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Get 'Broadway Bound' at Library Music Performance

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players coming to Toms River on May 12

Locals are invited to get "Broadway Bound" during a free chamber music performance at Toms River's Ocean County Library branch on Sunday, May 12. 

Members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players will make a stop at the library, located at 101 Washington St., for a 2 p.m. performance. 

The program will feature music from American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein’s musical "West Side Story," in addition to other Broadway songs arranged for string quartet and well-known classical pieces, according to the symphony. 

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NJSO violinists James Tsao and Rebekah Johnson, violist Martin Andersen and Assistant Principal Cellist Stephen Fang are scheduled to perform. 

Registration for the free program is required and can be completed online through the library's website or by calling 732-349-6200 or 609-971-0514.

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The performance is sponsored by an OceanFirst Foundation Arts and Cultural Grant, presented to the NJSO in support of its Resources for Education and Community Harmony program, according to the symphony. 

Performers last appeared at the library in February as part of the REACH program to play Mozart selections. More information about the NJSO is available through its website


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