As part of his ongoing commitment to fostering musical talent among young people, Grogan’s work as Conductor and Artistic Director of the Interschool Orchestras of New York allows him to serve hundreds of budding musicians in the New York City area. The core of ISO is...
Grogan considers his work with young musicians one of the cornerstones of his career. His role as Conductor and Artistic Director for the Greater Newark Youth Orchestras epitomizes his dedication to the nurturing of America’s next generation of musicians. Grogan is Conductor and Artistic Director for...
Grogan serves as Education & Community Engagement Conductor, overseeing crucial community outreach programs designed to foster lifelong engagement with live music. Since 2006, Jeffrey Grogan has served as the Education and Community Engagement Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The ECE programs are designed to...
Jeffrey Grogan is the ebullient education and community engagement conductor at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as well as artistic director of -inspired programs in Newark and Paterson, N.J. He said this initiative was the brainchild of the development and education staffs: “In many respects,...
Throughout December, we are highlighting each of the organizations featured in our Jersey Give-Back Guide, which is a website designed to help you learn about some of New Jersey’s most effective nonprofits as you are thinking about making your year-end donations. On Day 7 of the...
Youth Symphony, the premiere orchestra of New Jersey Youth Symphony, will perform at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 8:30 p.m. The orchestra under the direction of artistic director Jeffrey Grogan, will perform movements from The Planets by Gustav Holst. The concert, “Instrumental...
Jeff Grogan, Conductor of the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra conducts a class of 4th-6th graders at the University Heights Charter School who have been playing violin after school for only 4 weeks, during a rehearsal at the school. The pilot program with the NJSO culminates...
Below, watch University Heights Charter School students perform a brief selection under the guidance of Daniel Martinho, a teaching artist in the NJSO pilot program. At the end, they tacked on their own cheer, which says better than any words how they feel about the...
NEWARK — The second-floor library of University Heights Charter School in Newark had been transformed into a concert hall, with 25 violinists arranged in three sections and grouped around music stands in the same way they would appear on a stage. Standing in front, conductor Jeffrey...
One of the best things about my family’s long Thanksgiving holiday weekend was attending the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s (NJSO) Family Concert at NJPAC. I had never been to a NJSO concert before and I was impressed from the moment the musicians began. The orchestra is...
