The Alternative Press

New Jersey Youth Symphony performs some of the most bone-chilling music ever written on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m. at Union County Performing Arts Center located at 1601 Irving Street in Rahway. Music selections at this family-friendly event include Night on Bald Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Empire Strikes Back. Tickets are available at www.UPAC.org for $15/Adults, $10/Students, and $5/children 12 and under in costume. Halloween treats will be given to children and teens under 18 in costume.

Wharton Music Center, located at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights, provides music, theater, and dance instruction, educational programs, and performances for children, teens, and adults. In addition to instruction in all instruments and voice, WMC offers classes in musical theater, dance, drama, choral music, vocal music, music theory, audio recording, early childhood music, and music for children with special needs. Offering a range of musical genres including classical, rock, jazz, and blues, WMC is one of New Jersey’s largest independent non-profit community music centers.

WMC offers orchestral and ensemble music education for grades 3 through 12 through New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) located at 570 Central Avenue in New Providence. NJYS, one of the foremost youth orchestras in the state, has ten orchestras and ensembles for which auditions are held annually. NJYS’s premiere orchestra, Youth Symphony, has performed in internationally-renowned concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York City and Musikverein in Vienna.

For more information, visit www.WhartonMusicCenter.org or www.NJYS.org. Wharton Music Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.