SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, West Windsor NJ
Week #1: Monday July 10 – Friday July 14, 9am – Noon
Friday July 14, 11am Recital for family & friends
Week #2: Monday July 17 – Friday July 21, 9am – Noon
Friday July 21, 11am Recital for family & friends
Cost: $250 for one week (either week) OR $450 for BOTH weeks (strings only)
Week # 1 features the Saxophone Division, String Division, and the Woodwind Division.
Week #2 features the String Division only with brand new repertoire!
Click HERE for more details as well as registration links!
SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, West Windsor NJ
Week #1: Monday July 10 – Friday July 14, 9am – Noon
Friday July 14, 11am Recital for family & friends
Week #2: Monday July 17 – Friday July 21, 9am – Noon
Friday July 21, 11am Recital for family & friends
Cost: $250 for one week (either week) OR $450 for BOTH weeks (strings only)
Week #1 features the Saxophone Division, String Division, and the Woodwind Division.
Week #2 features the String Division only with brand new repertoire!
Click HERE for more details as well as registration links!
YOCJ is thrilled to initiate our return to touring with an exciting domestic trip for the Summer of 2023! We anticipate that this trip will fit into your end-of-the-school-year calendar and summer camp plans!
Our trip is being planned by Tour Resource Consultants (TRC.) Dates: Friday June 23 to Sunday June 25.
We are fortunate to be so close to Washington D.C. to enjoy its many offerings, such as the Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ Star Wars soundtrack, the Marine Barracks Parade, the National Mall and more! YOCJ students will have special performance opportunities at the beautiful New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, as well as the Lincoln Memorial. Perhaps the highlight will be the Pizza and Bowling Party to cap off our weekend!
Click HERE for details!
YOCJ is excited to present our Annual Chamber Music Fundraiser Recital on Saturday March 25 at 7pm.
This event exclusively raises funds for the YOCJ Senior Scholarship.
The 7pm evening recital will take place at the Plainsboro Recreation & Cultural Center.
The recital will be followed by a brief reception in the attached Novo Nordisk Room.
DEADLINE EXTENSION: Video Submission applications will be due on Saturday March 11th.
Click HERE to submit your video audition!
This unique event features student-organized chamber groups. Conductors will select which chamber groups will perform at this Chamber Music Fundraiser Recital. Selected groups will also receive one coaching session prior to the concert. All funds raised at the recital go completely towards the Senior Scholarship which will be awarded at the May 2023 Spring Concert.
All YOCJ Parents, new and returning, are welcomed to join us for a brief Parents Meeting on Tuesday December 6. There are two options: 6pm to 6:30pm OR 7pm to 7:30pm. Both meetings are identical. These meetings will be held in the Upper Dining Hall of WWPHSN.
Topics include:
*Upcoming concerts and details
*Poinsettias Fundraiser delivery
*June 2023 Domestic Tour information
*Merchandise clearance sales
and more!
Choose YOCJ as your Poinsettia supplier for the 2022 Holidays!
Tuesday June 6th 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 will hold the Spring Large Ensemble Concerts on Sunday May 21, 2023
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro High School North
90 Grovers Mill Road Plainsboro NJ 08536
The timings are as follows:
3pm Concert
Wind Symphony
String Preparatory Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra
7:30pm Concert
Saxophone Choir
Symphonic Orchestra, featuring Senior Concerto Competition Winner, Aryan Avadhanam
performing the Eric Ewazen Classical Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
Bravo to Aryan Avadhanam, a senior at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South. He’s the winner of the 2023 YOCJ senior solo competition. He will be playing the Eric Ewazen concerto for tenor saxophone and orchestra at the May 21 spring large ensemble concert at 7pm.
We are so excited about our Spring Small Ensemble concert! Please read all the available details below and let us know if you have any questions. More information is coming soon!
EVENT:
Spring Small Ensemble Concert
PERFORMERS:
Brass Choir
Brass Ensemble
Flute Choir
Percussion Ensemble
Saxophone Ensemble
Woodwind Choir
WHEN:
Sunday April 23, 3pm Concert
WHERE:
Community Middle School, 95 Grovers Mill Road Plainsboro NJ 08536
YOCJ is pleased to announce that our soloist for the 2022-2023 Season will be Trumpet player Billy Hunter. Mr. Hunter is currently Principal Trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera in New York and Assistant Principal Trumpet with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. He will be performing the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto with the Symphonic Orchestra, with conductor Kenneth Bean at our Winter Large Ensemble concert in January. Mr. Hunter will also be our Brass clinician at our Spring Brass Masterclass on Monday March 13th at West Windsor Plainsboro High School North. More concert details will be available soon, as well as information on how YOCJ students can audition to perform in the Masterclass. Stay tuned!
The deadline to submit your video audition will be Sunday February 26.
**Click HERE to submit your application!**
We are pleased to hold Spring Masterclasses for the following instrumental families on Tuesday March 7th!
The deadline to submit your video audition will be Sunday February 26.
**Click HERE to submit your application!**
STRINGS – William Harvey, Violinist and PSO soloist for the Saturday March 11 PSO Concert, which will be YOCJ’s Annual Field Trip.
WOODWINDS – Paschal Archer, Clarinet, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
SAXOPHONE – Noa Even, Rowan University Saxophone Professor
PERCUSSION – Greg Giannascoli, Princeton Symphony Orchestra
