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North Fifth Avenue will become the Great White Way next month as two Broadway veterans perform classic show tunes at the Highland Park Public Library. David and Karen Cantor, who have appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions as well as touring productions, will perform songs by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Stephen S0ndheim, and others. The [...] Three local bands are coming to the Nighthawk Books courtyard this Friday evening for another “Rock the Courtyard” music bash. The August 27 concert, a sequel to last month’s “Rock the Courtyard” show, begins at 7 p.m. in the courtyard at 212 Raritan Avenue, next door to the municipal parking lot between Second [...] Jewish music from around the world will be performed by the Makhelat HaMercaz Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey on Sunday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. in the Highland Park Public Library, 31 North Fifth Avenue. The choir, founded in 2003 by local cantors Anna West Ott and Sheldon Levin, encompasses some 50 singers from Middlesex, [...] “Sing for the Children of Haiti,” a concert to raise funds for relief work in Haiti, is set for Saturday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. in Highland Park High School, 102 North Fifth Avenue. Musicians are being sought to volunteer for the show, which will include a bake sale and art auction. The suggested donation is [...] Two free musical events for all ages will be offered this month at the Highland Park Public Library, 31 North Fifth Avenue. First, area folk musician Spook Handy will perform “Tales from the Road,” a collection of songs and stories about his adventures and travels throughout America. Handy’s music, which blends blues, folk, pop, and bluegrass [...] A string quartet performance of classic pieces and seasonal favorites is set for Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m. in the Highland Park Public Library, 31 North Fifth Avenue. A reception will follow the free concert. For more information, call (732) 572-2750. Gamelan Son of Lion, a critically praised new music ensemble based on the unique percussive music of Indonesia, will perform Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the performance space above White Lotus, 431 Raritan Avenue. Co-founded in 1976 by Barbara Benary, Daniel Goode, and Philip Corner while they were teaching at Rutgers University’s Livingston College, [...] A performance by the John Bianculli Trio closes out this season’s Highland Park Library Jazz Festival on Thursday, Nov. 19, at the library, 31 North Fith Avenue. Born and raised in Greenwich Village, across the street from the fabled Village Vanguard, Bianculli criss-crosses the New York metro area. He frequently plays out at Novita Bistro & Lounge [...] Celtic band Blackwater and student-run a capella singing group Amandala will headline a benefit concert for Who Is My Neighbor, the nonproft community agency that supports a host of local activities. The concert, set for Saturday, Oct. 24, gets rolling at 7:30 p.m. in the social hall of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 South [...] Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3 is the composer’s broadest, most expansive work, fusing the structure of a traditional European symphony with the Americana themes he had explored in works such as Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944), mingled with elements of his 1942 piece Fanfare for the Common Man. [...] |
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