets

MADISON STRING QUARTET TO APPEAR THIS SUNDAY @ THE MILLBURN LIBRARY

www.metropolitanorchestra.org (LINK ON GRAPHIC WILL NOT WORK)

The Madison String Quartet will perform a program of highlights from string quartets, including Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Borodin, plus some Latin pieces by Marquez, Romero and Piazzolla.

The Madison String Quartet is comprised of professional musicians with international experience. Its members perform with the Westfield Symphony, Princeton Pro Musica, the Albany Symphony, the Plainfield Symphony, the Central Jersey Symphony, and include the Metropolitan Orchestra’s concertmaster Michael Avagliano.

Last year’s fundraiser recital included a performance by pianist Mark Yolleck. He played music by Chopin, Liszt, Bruce Taub and Kodaly, and a group of Mozart pieces.