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The WP New Music Series kicks off the season with a world-premiere performance of Gabriel Schmid-Doyle's interdisciplinary composition, Sketches from the Cocoon, centered on the theme of metamorphosis between formal composition and improvisation.
Song in Bloom explores the beauty of nature and human connection through wind ensemble works by Gala Flagello, and Percy Grainger, Aaron Perrine and Caroline Shaw. From wildflowers and roses to folk tunes and love songs, this program invites listeners into a soundscape of reflection, joy, and peace.
Tickets:$20 suggested donation for adults$15 suggested donation for seniors, children, and non-WP students.
Career discussion with WP alumna Ashley Pettet
Vocal Masterclass, featuring WP voice students and faculty
Tickets: $28 Public $18 Seniors & WP Community $8 Non-WP student Free for WP students
WP Music 2025 Collage bursts upon the stage with engaging and thrilling performances by a variety of our top student ensembles, including jazz, classical, and popular music!
Tickets:$25 for adults$15 for seniors, children, and non-WP students.
This 70-minute work is a celebration of noise as a metaphor for turbulent phenomena in the world around us, and a gateway to ecstatic experience. Grounded in the elemental violence of nature and the self-similar forms of linear fractals, this music is a convergence of sonic geography and sonic geometry. Each piece in the cycle is conceived as its own distinct and separate sound world, evoking the immediacy and presence of a place.
End of Semester Bash presents music from the 20th and 21st Century performed by WP Faculty, Students, Alumni and Friends.
WP piano students, faculty, alumni and special guests continue to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, with Part II of the French Composer's complete piano music! Featuring works for piano duo, including Ma mère l'Oye, La Valse, and the rarely heard Frontispice. Solo works include Valse nobles et sentimentales, Gaspard de la nuit, and more!
WP’s 2025-2026 Composer-in-Residence, Omar Thomas, is an award-winning American composer and educator known for his vibrant, socially conscious works that blend classical, jazz, and Black musical traditions. In this concert, Dr. Thomas’s music is featured by the WP Wind Ensemble, with guests from the Bergenfield High School Honors Wind Ensemble and in collaboration with musicians from the Paterson Music Project and the WP Music Mentors program.
