New Student Auditions

Tuesday June 3, 2025 is the next date for our New Student Auditions. A successful audition secures your spot on our roster! Students must register for an audition time online. We will be accepting payment online as well. We look forward to meeting your young, talented musicians!

Click HERE for more information on auditions!

New Student Auditions

Tuesday January 28, 2025 is the next date for our New Student Auditions. A successful audition secures your spot on our roster! Students must register for an audition time online. We will be accepting payment online as well. We look forward to meeting your young, talented musicians!

Click HERE for more information on auditions!

First Rehearsal – Fall 2024

YOCJ rehearsals will commence on Tuesday October 1.

Please note that our first rehearsal will be at
Community Middle School (CMS)
95 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro 08536

Tuesday Oct. 1st CMS Schedule:

5:00pm – 6:30pm String Preparatory Orchestra – Orchestra Room #611

6:00pm – 7:00pm Flute Choir – Room 201

6:30pm – 7:30pm Percussion Ensemble (followed by Large Ensemble) – Band Room #615

7:00pm – 7:45pm Saxophone Ensemble – Room #612

7:00pm – 7:45pm Brass Ensemble (followed by Wind Symphony) – Room 201

7:00pm – 7:45pm Woodwind Choir (followed by Wind Symphony) – 7th Grade Concourse

7:45pm – 9:00pm Wind Symphony – Band Room #615

7:00pm – 9:00pm Pro Arte Orchestra – Orchestra Room #611

7:00pm – 9:00pm Symphonic Orchestra – Auditorium Stage

7:50pm – 8:50pm Saxophone Choir – Room #612

Back at WWPHS North, the planned rehearsal schedule is as follows:

5:00pm – 6:30pm String Preparatory Orchestra – Orchestra Room

6:00pm – 7:00pm Flute Choir – Room A104

6:30pm – 7:30pm Percussion Ensemble (followed by Large Ensemble) – Band Room

7:00pm – 7:45pm Saxophone Ensemble – Room A103

7:00pm – 7:45pm Brass Ensemble (followed by Wind Symphony) – Room 101

7:00pm – 7:45pm Woodwind Choir (followed by Wind Symphony) – Room A108

7:45pm – 9:00pm Wind Symphony – Band Room

7:00pm – 9:00pm Pro Arte Orchestra – Choir Room (301)

7:00pm – 9:00pm Symphonic Orchestra – Orchestra Room
(Brass Choir & Symphonic Woodwind early rehearsals TBA soon.)

7:50pm – 8:50pm Saxophone Choir – Room A103

Spring Large Ensemble Concerts

YOCJ will hold the Spring Large Ensemble Concerts on Sunday May 18, 2025
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro High School SOUTH
346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor NJ 08550

The timings are as follows:

3pm Concert
Wind Symphony
String Preparatory Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra

7pm Concert
Saxophone Choir
Symphonic Orchestra, featuring the Senior Concerto Competition Winner

TICKET PRICES

$20 Adults
$15 Seniors & Students
YOCJ Students: FREE
Public & Private Music Teachers: FREE:
Teachers: Please email Mrs. Epps at executivedirector@yocj.org to reserve your comp tickets!


TICKET OPTIONS

*All tickets are valid for either or BOTH concerts!

1. Ticket Sales during Tuesday May 13 Rehearsals
(Cash, Checks, Zelle accepted)

2. Purchase tickets at the Sunday May 18 Concert at WWPHS-South
(Cash, Checks, Zelle accepted)

Spring Small Ensemble Concert

We are so excited about our 1st Spring concert of 2025! Please read all the available details below and let us know if you have any questions.

EVENT:

Spring Small Ensemble Concert

PERFORMERS:

Flute Choir

Saxophone Ensemble

Woodwind Choir

Symphonic Woodwinds

Brass Choir & Brass Ensemble

Percussion Ensemble

WHEN:

4:45pm Percussion Ensemble arrives & rehearses

5:15pm Parents drop off Brass, Symphonic Woodwinds, Woodwind Choir

5:45pm Parents drop off Flute Choir, Saxophones

6:45pm Theater opens

7:00pm Concert  

WHERE:

Community Middle School
95 Grovers Mill Road
Plainsboro NJ 08536
(across the street from WWPHSN)

COST:

$15 Adults

$10 Seniors & Students

Zelle (via executivedirector@yocj.org), Cash and checks accepted (no credit cards at this concert)

YOCJ Students: FREE

Public & Private Music Teachers: FREE

*Students, please invite your music teachers and have them email Mrs. Epps at 

executivedirector@yocj.org

ahead of time!

STUDENT CONCERT ATTIRE:

All-black attire for all students:

1A. Long-sleeved black blouse/dress shirt with black dress pants/long skirt (floor- or ankle-length).  Black ties optional.
OR

1B. Floor- or ankle-length black dress (with sleeves)
AND
2. Black dress shoes (closed-toe, no sandals) with long black dress socks/stockings

ACCESSIBILITY:

Please give us advanced notice if you have any special accessibility requests. Click HERE to view our accessibility page on our website.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Registration Night

REGISTRATION NIGHT
This night features:
•Balance of Tuition Payment (see fees below) via Zelle or check payable to YOCJ
•Parent Volunteer Buyout $100 Option
•Orientation Meeting
•Meet your conductor
•Music Folder distribution at the conclusion
•Merchandise sale – Zelle, cash or checks accepted
WHEN
Tuesday September 24
7:00pm – Early Registration payments
7:30pm – Orientation Meeting for EVERYONE
8:00pm – Registration payments resume / Folder Distribution
Music Folders will ONLY be distributed AFTER the Orientation Meeting, to families who have submitted payment.
WHERE
West Windsor Plainsboro High School North: Upper Dining Hall
90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro NJ 08536
Please enter through the main entrance, go straight down the long hall, following the signs to the Upper Dining Hall, which will be on your right.
TUITION
*Zelle, via executivedirector@yocj.org, “Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Inc.”
*Checks or Money Orders accepted, payable to YOCJ
*Write student(s) name in Memo section in Zelle or on your check
*No credit card options are available for tuition payment
*One check or one Zelle for 2 or more siblings is fine
*Please bring a separate check for the volunteer Buyout option (if applicable)

*If you made your $100 deposit, please subtract $100 from the following full amounts for your balance:
 
$400 Saxophone Ensemble ONLY

$600 Saxophone Choir, Flute Choir

$800 for all other groups:
•String Preparatory Orchestra
•Pro Arte Orchestra
•Symphonic Orchestra (and small ensembles)
•Wind Symphony (and small ensembles)
•Percussion Ensemble (and large ensembles)
•Saxophone Ensemble AND Wind Symphony

$1250 for these 3 hour combinations (discounted):
•Flute Choir AND Wind Symphony
•Flute Choir AND Symphonic Orchestra

If you have an insurmountable conflict with the Registration Night timings, please contact Mrs. Epps ASAP at executivedirector@yocj.org.
Please let us know if you have any questions ahead of time, so that Registration Night can go as smoothly as possible. Thanks!

Winter Large Ensemble Concerts 2025

YOCJ will hold the Winter Large Ensemble Concerts on Sunday January 19, 2025
at Kendall Hall, TCNJ

Snow date: Sunday January 26, 2025

The timings will be announced soon.

Afternoon concert:
Wind Symphony

String Preparatory Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra

Evening Concert:
Saxophone Choir
Symphonic Orchestra, featuring Patrick Williams, Flute

YOCJ is thrilled to announce that our guest artist for the 2024-25 season is the flutist, Patrick Williams! Mr. Williams was appointed associate principal flutist of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2018 by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Mr. Williams is also currently adjunct instructor of flute at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. YOCJ is pleased to present Mr. Williams performing the Reineke Flute Concerto with our Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by Mr. Kenneth T. Bean, on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at TCNJ’s Kendall Hall. Additionally, Patrick Williams will be our woodwind clinician on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at our Woodwind Masterclass.

 

Winter Small Ensemble Concert 2024

We are so excited about our 1st Winter concert of the 2024-2025 season! Please read all the available details below and let us know if you have any questions. Details are subject to change. Please check here periodically for any updates.

EVENT:

Winter Small Ensemble Concert

PERFORMERS:

Flute Choir

Saxophone Ensemble

Woodwind Choir

Brass Ensemble

Percussion Ensemble

WHEN:

4:30pm Percussion Ensemble arrives & rehearses

5:15pm Parents drop off ALL other students for rehearsal

6:30pm Theater opens

7:00pm Concert  

WHERE:

Community Middle School

95 Grovers Mill Road
Plainsboro NJ 08536

(across the street from WWPHSN)

COST:

$15 Adults

$10 Seniors & Students

Cash and checks accepted (no credit cards at this concert)

YOCJ Students: FREE

Public & Private Music Teachers: FREE

*Students, please invite your music teachers and have them email Mrs. Epps at 

executivedirector@yocj.org

ahead of time!

STUDENT CONCERT ATTIRE:

All-black attire for all students:

1A. Long-sleeved black blouse/dress shirt with black dress pants/long skirt (floor- or ankle-length).  Black ties optional.
OR

1B. Floor- or ankle-length black dress (with sleeves)
AND
2. Black dress shoes (closed-toe, no sandals) with long black dress socks/stockings

ACCESSIBILITY:

Please give us advanced notice if you have any special accessibility requests. Click HERE to view our accessibility page on our website.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

New Student Auditions

Tuesday September 10, 2024 is the next date for our New Student Auditions. A successful audition secures your spot on our roster! Students must register for an audition time online. We will be accepting payment online as well. We look forward to meeting your young, talented musicians!

Click HERE for more information on auditions!

Chamber Camp Student Recital Week #2

Families, friends, and teachers, please save the date: Friday July 19 at 11am. Join us for the culminating performance of the week – the student recital featuring all the chamber music that the participants learned throughout the course of the camp. Week #1 features the string division and the saxophone division. See you there!