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  • New Jersey State Opera opens concert season in its new home


    01-29-2012

    BY RICHARD NEWMAN - STAFF WRITER
    - The Record

    It seemed fitting that a hometown star in the making would win over the audience Sunday at the New Jersey State Opera’s first concert in its new home, the Aprea Theatre in Clifton.

    Five-year-old piano prodigy Tyler Fengya of Clifton, a student at the Learning Center for Exceptional Children, turned Beethoven’s Sonata, Opus 49 No. 2 in G Major into child’s play, and followed it with an equally amazing rendition of a Franz Liszt composition, playing from memory. The music brought the crowd to its feet.

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  • SHU Chamber Choir Performs With NJ State Opera

    01-23-2012

    Receiving the Discover Jersey Arts Award

    By Laurie Pine

    Newly appointed Seton Hall University Artist-in-Residence Jason Tramm, D.M.A., Artistic Director of the New Jersey State Opera is introducing music students to the world of opera and performance in a spectacular way.

    On Sunday, January 29, the Seton Hall Chamber Choir will be participating in the launch of the New Jersey State Opera's 47th season with a special reception and concert featuring Ronald Naldi, Metropolitan Opera tenor, as well as rising opera stars.

    "It's thrilling for me to enable Seton Hall students to work with some of the finest voices in opera. This is a tremendous learning opportunity, and I am proud to have them join with the company for this exciting concert," said Maestro Tramm.

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  • NJSO Wins “Favorite Opera Company” for an Unprecedented 3rd Year In A Row

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  • An Evening with Samuel Ramey, Paul Plishka and Friends

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