Singer-songwriters Kelly Jones and Teddy Thompson (son of Richard and Linda Thompson), who released their debut album “Little Windows” in 2016, perform at Outpost in the Burbs tomorrow, April 7, […]
Music
Lady in red: Montclair’s Autumn Turner will never give up on her Voice
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Autumn Turner was knocked out in the Knockout Rounds in NBC’s “The Voice” on Monday, April 3. But she isn’t staying down. The 25-year-old Montclair resident […]
State, township give kudos to Drums of Thunder bandleader
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Look around the walls of the first-floor hallway of Hillside Elementary School, and you’ll find photo after photo of Drums of Thunder out on the road: […]
Montclair’s Adegoke Steve Colson: jazz and the city
Montclair resident and Grammy nominee Adegoke Steve Colson presents “Here Is the Place, Our City,” a jazz-flavored tribute, commissioned by New Jersey Performing Arts Center, to honor Newark’s 350th anniversary […]
Montclair’s musical champs
Four Montclair High School students have won national awards in music. Jeremy Stepansky, left, a pianist and composer, was named a 2017 National Young Arts Foundation Merit Winner in jazz […]
Montclair’s Peak Performances hosts string quartet festival this weekend
Four string quartets will perform at Peak Performances’ “All Terrain String Festival: Bolcom 4×4” from Friday, March 31, through Sunday, April 2, at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State […]
Montclair’s Autumn Turner competes on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
Montclair’s Autumn Turner was on the 12-member team chosen by Alicia Keys, and will compete in “Battle Rounds” against teams chosen by Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Gwen Stefani. During […]
Montclair arts groups speak out for the NEA
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news When Jazz House Kids first presented a Montclair Jazz Festival, “we were on a raised grass and rock platform in Nishuane park,” said Melissa Walker, founder […]
Montclair: Oratorio Society of New Jersey performers keep singing
By Gwen Orel orel@montclairlocal.news When they sing, they feel free. Uplifted. Inspired. And challenged. Definitely challenged. Laughter came from three long-time members of Oratorio Society of New Jersey as they […]
Making mad music: ‘Quixote’ at Peak Performances, Montclair State University
Tonight, March 23, Peak Performances will present the world premiere of “Quixote,” a new opera with music by Amy Beth Kirsten, directed by Mark DeChiazza, performed by the HOWL ensemble. […]
Montclair to have standing orchestra
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Montclair will soon have its own standing orchestra. Not a small chamber group, but a proper orchestra, led by a conductor/music director who is the concert […]
55 years and feeling the buzz: The Chieftains come to NJPAC
BY GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news On a distant planet, somewhere, someone may be listening to the the uillean (pronounced “illin”) pipes, accompanied by the insistent sound of the goat-skin drum the […]
Montclair Community Band celebrates the ‘End of Winter’
By Gwen Orel orel@montclairlocal.news Barbara Rudy was there when the Montclair Community Band began 35 years ago. Not too many of the original bandmates still play, but the ethos of […]