RESCHEDULED Winter Large Ensemble Concerts

YOCJ will hold the Winter Large Ensemble Concerts

on Sunday January 26, 2025 (SNOW DATE)
at Kendall Hall, TCNJ

3pm
Wind Symphony
Sinfonietta String Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra

8pm
Saxophone Choir

Symphonic Orchestra, featuring Patrick Williams, Flute

*All E-ticket sales will be handled by TCNJ.
*For online E-ticket sales, click HERE
*Tickets are good for BOTH concerts.
*Students & Seniors: $23
*Adults: $28
*Children 5 and under are FREE but need a ticket from the TCNJ website
*YOCJ students are FREE and don’t need a ticket to play in their respective concert. However, YOCJ students need a voucher from Mrs. Epps to attend the other concert (distribution in January)
*Music Teachers are FREE & need a discount code from Mrs. Epps – executivedirector@yocj.org

 

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

Symphonic Woodwinds

Brass Ensemble

Brass Choir

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

Zelle (use 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!

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!

Chamber Camp Student Recital Week #1

Families, friends, and teachers, please save the date: Friday July 12 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 woodwind division. See you there!

Spring Break

On Tuesday March 26, there are NO YOCJ rehearsals due to the WWP Spring Break. All WWP school buildings are closed. See you next on Tuesday April 2nd! Let us know if you have any questions!

Austria Bon Voyage Concert

Join us on Friday June 21 at 7:30pm for an informal Austria Bon Voyage Concert at Community Middle School Theater. Free Admission. Sample some of the fabulous music our ensembles are preparing to take on tour to Vienna, Salzburg and the Esterhazy Palace. The Tour Orchestra, Wind Symphony, and Saxophone Ensemble will be performing works by Beethoven, Haydn, Holst, Strauss, and more!

Week #2 Summer Chamber Camp

SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, West Windsor NJ

REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE!

Week #1: July 8-12, 2024, 9am – Noon (STRINGS & WOODWINDS)
Friday July 12th, 11am Recital for family & friends

Week #2: July 15-19, 2024, 9am – Noon (STRINGS & SAXOPHONES)
Friday July 19th, 11am Recital for family & friends

• Cost: $250 for one week (either week) OR $450 for BOTH weeks (strings only)

• Camp is open to both YOCJ and Non-YOCJ students.

• Non-YOCJ students who are accepted into the camp, are eligible to bypass New Student Auditions for the 2024-25 season upon successful completion of the camp, with the approval of the conductors.

Click HERE for more information on how to register!

Week #1 Summer Chamber Camp

SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, West Windsor NJ

REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE!

Week #1: July 8-12, 2024, 9am – Noon (STRINGS & WOODWINDS)
Friday July 12th, 11am Recital for family & friends

Week #2: July 15-19, 2024, 9am – Noon (STRINGS & SAXOPHONES)
Friday July 19th, 11am Recital for family & friends

• Cost: $250 for one week (either week) OR $450 for BOTH weeks (strings only)

• Camp is open to both YOCJ and Non-YOCJ students.

• Non-YOCJ students who are accepted into the camp, are eligible to bypass New Student Auditions for the 2024-25 season upon successful completion of the camp, with the approval of the conductors.

Click HERE for more information on how to register!

 

Masterclass 2024: Ranaan Meyer

April 2nd –  Ranaan Meyer

Multi Grammy winning, Emmy award winning, and Gold record Double Bassist Ranaan Meyer is most known as a founding member and performer with the string trio Time for Three, Founder and Artistic Director of Honeywell Arts Academy, and as a solo performing artist, composer and educator. He also is an alumnus of The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Temple Prep, Manhattan School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music.

Ranaan Meyer joined the Symphonic Orchestra to perform his first concerto for double bass and orchestra entitled: ‘Concerto for My Family’ (2021) which is his homage to the people who lifted him up all along the way. This performance was on Sunday January 14, 2024 at The College of New Jersey’s Kendall Hall! Mr. Meyer will also host a Performance / Improvisation Workshop for YOCJ on Tuesday April 2nd, 2024.