| The NJSO celebrates its 89th season with a sold-out Opening Night Celebration concert featuring mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. |
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Susan Stucker, NJSO VP of Operations & General Manager, conducts a private pre-concert backstage tour for Backstage Experience guests. |
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Backstage guests enjoy an exclusive pre-concert dinner on Prudential stage behind the musicians' chairs. |
| Music Director Jacques Lacombe chats with backstage guests before the concert. |
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Kassandra Romas, Sheila Klehm and NJSO board co-chair Ruth Lipper enjoy an aperitif backstage. |
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A backstage moment before the concert with NJPAC President & CEO John Schreiber, NJSO President & CEO André Gremillet and Ginette Gremillet. |
| NJSO VP of Development Nicole Kagan shares a laugh with Domenick Cama, COO of Investors Bank, and Wendy Cama. |
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Ruth Lipper backstage with Phyllis and John von Stade. |
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NJSO concertmaster Eric Wyrick plays a piece for NJSO trustee James Gillen before the concert. |
Pre-concert cocktail party at "Cafe Amadeus" in the Chase Room. |
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Charter Amadeus Circle members Dick and Nikki Watson enjoy 1920s jazz before the concert with NJSO board co-chair Steve Sichak and Mary Jo Sichak. |
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NJSO trustee Ed Zinbarg and Barbara Zinbarg at the "Cafe Amadeus" cocktail reception. |
Charter Amadeus Circle members Freda Brown, Janet Cashion and Marjory Walters enjoy "Cafe Amadeus." |
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NJSO trustee Deborah Bello, Prudential Financial VP & Chief Legal Officer, and Gary Battaglia have a private moment before the concert. |
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NJSO trustee Penny Vance and Will Hobbie pose during cocktails with Linda Bowden, NJSO trustee and PNC Regional President, Northern NJ, and NJSO Director of Development Thomas Daubert. |
| Jacques Lacombe and the musicians of the NJSO give a brilliant performance of Gershwin's An American in Paris. |
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An astounding performance by Frederica von Stade under the direction of Jacques Lacombe. |
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Sharing the spotlight with guest artist Frederica von Stade & Jacques Lacombe after the concert are Steve Sichak, André Gremillet and Ruth Lipper. |
| NJSO Board Chair Emeritus Victor Parsonnet and Jane Parsonnet congratulate Frederica von Stade after the concert. |
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John Whitman, NJSO trustee Josh Weston, Judy Weston, Montclair State Univ. President Susan Cole, Montclair State Univ. Dean of College of the Arts Geoffrey Newman, former Governor Christine Todd Whitman and John Whitman. |
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Craig Silliman, NJSO trustee and Verizon Senior VP, Legal & External Affairs, and Katherine Silliman pause for pictures with Verizon Deputy General Council Steve Teguntman and Madeline Teguntman. |
| Charter Amadeus Circle member Audrey Bartner and Morry Mulman dance the night away at the post-concert 1920s Jazz Club in the Chase Room. |
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