Fall 2023 Events
Events to Make You Dance, Sing... and Think
Every year, the NJCU Center for the Arts brings you a wide range of performances to entertain and inform. This spring is no different. Check out our list of offerings from March to May.
Full Season
NJCU Symphony, Winds, and Percussion
Thursday, November 16, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required
The NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion, directed by Patrick J. Burns, will present "The Beauty of Peace", a concert series of classic and modern music for wind band, in Ridgewood, Kearny, and on campus at the Margaret Williams Theatre.
For more information on the Ridgewood and Kearny locations, please visit our Music page.
NJCU Winter Jazz Festival at NJFPL
Five Corners Branch Library
678 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Saturday, December 2, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Free - Registration Required
Step into the world of tomorrow's jazz legends at the 2023 NJCU Fall Jazz Fest. Join us as multi-Grammy award-winning jazz faculty headline the festival and engage in a captivating display of musical dialogue with the region's most talented young artists, creating an unforgettable musical experience that you won't want to miss.
Holiday Choral Concert
Sunday, December 3, 3:00 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required
The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre presents a Holiday Choral Concert, with the NJCU Concert Chorale, conducted by Dr. Robert Prowse, and special guest choir C4. The featured work will be John Rutter's "Gloria" for choirs and brass instruments. C4 will present original compositions written and conducted by its members.
Multi-Style Strings Extravaganza
Monday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required
Featuring a panoply of musical styles from around the world and expanded sonic universe!
Performers include:
- Grammy award winning bassist/composer, John Benitez
- VT Cuba Band
- Hayes Greenfield, Electro-Acoustic, Looping, Spatial and Immersive Saxophonist, Educator, Composer and Activist featuring the NJCU Multi-Style Strings Ensemble
- Martha Mooke, Director of Multi-Style Strings ass instruments.
An Evening of Comic Opera
Saturday, December 9, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 10, 3:00 p.m.
Ingalls Recital Hall
Free - Registration Required
The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre presents “An Evening of Comic Opera”, sung in English with piano accompaniment. Featured works are Giancarlo Menotti’s “The Telephone” and Wolfgang Mozart’s Finale to “The Magic Flute.” Directed by Dr. Robert Prowse and accompanied by Alla Milchtein, the singers are all NJCU music students. Performances will take place in Ingalls Recital Hall, Rossey Building, on the Main campus of NJCU at 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 9 and 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 10. Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Pop R&B
Friday, December 15, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required
The Pop/R’n’B Ensemble is the creation of the NJCU Music Business program. It is dedicated to performing classic “pop” with a focus on rhythm & blues music from the pens of 20th century tunesmiths whose work ruled the airwaves from the 1960s to the present day.