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Causes: Arts & Culture, Symphony Orchestras
Mission: To enrich lives through a passion for musical excellence and a commitment to New Jersey, its people and its communities.
Results: Named “a vital, artistically significant musical organization” by The Wall Street Journal, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra embodies that vitality through its statewide presence and critically acclaimed performances, education partnerships and unparalleled access to music and the Orchestra’s superb musicians. The generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations makes everything we do possible and enables New Jerseyans throughout the state to experience the NJSO and live music each year. In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of education and community engagement programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music. Programs include the three-ensemble Greater Newark Youth Orchestras, school-time Concerts for Young People performances and multiple initiatives that provide and promote in-school instrumental instruction. The NJSO’s Resources for Education and Community Harmony (REACH) chamber music program annually brings original programs—designed and performed by NJSO musicians—to a variety of settings, reaching as many as 17,000 people in nearly all of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
Programs: The new jersey symphony orchestra (njso) is dedicated to providing world-class orchestral performances throughout the state, and be relevant in its surrounding communities through a number of diverse educational and community engagement activities. The njso offers educational programming that allows it to reach nearly 21 counties, and engages more than 150,000 people, including 40,000 children, and educators each season.