Music Room Series

NSO’s Music Room is a free and educational space for musicians and music lovers with information from our members covering a wide variety of subjects.

Interview encore with Adelle Sullivan-Cozza who performs Eduardo Lalo’s “Symphonie Espanol in D Minor” for violin with Newark Symphony Orchestra on May 19, 2024.
NSO interviews 2019 youth concerto competition high school winner Vibha Janakiraman for May 23, 2021 virtual concert.
What is the marimba? Where does it come from? This week one of NSO’s assistant conductors and illustrious percussion players, S. Mordecai Fuhrman, takes viewers through the history of the marimba and shows us how it works! He demonstrates a bit of double mallet technique at the end.
Simeone Tartaglione, NSO Music Director – What is a conductor’s score like to read? And what is a conductor actually doing when they wave?
Why is the bell of the French Horn backwards? This week two of NSO’s expert horn players, Linda and Steve, take viewers through the evolution French Horn and how its bell ended up backwards from their music room.
Music Director, Simeone Tartaglione, and Allessandra Cuffaro, Violinista, share their experiences and music – “Challenges and Opportunities – Adapting to the New Reality of Music During COVID”.