Essex County Summer Players
 

It was the summer of 1975, and a group of highly motivated high school and college students in West Orange decided to embark on a new enterprise. United by their love for great music, the young men and women came together to form the West Orange Collegiate Music Association. The organization, probably the area’s first summer orchestra, was perfect for those musical students who were home for the summer. It had a strong beginning, and provided many enjoyable summer evenings of music until it finally ran out of steam a decade or so later. But the idea was a good one and remained a viable concept, although nobody would act on it until the beginning of the new millennium. A former WOCMA cello player, now a middle-aged man, remembered those early summers, updated it accordingly, and the ECSP began its life in June 2001. Now in its sixth season, the group once again provides what the WOCMA had striven for: to give local musicians of all ages a chance to play and perform during the summer, and to provide musical experiences for the Essex County community Composed of over 60 members, including amateur, semi-, and professional musicians, the ECSP proudly presents this summer’s program and looks forward to many future seasons.  

Our musical director is Karen Pinoci. She is the Associate Conductor and
Co-Founder of the New Philharmonic of New Jersey, as well as the Music Director of the New Sussex Symphony. She has won a number of awards including "Musician of the Year" from the NJ State Conference of Musicians
and "Woman of the Year" from the MacDowell Club of Mountain Lakes.  She has conducted extensively both in the United States and abroad, and her training has included studies with Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle and Leonard Slatkin at Tanglewood, as well as at the Conductor's Institute and at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors.

Rehearsals will start on Tuesdays, July 3, 2007 from 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy (110 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ)

Concert

Date:
Sunday, August 19, 2007

Time:
3:00 PM

Location:
Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, 1025 South Orange Ave, Short Hills, NJ

Our program will include: