(NEWTON, NJ) -- The Machine performs Pink Floyd, America's top Pink Floyd show, has forged a 30-year reputation for extending the legacy of Pink Floyd, selling out theaters, premier showcase rooms and casinos across North America, Europe and Asia, performing at renowned music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Riverbend, and Gathering of the Vibes, and sharing the stage with full symphony orchestras, including the Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and San Diego Symphonies, as well as the Buffalo Philharmonic.... READ ON

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw, will present a concert titled “Come What May” on Saturday, May 4 at 7:30pm in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J. The program will feature music that reflects the joy of spring and will include original works; transcriptions of light classics such as Morning by Edvard Grieg and Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov; hymn tunes of the Lenten and Easter seasons; folk songs from Japan, Australia and Macedonia; plus Americana favorites. ... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has announced the NJSO Colton Fellowship designed to support musicians from underrepresented communities. This initiative continues the NJSO’s commitment to being a leader in diversity, equity and inclusion in the orchestra field. The NJSO will launch the multiyear program with a pilot for up to two string players in the 2019–20 season. The fellowship is made possible by a generous founding gift of $1 million from Judith and Stewart Colton.... READ ON

The latest band from New Jersey to get a record deal is grey goes black from Central Jersey.  The band will have its new record, Records Over Wire, released on May 4th by the UK label Shore Dive Records (who specialize in Shoegaze/dreampop, electronica, post-rock, and post-punk bands).... READ ON

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- Mountain Man continues its long-running US tour next month with headlining dates across the northeast. The new leg begins May 29 in Baltimore and continues through June 9 at The First Unitarian Church in Burlington, Vermont. The tour comes to the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30pm. Doug Paisley, a Canadian Alternative Country singer-songwriter, will open the night.... READ ON

​​​​​​​(NEWARK, NJ) --  Arts Education at NJPAC offers the best arts summer camp for students ages 10 to 18 where students can immerse themselves in a variety of programs perfecting their skills in performing arts. Students will develop their inner artist by taking classes in dance, acting, musical theater, jazz and hip hop.... READ ON

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- Live at the Fillmore, an Allman Brothers tribute band, will bring the music of the American rock band to Union County Performing Arts Center’s Main Stage on Saturday, May 11 at 8:00pm. Live at the Fillmore was founded by guitarist and vocalist Lou Maresca over a decade ago and are acknowledged as the world’s greatest tribute to the Allman Brothers Band. The band is named after the original Allman Brothers Band performances at New York’s Fillmore East Auditorium, often referred to as the ‘church of rock and roll.’... READ ON

(RED BANK, NJ) -- On Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 4:30pm, the Red Bank Chamber Music Society presents the American String Quartet in the world premiere of JUNO Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines.” The program also includes Beethoven’s Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, “Harp” and Brahms’s String Quintet in G major, Op. 111 featuring one of the American String Quartet’s top students from the Manhattan School of Music.... READ ON

Passionate and full of conviction, with a big spirit, Randie O’Neil is a singer-songwriter based in New Jersey. O’Neil’s roots-inspired sound is an organic blend drawing inspiration real life and delivered as a unique brand of upbeat coffee shop alternative pop while sending a message of strength and optimism to her listeners. She has independently released multiple albums, EPs, and singles over the years, and is soon to release her new set of songs, the I’m Not That Girl EP to be released on July 12.... READ ON

(BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ) -- Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts’ (WIPA) Performing Arts School presents a Spring faculty concert on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00pm at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights. Performances by faculty members Timothy Maureen Cole, soprano; Laura George, flute; Craig Graham, guitar; Eric Olsen, piano; Ema Mitrovic, mezzo-soprano; Eric Olsen, piano; and Emma Paterson, soprano include music from Into the Woods, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Nine the musical, The Greatest Showman and Be More Chill as well as Bizet’s Habanera and music of the French salon, or La Belle Époque. The concert is free and open to the public.  ... READ ON