SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange and Maplewood communities are full of artistic opportunities for young people, one of which has been around for a long time. The Youth Orchestras of Essex County, created in 1956, is the state’s longest running youth orchestra. Offering musical mastery to children from ages 8 to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Matthew Henegan, a Columbia High School student, has been studying cello since elementary school. And his music journey advanced Jan. 8 at a concert at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan when Father Alphonse Stephenson, conductor of the Orchestra of St. Peter By the Sea and founder of the Cecelia Foundation, surprised Henegan […]