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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Symphony, founded in 1922 by Philip James in New Jersey, United
States, began as the Montclair Art Association Orchestra and gave its first
concert on November 27, 1922. After Kenneth Schermerhorn's departure in 1968,
the orchestra appointed Henry Lewis as music director, making him the first
African American to lead a major orchestra in the United States. The New Jersey
Symphony has recorded works by composers including Hector Berlioz, Antonín
Dvořák, Reinhold Glière, and Modest Mussorgsky. Under music director Jacques
Lacombe, the orchestra also released a recording ...
