New Jersey Youth Symphony Presents "Two Nutcrackers" at UCPAC

This Sunday, the New Jersey Youth Symphony will perform two "Nutcrackers" side by side – bouncing Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s 1960s arrangements off of Tchaikovsky’s original compositions. Listen in as we talk to the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of NJYS and Director of the NJYS’s Jazz Orchestra about putting this ambitious project together to challenge their students and celebrate the season.

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