Through more than 50 years, The Oratorio Society of New Jersey (OSNJ) has contributed to the vitality of culture in northern New Jersey. We perform the magnificent music of oratorios, cantatas, and related genres produced between 1650 and the present. People join OSNJ because they like to sing beautiful music.
The communities we serve are proud of our presence, and we are in turn proud of the ways in which the sounds of Brahms, Beethoven, Britten, Poulenc and many others have made our area a musically-enriched place to live. We are proud that members of OSNJ, together with other choirs, sang Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem on June 12, 2010 at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Maestro Ragnar Bohlin.
Please see our Concerts page for a listing of past and upcoming programs, and selected audio excerpts of OSNJ in performance.
Special thanks to Sharon Quilter Colucci, Montclair TV34 Station Manager, for sharing her station's broadcast of our March 2012 Brahms Celebration concert (click here for Performance Video).
Please join The Oratorio Society of New Jersey for our future Concerts! Programs to be announced.
All singers welcome! No auditions. Learn the full details at our Join page — and become a vocal part of OSNJ!
About Us — our history, membership, and funding
Concerts — recent and upcoming programs
Music Director — Dr. Sándor Szabó
Roster — our Members, Officers and Trustees
Join — New singers are welcome!
Become A Patron — from $25 to $500+
Contact Us — by e-mail, postal mail, or phone
NEW PHOTOS: Spring 2012 Concert – Johannes Brahms's Nänie, Schicksalslied, Ave Maria, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52, and Alto Rhapsody, plus Brahms solo works for piano and organ (Performance Video courtesy of TV34) -&- Spring 2012 Concert Photo Gallery — March 24, 2012 at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Montclair NJ and March 25, 2012 at Central Presbyterian Church, Summit NJ; 2011 Messiah Sing, Fall 2011 Concert – Händel's Judas Maccabaeus (Performance Video courtesy of TV34); Spring 2011 Concert – Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy" and Mozart's Mass in C Minor (KV 427). Special thanks to photographer George M. DeFeo.
AUDIO: Hear excerpts from our recent performances of the Verdi Requiem ("Rex Tremendae") and Orff Carmina Burana ("Ecce Gratum").
REHEARSALS are held at Cedar Grove High School, Rugby Road, Cedar Grove, NJ (details).
