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Program #1 – AIDA In Concert
Collective Youth Theatre Company (CYTC) presents the musical AIDA in concert at Discovery Times Square Exposition in NYC.

The performances, presented in conjunction with the museum's renowned exhibit "King Tut: Return of the King," feature some of New Jersey's top young vocalists. These students, hailing from dozens of towns across the Garden State, will be joined by Jazz and Broadway veteran CARTER CALVERT (Ain't Nothing But The Blues, Cats, Smokey Joe's Cafe), who will wow the crowd with songs from shows other than AIDA. The concert is directed by Darren Gage, with choreography by Samara Grossman.

October 14, 15 and 16 at 8pm
Discovery Times Square Ex
226 West 44th Street, NY, NY 1003


Program #2 - Broadway Meets BVI

October 2010

Singing sensations, Roosevelt Credit and Kimilee Bryant take Tortola, BVI by storm!

 

Program #3 - TOMMY In Concert
Collective Youth Theatre at Westminster Arts Center, Bloomfield College

Collective Youth Theatre Company (CYTC) presents the Who's TOMMY in concert at Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield, NJ. The performances, presented as part of Bloomfield College's Performing Arts Series, feature some of New Jersey's top young vocalists. These students, hailing from towns across the Garden State, will be joined by Broadway veteran CAPATHIA JENKINS (Fame Becomes Me, Caroline or Change, Dreamgirls), who will wow the crowd with songs from shows other than TOMMY. The concert is directed by Darren Gage, with choreography by Lori Alexander.

December 11 at 8pm
December 12 at 3pm

Program #4 - Ionisation New Music Ensemble
at Westminster Arts Center, Bloomfield College

Come and join us as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary concert.  This concert will feature the music of Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich, George Walker, Charles Wuorinen and Charles Ives.  Special performances will be given by percussionist, Peter Jarvis and the Glen Ridge Congregational Church Choir with director, Thomas Mustachio.  To finish complete our concert, we will present a rare full-scale performance of Terry Riley's monumental work, In C.

January 20
at 3pm


composer, Terry Riley

Program #5 - PICTURES 2011
at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
For the sixth annual edition of one of New Jersey's premiere Composition Contests, NJ students are asked to compose music inspired by visual art exhibited in the Montclair Art Museum - Will Barnet's Inauguration (2009).  Guest artist, trio@play will perform flute, clarinet and piano pieces written by the students.  In addition, trio@play will premiere the 2011 Ionisation Commission, a brand new work by top NJ composer, Darren Gage.

CONCERT and GALA AWARD CEREMONY
Friday, May 6, 7:30pm
(pre-concert panel at 6:45pm)
Montclair Art Museum

Tickets information will be available soon.



Will Barnet (b. 1911)
Inauguration, 2009
 

Program #6 - BROADWAY SINCE 2000
An evening of Cabaret featuring young singers from across NJ, and Broadway actress Andrea Rivette (Jekyll And Hyde, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables).

The Concert will include songs from recent musicals, including Wicked, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, Next To Normal and The Drowsy Chaperone. $15 (Students), $25 (Adults), $35 (Premium seating).


Saturday, May 7, 8:00pm
Westminster Arts Center, Bloomfield College

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Last updated on: 04/19/2011