Jazz For Teens & Jazz House Kids at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the state’s anchor cultural institution, celebrates International Jazz Day on Saturday, April 26, 2025, with a free musical celebration featuring 100+ young local musicians performing on the iconic NJPAC stage. Co-produced by NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens and JAZZ HOUSE KIDS, this one-night only concert unites some of the brightest youth ensembles of New Jersey and New York: NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens’ Moody Jazz Orchestra and The George Wein Scholars Ensemble, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, Riverdale Country School (Bronx, NY), and Susan E. Wagner High School (Staten Island, NY)...

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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the state’s anchor cultural institution, celebrates International Jazz Day on Saturday, April 26, 2025, with a free musical celebration featuring 100+ young local musicians performing on the iconic NJPAC stage. Co-produced by NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens and JAZZ HOUSE KIDS, this one-night only concert unites some of the brightest youth ensembles of New Jersey and New York: NJPAC’s TD Jazz for Teens’ Moody Jazz Orchestra and The George Wein Scholars Ensemble, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, Riverdale Country School (Bronx, NY), and Susan E. Wagner High School (Staten Island, NY). Hosted by WBGO Radio’s Sheila Anderson aka “Queen of the Hang”, International Jazz Day in Newark highlights the power of jazz as a force for freedom and creativity, promotes intercultural dialogue through respect and understanding, and unites people from all corners of the region.

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