America: Honoring 250 Years
Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary as New Jersey Festival Orchestra opens its 2026–2027 season with an inspiring musical journey. Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait honors Abraham Lincoln’s enduring words through stirring orchestral music, while Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9,…
The New Jersey Festival Orchestra opens its 2026 to 2027 season on September 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Sieminski Theater with a program built around America’s 250th birthday. On the bill: Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony (“From the New World”), and Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos with young pianists Kate Lee and Kaiden Griggs. It’s a lot of programming to pack into one afternoon, the good kind of a lot. Tickets and details are over at the Morristown Green listing, because we’re a small local guide and not, regrettably, a box office.