Fall 2024 Events
Events to Make You Dance, Sing... and Think
Every year, the 野花社区 Center for the Arts brings you a wide range of performances to entertain and inform. This spring is no different. Check out our list of offerings from March to May.
Jazz Fest at JCFPL
Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 12pm to 4:30pm
Jersey City Free Public Library: Five Corners Branch
678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
A Winter Choral Concert
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The season comes alive with the sounds of music. The Caroline L. Guarini Department of Music, Dance and Theatre presents "A Winter Choral Concert" featuring the 野花社区 Concert Chorale directed by Donald C. Morris. The featured work will be Durante鈥檚 Magnificat, accompanied by string orchestra. In addition, the Chorale will present anthems representing and celebrating joy, hope, and peace!
Winter Jazz Big Band
Monday, December 9, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The 野花社区 Jazz Ensemble welcomes you to an exciting evening of Big Band music for listeners of all ages! The concert will feature the Jazz Ensemble built by 野花社区鈥檚 own jazz department. The music will span the full history of jazz and showcase music from the great groups of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and many more. Under the direction of Nathan Eklund, the ensemble will deliver a powerful, dynamic evening you won鈥檛 forget!
An Evening of the Healing Powers of Music
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Margaret Williams Theatre Lobby, 6:30pm
野花社区 Multi-Style Strings Ensemble -- Presenting a showcase of original work under the direction of Dr. David Eggar
Margaret Williams Theatre, 7:30pm
Carla Patullo and the Scorchio Quartet 鈥淪o She Howls鈥
Join GRAMMY庐-winning artists Carla Patullo and the Scorchio Quartet on an immersive musical and healing journey performing music from their acclaimed album "So She Howls."
'So She Howls" is a cathartic, cinematic album recently winning the GRAMMY庐 Award for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album. Born from Patullo's near-death experience, the album is a triumphant story of healing told through primal vocals, lush orchestral arrangements, and adventurous electronics.
Led by the esteemed Martha Mooke, the Scorchio Quartet boasts an impressive pedigree, having performed with legendary artists like David Bowie, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Iggy Pop, Flaming Lips, Regina Spektor, and David Byrne, among others. Along with Mooke, Scorchio members Lorenza Ponce, Frederika Krier, and Leah Coloff will join Patullo, bringing their virtuosic talents to realize the full depth and breadth of "So She Howls" in a live setting...
For more information about this performance, please check out our Music page.
Fall Pop R&B
Friday, December 20, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Williams Theatre
The Pop R&B Ensemble is the creation of the 野花社区 Music Business program. It is dedicated to performing classic 鈥減op鈥 with a focus on rhythm & blues music from the pens of 20th-century tunesmiths whose work ruled the airwaves from the 1960s to the present day.锘