2011-2012 Concert Season

Chamber Music Celebration
June 9, 2012, 7:30 pm
Grace Church, 4 Madison Ave., Madison
Adults: $15, Seniors: $10, Students (Under 22, with ID): $5

Arioso Consorte to Present Chamber Music Concert June 9 at Grace Church, Madison

Sonata #4, by Archangelo Corelli

Sonata #1 in G major, by Jacob Friedrich Kleinknecht

Sonata # 2, by Albertus Groneman

London Trio #4, by Franz Joseph Haydn. 

Margaret Walker, one of the founders of the group, said:  “These selections were chosen, particularly the Haydn London Trios, because they are just delightful music, easy listening for the classical style.” 

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Zeigler Plays Gershwin
June 10, 2012, 3:00 pm
Dolan Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth
Adults: $35, Seniors: $25, Students (Under 22, with ID), $5

Gioachino Rossini               Overture to La Gazza Ladra

Franz Schubert                    Unfinished Symphony

George Gershwin                 Rhapsody in Blue

Featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Paul Zeigler

Virtuoso Performer Pianist Paul Zeigler to Present Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

Paul Zeigler, of Madison, an internationally acclaimed pianist, will present one of the most popular works in the American concert repertoire with George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

"I am thrilled to be playing Rhapsody in Blue with an orchestra after playing the solo piano arrangement for so many years. For me, the Rhapsody in Blue is a brilliant masterpiece that captured, as all great compositions do, the excitement and inspiration of its era and preserves it for all time, " said Mr. Zeigler.

 

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June 10, 2012 Zeigler Plays Gershwin Dolan Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth
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American Prize Awarded to BONJ

The American Prize named The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey one of the top three community orchestras in the United States. Orchestras are judged on artistic quality, including the overall effect of performances, musicality, rhythmic incisiveness, ensemble tone quality, accuracy, intonation and knowledge of style. 

The BONJ was also noted for its program diversity and innovation, including the premier of new works by local composers. 

In addition, Maestro Butts received a special citation for his role in developing the excellence of The Baroque Orchestra and for his outstanding efforts as an educator and proponent of classical music in the community.

2011 marks the second consecutive year that BONJ was recognized for its artistic excellence by The American Prize.

The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey was founded in 1996 to explore the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As the orchestra developed as an ensemble and as a dynamic community presence, repertoire and offerings expanded to all periods and forms of classical music.

 

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BONJ Podcast on Beethoven's Ninth

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Our Conductor

 

Meet Maestro Robert Butts, whose creative energies are a driving force behind the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey.

Conductor and Music Director Robert Butts has been the creative energy behind The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey from its beginning. He also serves as the Music Director for The New Jersey Concert Opera and Conductor for Opera at Florham. Since 2006 he has been the Artistic Director of the Summer Festival of Baroque Music held in Madison, New Jersey every August. Other conducting appearances have included performances featuring The New Jersey Symphony, The Plainfield Symphony, The Society of Musical Arts Orchestra, Harmonium Choral Society, the Oratorio Singers and the Masterwork Chorus. Maestro Butts has been a regular guest conductor with orchestra and opera companies in Eastern Europe.

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