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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra Mario Venzago, conductor Andre Watts, piano Mozart Overture to Marriage of Fiagaro Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Ravel La Valse $ |
4, Thursday 5, Friday 7, Sunday |
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. |
John Harms Center,
Englewood NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark |
| Princeton University
Orchestra Michael Pratt, conductor Copland Appalachian Spring Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances $ |
19,Friday 20, Saturday |
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. |
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra NJSO Family Series Revolutionaries in Sound $ |
20, Saturday 21, Sunday |
2:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. |
NJ Performing Arts
Center, Newark State Theatre, New Brunswick |
| Rutgers University
Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark, conductor $ |
25, Thursday | 8:00 P.M. | Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
| New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra Maximiano Valdes, conductor Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Milhaud Creation of the World DeFalla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Sibelius Symphony No. 5 $ |
25, Thursday 26, Friday 27, Saturday 28, Sunday 30, Tuesday |
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. |
John Harms Center,
Englewood Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank Community Theatre, Morristown NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark |
| The Academy of St. Martin in
the Fields Kenneth Sillito, conductor Mozart Divertimento in F major, K 138 Dvorak Two Waltzes Mystery Composer "The Innocent Ear" Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 $ |
31, Wednesday | 8:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
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Chamber, Quartet, and String Concerts
| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| The Dryden Ensemble Jane McKinley, artistic director Lisa Terry and Emily Walhout, viola da gamba Works by J.S. Bach, Correlli, Couperin, and others Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 P.M. $ |
7, Sunday |
3:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| The Takacs String Quartet Works by Beethoven, Bartok, Brahms $ |
11, Thursday |
8:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| The Richardson Chamber Players Miahcel Pratt and Nathan Randall, artistic directors Works by Beethoven $ |
14, Sunday |
3:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| New York Percussion Quartet Free, tickets required |
17, Wednesday 19, Friday |
8:00 P.M. | Wolfensohn Hall, Institue for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| Organist in Concert James Higdon, organ Elixabeth Stewart, flute Works by Bach, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Alain Free |
20, Saturday | 8:00 P.M. | Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton |
| The Brentano String Quartet "Quartet-in-Residence" at the Princeton University Beethoven String Quartet in C# Minor, Opus 131 Haydn String Quartet in F Minor, Opus 20, no. 5 Novak Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Opus 35 Landky Ricercare Free |
23, Tuesday | 8:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| Violin and Harpsichord Duet Andres Manze, violin Richard Egarr, harpsichord Works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Bonporti $ |
25, Thursday | 8:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| Peter Serkin & Friends Peter Serkin, piano Pamela Frank, violin With The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Works by Haydn, Schoenbertg $ |
29, Monday |
8:00 P.M. | McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| Sorry, No concerts in the Princeton area this month |
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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| The American Boychoir Vincent Metallo, music director with Cincinnati Symphony Britten War Requiem $ |
9, Tuesday |
8:00 P.M. | Carnegie Hall, NYC |
| Smokey Robinson presenting some Motown favorites $ |
17, Wednesday | 8:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
| Princeton Pro Musica Julianne Baird, soprano Marietta Simpson, mezzo soprano Frederick Urrey, tenor Kevin Deas, baritone J.S. Bach Mass in B minor Pre-concert lecture at 3:00 P.M. $ |
28, Sunday |
4:00 P.M. | Richardson Auditorium, Princeton |
| Maurice Sendak's Little Bear starring in Little Bear Live on Stage based on children's books by Maurice Sendak and Else Holmelund Minarik $ |
28, Sunday | 1:00 & 4:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| 75th Birthday Celebration of
Miles Davis & John Coltrane Herbie Hancock, piano Michael Brecker, saxophone Roy Hargrove, trumpet three jazz masters join forces in a tribute to two jazz legends $ |
22, Monday | 8:00 P.M. | McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
| BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet
and Marcia Ball Marcia Ball, piano southern Louisiana style jazz, rhythm & blues $ |
26, Friday | 8:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
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Various Artists and Instrumental Concerts
| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| Penn & Teller magic mixed with comedy $ |
3, Wednesday 4, Thursday |
8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. |
McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
| The Smothers Brothers with special guest the Yo-Yo Man music, comedy $ |
4, Thursday | 8:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
| Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey Intimate Evenings Series Rob Paparozzi, harmonica $ |
19, Friday | 8:30 P.M. | TBA |
| WOFA! Percussion and Dance of Guinea African drumming, dancing, chanting, etc... $ |
24, Wednesday | 8:00 P.M. | State Theatre, New Brunswick |
| Richard Thompson, Guitarist presenting guitar music from Celtic to Cajun $ |
30, Tuesday | 8:00 P.M. | McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| Westminster Faculty Recitals Elem Eley, baritone J.J. Penna, piano Schubert Die Schoene Muellerin $ |
5, Friday |
8:00 P.M. | Bristol Chapel, Princeton |
| Friends of Music at Princeton - Student
Recital Graeme Ramshaw '02, tenor Damien Dixon, piano Works by Schubert, Faure, Scarlatti, Bononcini, and others Free |
12, Friday |
8:00 P.M. | Taplin Auditorium, Princeton |
| Westminster Faculty Recitals Sharon Sweet, soprano J.J. Penna, piano $ |
21, Sunday |
4:00 P.M. | Bristol Chapel, Princeton |
| College of New Jersey Faculty
Recitals David DeGiacobbe, flute Free |
27, Saturday | 8:00 P.M. | Concert Hall, Music Building, College of New Jersey, Ewing |
| College of New Jersey Faculty
Recitals Marvin Blickenstaff, piano Free |
28, Sunday | 4:00 P.M. | Concert Hall, Music Building, College of New Jersey, Ewing |
| Student Recital, Rutgers
University Jennifer Oliva-Perry lecture recital, horn |
29, Monday | 2:00 P.M. | Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
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| Programs | Date | Time | Venue |
| Gypsy Caravan: Music and Dance
of the Rroma People four ensembles of dancers and musicians from Rajasthan in India, Romania, Macedonia and Spain come together to present a program filled with heartwarming Rroma music and dance $ |
5, Friday | 8:00 P.M. | McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
| McCarter Play: Lackawanna
Blues Loretta Greco, director Bill Sims Jr., blues guitar play by Ruben Santiago-Hudson $ |
16, Tuesday through 11/4, Sunday |
various |
McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
| American Repertory Ballet
Company Graham Lustig, artistic director Once Upon a Time based on stories by Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are and A Midsummer Night's Dream $ |
19, Friday 20, Saturday 11/3, Saturday 11/4, Sunday |
7:00 P.M. 2:00 & 6:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. |
State Theatre, New
Brunswick State Theatre, New Brunswick War Memorial, Trenton War Memorial, Trenton |
| Suzanne Farrell
Ballet program includes Balanchine works - Scotch Symphony, Duo Concertant, Monumentum Pro Gesualdo, and Movements for Piano & Orchestra, plus Bolero by Maurice Bejart $ |
23, Tuesday | 8:00 P.M. | McCarter Theatre, Princeton |
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