On this special edition of State of the Arts we look back at some of the most intriguing and unusual classical music features we’ve done over the past ten years.
In 2017, Julia Wolff’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthracite Fields was performed at an abandoned Roebling steel factory in Trenton. In 2012, musicologist Anthony Sheppard made a discovery about one of the world’s most famous operas, Madama Butterfly. In 2014, the NJSO opened its season with an overture composed by Trenton’s “Bad Boy” of music, George Antheil. And, in 2013, the Princeton Symphony and the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble performed Derek Bermel’s Migration Series Concerto in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Sat, 2/19 @ 7:30 pm
Wed, 2/23 @ 8:30 pm
Thurs, 2/24 @ 11:30 pm
Sun, 2/20 @ 11:30 am
Mon, 2/21 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm
Wed, 2/23 @ 10 am & 3 pm
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Throughout February, we're sharing stories and music by Black musicians.
In 1993, singer Cassandra Wilson and jazz guitarist Brandon Ross performed two songs live on the State of the Arts set. Both were from Wilson’s recent album, Blue Light ’til Dawn. The album received rave reviews and was the beginning of a string of successes for the singer, who was almost always accompanied by Ross. In 1994, Down Beat named her Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year, and in the next few years Wilson won two Grammys among other awards. Enjoy these lovely renditions of Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey” and Chet Baker’s “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”
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Tomorrow, Feb 19 at 2 pm, the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is hosting a reception for Camden oil painter Pat Freeman, whose work is currently on display in their Newtonville location through March 27.
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Willie Cole's Beauties series is included in ArtYard's Invisible exhibition, along with work by eleven other artists, up through April 10 in Frenchtown. Photo by Jennifer Roberts
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Catch up on some of the best of State of the Arts
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State of the Arts looks back at an extraordinary interview with Rosanne Cash, filmed just 2 months after her father died. The singer reflects on her childhood, creativity, motherhood, her own reluctant path to the stage, and her relationship with her famous father. Photo: Clay Patrick McBride
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In this short clip featured on NJ Today prior to the 2013 Academy Awards, editor Tim Squyres talks about editing the Academy Award-winning Life of Pi in 3D, the first time for both him and director Ang Lee.
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In this special extra, Anthony D’Amato performs “Ballad of the Undecided” at Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair, NJ. Photo: Vivian Wang
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Producers Circle:
Peter A Benoliel & Willo Carey
W. Carl Burger
Elizabeth Good Christopherson
Melanie & John Clarke
Hella & Scott McVay
Philip E. Lian & Joan L. Mueller
Pheasant Hill Foundation
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