New Jersey Music
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Annual Events and Festivals
Atlantic Coast Opera Festival (ACOF) – Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Area
Cape May Jazz Festival – Cape May
Cape May Music Festival – Cape May
New Jersey Folk Festival (NJFF) – New Brunswick
Ocean County's Summer Carousel of Music
Princeton Festival – Lawrenceville
Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival – Red Bank
Southern Shore Music Festival – Millville
Assoications and Professional Organizations
Acoustic Musicians Guild (AMG) – Brick Town
American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
New Jersey Locals
Musicians Guild of Essex County (Local 16) – West Orange
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Arlington, Belleville, Bloomfield (all in New Jersey), Brookdale, Caldwell, Cedar Grove, East Newark, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Harrison, Hilton, Irvington, Kearney, Livingston, Maplewood, Millburn, Montclair, Newark, North Arlington, North Newark, Nutley, Orange, Roseland, Short Hills, South Orange, Summit, Upper Montclair, Verona, Wyoming and West Orange.
Local 62 – Trenton
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Mercer County. The following in Burlington County: Bordentown, Chesterfield, Fieldsboro, New Hanover, North Hanover and Wrightstown. The following in Monmouth County, Allentown, Jersey Homesteads, Millstone and Upper Freehold. All of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties. In Pennsylvania: Bristol, Langhorne, Manor, Lower Makefield, Middletown, Morrisville Falls, New Hope, Newton, Solebury, South Langhorne, Tullytown, Wrightstown and Yardley.
Musicians' Association of Elizabeth (Local 151) – Union
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Union County, except Plainfield and Summit.
Musicians' Union of Central New Jersey (Local 204-373) – Edison
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in New Brunswick and bounded on the most northeast point of Raritan Township, then west along Middlesex County boundary line to boundary line of South Plainfield, excepting the Plainfield Country Club, following said boundary line around the borough of South Plainfield to the Lehigh Valley Railroad on the west boundary, then along Lehigh Valley Railroad to boundary line of the borough of Middlesex; southwest along boundary line to Cedar Street, north on Cedar Street, and Washington Avenue to north boundary of Middlesex Bourough; northwest along boundary line of Bridgewater, continuing along western boundary line of Branchburg, Hillsborough, Montgomery, to junction with Princeton Township, east along southern boundary to Montgomery, Plainsboro, Cranbury, Monroe to Manalapan.South on western boundary of Manalapan continuing northeast on same and along southern boundary of Marlboro, and then north on same to boundary line of Monmouth-Middlesex Counties, northeast on county line to State Highway 4. North on Highway 4 to Brook; west along Raritan River to New Wharf, north along Metuchen Main Extension to Route 25;northwest along Route 25 to Woodbridge Township boundary line, then north back along this line to point of beginning. Perth Amboy and South Perth Amboy and the territory bounded by the most northeasterly point of Middlesex County, along the northerly boundary of Middlesex County to westerly intersection of Woodbridge and Raritan Townships; bounded on the west by the Woodbridge Township line, south to Route 25 then along Route 25 to the Main St. Metuchen extension; south along said extension to New Wharf, then east to the Raritan River and southeasterly along Crossman's Brook to and following Ernston Rd. to Route 4 then along Route 4 to Matawan. Southwest along the Matawan boundary line, continuing along same to southern boundary of Holmdel and Middletown, then along Navesink River directly east to Atlantic Ocean, at south end of Highland Beach. Somerset County: Bernards, Warren, Green Brook, Watchung and North Plainfield. The following in Middlesex County: South Plainfield, Dunellen and the Plainfield Country Club, and that part of Piscataway Township between Middlesex Borough and South Plainfield north of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and that part of the Borough of Middlesex that includes Lincoln and as far southwest as Cedar Street and Washington Avenue. The northern boundary line of Local 746 is described as follows: Beginning West from the Hunterdon and Somerset County line, and all areas north of Route 523 512 Liberty Corner Road, and Lyons Road to Davis Bridge. All area north of Davis Bridge, and north of Passaic River to Somerset and Union County line.
Local 248 – Paterson
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities in All of Passaic County. All of Bergern County; except North Arlington. The following in Hudson County: Bayonne, Hoboken, Jersey City, North Bergen, Guttenberg, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawkwn and West New York. Morris County. Also Fayson Lakes, Green Pond and Smoke Rise. The following in Sussex County: Andover, Branchville, Byram, Frankford, Franklin, Fredon, Green, Hamburg, Hampton, Hardyston, Hopatchong, Layfayette, Montague, Newton, Ogdensburg, Sandupston, Sparta, Stanhope, Stillwater, Sussex, Vernon, Walpack and Wantage.
Burlington County Musical Society (Local 336) – Burlington
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Burlington County: Beverly, Cinnaminson, Delanco, Easthampton, Edgewater Park, Hainesport, Florence, Lumberton, Mansfield, Moorestown, Mt. Laurel, Mt. Holly, Springfield, Palmyra, Pemberton, Riverton, Riverside, Southampton, Westhampton, and Willingboro.
Local 399 – Asbury Park
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Monmouth County; Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Brielle, Deal, Eatontown, Fair Haven, Farmingdale, Freehold, Howell, Interlaken, Little Silver, Long Branch, Manasquan, Monmouth Beach, Neptune, Neptune City, Ocean Grove, Oceanport, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Sea Girt, Shrewsbury, South Belmar, Spring Lake and Wall.
Ocean County; except for the southern portion belonging to Local 77, Philadelphia, PA.
Local 595 – Vineland
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties. The following in Camden County: Chesilhurst, Waterford and Winslow. The following in Atlantic County: Buena Vista, Folsom and Hammonton.
Atlantic City Musicians' Association (Local 661-708) – Ventnor
Jurisdictional Responsibilities: include the following localities, in All of Cape May County and the following in Atlantic County: Atlantic City, Absecon, Brigantine, Corbin City, Egg Harbor City, Estell Manor, Galloway, Hamilton, Linwood, Longport, Margate City, Mays Landing, Mullica, Northfield, Pleasantville, Port Republic, Somers Point, Township of Egg Harbor, Ventnor City and Weymouth; and the following in Ocean County: Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, all of Long Beach Island; south of and including Barnegat City, Stafford, Tuckerton, and Union.
Andrew George De Grado Foundation – Springfield
Carnatic Music Association of North America (CMANA)
Classical New Jersey Society (CMJS) – Plainfield
Conservatory of Musical Arts of Haddonfield (CMAH) – Haddonfield
Garden State Theatre Organ Society (GSTOS) – Jersey City
New Jersey Jazz Society (NJJS) – Hackettstown
New Jersey Music Education Association (NJMEA)
Classical New Jersey Society (CMJS) – Plainfield
Princeton Folk Music Society – Princeton
Princeton Recorder Society – Princeton
Tri-State Jazz Society – Mount Laurel
Performance Locations and Venues
Albert Music Hall – Waretown
Folk Project – Northern New Jersey Folk-Music and Related Activities
Internet and Paper Resources
Discover Jersey Arts' Music Links
JERSEYMUSIC.COM – New Jersey's Local Music Connection
New Jersey Rocks – Music Resources
Night And Day Magazine – Jersey Shore Entertainment Resource with editions for Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties
NJFOLK – Folk Music Resource Guide for the Garden State
Musical Groups and Organizations
Instrumental Groups
Bands
Barrington Band – Barrington
Blawenburg Band – Blawenberg
Bloomfield Youth Band – Bloomfield
Bloomingdale Cornet Band – Bloomingdale
Bonsal Blues Band (BBB) – Woodbury
Community Band of Chatham – Chatham
Fair Lawn Diamond Jubilee Band (GSP) – Fair Lawn
Golden Eagle Community Band (GECB) – Mount Holly
Greater Shore Concert Band (GSCB) – Eatontown
Hackettstown Community Band (HCB) – Hackettstown
Montclair Community Band – Montclair
Ridgewood Concert Band – Ridgewood
Rutherford Community Band – Rutherford
Saint Peter's Brass Quintet
Solid Brass – Chatham
Woodbridge Community Band (WCB) – Woodbridge
Historical and Revival Groups
Boxwood Music Inc. of Mount Freedom Presents
The Early Music Players – Randolph
Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra – Bloomfield
The Hester Street Troupe – Klemzer Trio – Cranford
Orchestras and Symphonies
Bay-Atlantic Symphony – ... from the Delaware Bay to the Atlantic Ocean
Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra (BSO) – Bloomfield
Colonial Symphony of Morristown (C.S.) – Morristown
Eastern Wind Symphony (EWS) – West Trenton
Edison Symphony Orchestra – Edison
Essex County Summer Players – Short Hills
Garden State Philharmonic (GSP) – Brick
Garden State Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (GSP-Youth) – Brick
Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra (GSP-Youth) – Stratford
Greater Newark Youth Orchestra (GNYO) – Newark
Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra (GPYO) – Princeton
Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra (GTSO) – Trenton
Hanover Wind Symphony (HWS) – Whippany
Lakeland Youth Symphony – Parsippany
New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra (NJIO) – Newark
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) – Newark
New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) – Murray Hill
New Philharmonic of New Jersey (NPNJ) – Cedar Knolls
North Jersey Philharmonic (NJP) – Teaneck
Ocean City Pops Orchestra – Ocean City
Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey – Voorhees
Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) – Princeton
Raritan Valley Symphonic Band (RVSB) – Hillsborough
Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra (RSO) – Ridgewood
Ramsey Wind Symphony – Mahwah
South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble (SJAWE) – Linwood
South Orange Symphony – South Orange
Symphony in C – Haddonfield
Westfield Symphony Orchestra – Westfield
Youth Orchestras of Essex County – Maplewood
Religiously Affiliated or Oriented Groups
Jubilate Deo Chorale & Orchestra – Camden
The Masterwork Chorus – Morristown
The Monmouth Civic Chorus – Red Bank
Morris Choral Society (MCS) – Morristown
Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea – Bay Head
Philomusica – Middlesex County Area
Princeton Pro Musica – Princeton
Princeton Singers – Princeton
Riverside Symphonia – Lambertville
Shrewsbury Chorale – Shrewsbury
Summit Chorale – Summit
VOICES Chorale – Princeton
Vocal Groups
Arcadian Chorale – Matawan
The American Boychoir – Princeton
Boheme (Bo-em) Opera New Jersey – Trenton
ChildrenSong of New Jersey – Haddonfield
Garden State Chorale – Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties; Philly & DE
Garden State Sacred Harp Singings – Montclair
Harmonium Chorus Society – Morristown
Heart of New Jersey Chorus – Marlboro
Hopewell Valley Chorus – Pennington
Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club – Paramus
Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey (MLO) – Allenhurst
Morris Music Men Chorus – Morris
New Jersey Choral Society (NJCS) – Midland Park
New Jersey Gay Men's Chorus (NJGMC) – New Jersey and Pennsylvania Venues
New Jersey Opera Theater (NJOT) – Northern New Jersey and Other Varied Venues
The Princeton Garden Statesmen – Barbershop Quartet – Princeton
Princeton Girlchoir – Princeton
Princeton Nassoons – Princeton
Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs – Princeton
Pro Arte Chorale – Paramus
State Repertory Opera of New Jersey (SRO) – South Orange
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