Spring 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.
Featured Event
SciFi Ensemble: May the 4th Be With You
Friday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
General Admission $15/Students-Seniors $10
SciFi Ensemble is a string quartet with percussion specializing in movie and video game music. It combines music and body make-up in the same show, creating a fresh, genuine, and fun experience for all audiences. An original show with exclusive arrangements and a multidisciplinary artistic team form the basis of this unique project.
SciFi Ensemble was born with the aim of making known the great compositions of both cinema and television, with a big emphasis on video games music. Showing a repertoire, with great names and high-quality scores, that is not usually heard in concert.
Let yourself be carried away by the music of the classics of animation, the dazzling energy of the heroes and heroines of video games, and the fantasy of science fiction hits.
To learn more about the performers check artist's website.
Special pay-what-you-can Schooltime Performance May 4 at 10:30 a.m.
Full Season
NJCU Multi-Style String
Wednesday, April 12, 8 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required - Donations Welcome
This NJCU ensemble features students plus jazz greats Regina Carter, Celil Refik Kaya, John Benitez, and special guests.
NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion Presents Hidden Gems
Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required - Donations Welcome
Directed by Patrick Burns, the NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion will present Hidden Gems, an evening of music for band consisting mainly of works which are rarely performed today. The repertoire, created over the course of nearly a century, represents composers from Japan, Great Britain, and the United States, and features two compositions by Clifton Williams (1923-1976) on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
NJCU Concert Chorale
Sunday, April 23, 3 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required - Donations Welcome
Featuring the NJCU Concert Chorale under the direction of Dr. Robert Prowse, the program will center around the Requiem of John Rutter. Rutter’s inspiring and uplifting music is a cross between classical and popular styles, on traditional Latin and English texts. The Concert Chorale, a student choir of 45 singers, will also perform the work as part of a massed choir at Carnegie Hall in March.
NJCU Pop R&B Ensemble
Friday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
Free - Registration Required - Donations Welcome
The NJCU Pop/R&B Ensemble will be performing a variety of songs dating from the 1960s to the present day. It's a fun and joyful concert that you won't want to miss.