“The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, which has cancelled all its live events during the pandemic, will delay the start of its next season until at least January,” writes Jay Lustig in Thursday’s (7/16) NJArts.net. “Concerts had been scheduled to resume in early October…. ‘We are hard at work on alternative ways to serve our communities in the fall, and we plan to announce those initiatives shortly after Labor Day,’ said NJSO president and CEO Gabriel van Aalst in a press release. ‘We are committed to developing new and innovative ways to stay connected with you.’ The orchestra is currently offering free online content—including concert recordings and behind-the-scenes and educational content—via its NJSO at Home program…. The orchestra is also offering online educational programs… In September, as part of the NJSO at Home program, NJSO music director Xian Zhang will conduct NJSO musicians in a socially distanced, ‘virtual’ performance of the final movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The NJSO is the resident orchestra of NJPAC in Newark and also performs regularly” in five other New Jersey cities.
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