Ars Musica Chorale, of Ridgewood, N.J., a suburban community 15 miles from New York City, is seeking an experienced, accomplished music director/conductor with a wide knowledge of choral literature. The Chorale is a critically praised and highly-dedicated group of 80 avocational singers with professional standards and a commitment to excellence. The Chorale has a regular […]
Spring Gala, April 2017
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Making Peace, 2016-17 Season
2016 – 2017 Season Making Peace The Ars Musica Chorale is proud to announce its 2016–2017 Season, Making Peace, featuring five programs of outstanding choral, orchestral, and operatic works. Under the baton of Music Director Dusty Francis, Ars Musica’s fifty-first season includes collaborations with the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, the Adelphi Orchestra, Ars Musica’s own Encore […]
Audition with Ars Musica
About Ars Musica Founded in 1965, Ars Musica began as a small community chorus. Now, more than fifty years later, Ars Musica is recognized as one of the most accomplished choruses in the area and continues to offer singers the opportunity to perform a wide variety of great music. Experienced choral singers interested in auditioning […]
People’s Choice Awards
Ars Musica has been nominated for Favorite Choral Group in the 2016 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards! We are pleased to announce our nomination for Favorite Choral Group in the 2016 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. Now in its eighth year, the yearly awards program run by Discover Jersey Arts pays tribute to the work of New […]
Ars Musica’s 50th Anniversary Gala
Ars Musica’s 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Music, Dancing, Silent Auction Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7 pm The Estate at Florentine Gardens 97 Rivervale Road, River Vale, NJ 07675 Join us as we celebrate fifty years of the unique beauty and synergy of choral singing and a future nurturing those who enrich us through […]
2014–2015 Encore Young Artists
Ars Musica is proud support and train the next generation of choral artists with The Encore Young Artist Program, which provides opportunities to exceptional young musicians to gain important skills for a career in music. Meet this year’s class of Young Artists who will be featured on our May 30 performance of Mozart’s Splendid Finale.
Meet the Artists: Mozart’s Splendid Finale
The 2014–2015 Season concludes with a Masterworks Concert, Mozart’s Splendid Finale, an exploration in music and letters of Mozart’s final year of life. Join us as we present excerpts from some of the best works of one of history’s greatest musical minds with the help of our incredibly talented soloists.
Preferred Restaurant Partners
Ars Musica is pleased to announce our new Preferred Restaurant Partners. Present a coupon and your ticket to Mozart’s Splendid Finale to receive a dining discount from one of six Ridgewood restaurants and our exclusive Hillsdale Partner before or after the concert (reservations are suggested). Park once to enjoy dinner and a concert!
Notes on the Program: Mozart’s Splendid Finale
“Everything you’ve heard is true”—or so goes the tagline to Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s 1984 motion-picture account of the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the proud, envious Antonio Salieri, who in the film is portrayed as so threatened by Mozart’s genius that he executes a plot to poison the virtuoso. But Shaffer’s account is just […]
