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If you are part of a music organization based in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with the company name, town, and website url. Updated 3/17/2026

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Atlantic County

  • South Jersey Jazz Society - Somers Point, NJ



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    Bergen County

  • Camerata New Jersey - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

    Burlington County

  • West Jersey Chamber Music Society - Moorestown, NJ

    Camden County

  • New Jersey Music Educators Association - Voorhees, NJ

    Essex County

  • SamVaad - Classical Music Initiative - Livingston, NJ


    Smooth Jazz New Jersey - Maplewood, NJ

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    Hunterdon County

  • Hunterdon Musical Arts - Flemington, NJ


    Hudson County

  • Con Vivo Music - Jersey City, NJ

  • UCMP - Weehawken, NJ

    Mercer County

  • Capital Harmony Works - Trenton, NJ

    Middlesex County

  • New Brunswick Jazz Project - New Brunswick, NJ

  • NJProghouse Progressive Music Series - Dunnellen, NJ

    Monmouth County

  • Asbury Park African-American Music Project - Asbury Park, NJ

  • Asbury Park Music Foundation - Asbury Park, NJ

  • Bluegrass and Oldtime Music Association - Little Silver, NJ

  • Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music - West Long Branch, NJ

  • Heartstrings

  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation - Red Bank, NJ


  • Musicians On A Mission - Red Bank, NJ

    Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.

    Morris County

  • Dreamality, Inc - Mount Freedom, NJ

  • The Folk Project - Morristown, NJ

  • The MasterWork Chorus - Morristown, NJ

  • Skylands Songwriters Guild - Ledgewood, NJ

    Passaic County

  • North Jersey Blues Society - Ringwood, NJ

    Union County

  • Music For All Seasons, Inc - Scotch Plains, NJ

  • New Jersey Conservatory of Music - Summit, NJ

  • New Jersey Jazz Society - Summit, NJ

  • Wharton Arts/ - Berkeley Heights, NJ


    Additional Resources

  • Early American Music and Arts

  • Indian Academy of Performing Arts (IAPA)

  • New Jersey Association for Jazz Education

  • New Jersey Association For Music Therapy

  • New Jersey Federation of Music Clubs

  • New Jersey Marching Band Directors Association

  • New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA)



     



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