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!
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!
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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!
$1250 for these 3 hour combinations (discounted):
•Flute Choir AND Wind Symphony
•Flute Choir AND Symphonic Orchestra
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.
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
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!
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!
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!
19 Ginnie Lane
West Windsor, NJ 08550 contactyocj@gmail.com
