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2024-11-21 | International advocate Tricia Tunstall will also be honored with the Wharton Arts Education Award at the annual Gala on April 10, 2025.

2024-10-09 | 200 Youth Honor Our Veterans with Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue!

2024-10-03 | New Jersey's largest independent non-profit performing arts education center announces its 2024-25 season, a celebration of creating, experiencing, and sharing joy through the transformative power of the performing arts.

2023-11-17 | Wharton Arts will honor award-winning jazz bassist, educator, and composer Rufus Reid with its Lifetime Achievement Award and will honor George Marriner Maull with its Education Award at the 2024 Gala on Thursday, March 7.

2023-11-13 | The Wharton Arts Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Gina Caruso as its new Executive Director, effective November 13, 2023. Caruso was unanimously approved following a four-month nationwide candidate search.

2023-09-20 | Over the course of the season, the nearly 2,000 Wharton Arts students and music lovers of all ages will inspire audiences through the power of collaboration and celebrating the strength that comes from creating together.

2023-03-23 | Nearly 500 talented young musicians will entertain shoppers with pops favorites, including highlights from Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings, and Star Wars, on Sunday, March 26.

2023-03-01 | The award will be presented to Angel Blue at Wharton Arts' Annual Gala on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

2023-02-25 | New Jersey's largest non-profit performing arts education center announced today that it will partner with the Summit Area YMCA to offer programs for adults aged 55 and over beginning March 20, 2023.

2023-01-25 | The Discovery Orchestra's George Marriner Maull and dancers from The Newark School of the Arts will guide the audience through a performance of African American plantation folk dance in "Discovering Juba Dance."

2022-12-16 | Wharton Arts and its 4 programs have undergone a comprehensive rebranding effort that includes a new website at WhartonArts.org.

2022-11-29 | The New Jersey Youth Symphony and New Jersey Youth Chorus still need to raise up to $100,000 in scholarships to support all of the student musicians' participation in the Italy and France concert tours in the summer of 2023.

2022-11-01 | Francis Goya will join the NJYS Youth Symphony for an exclusive performance as the featured soloist at their annual holiday concert on Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 p.m. at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway.

2022-10-11 | The concert features the NJYS Youth Symphony led by Helen Cha-Pyo with Samgomu Dancers Holly Shin-Young Knudson, Quinn Lee, and Brooke Jee-in Newmaster.

2022-10-07 | New Jersey's largest non-profit community performing arts education organization expands senior staff for the NJYS, PMP & PAS teams.

2022-09-20 | The new season features over 50 public events presented by nearly 2,000 talented students, artistic staff, and faculty members and marks the anniversary of programs that continue to provide vital creative opportunities for their communities.

2022-04-26 | Nominees of the coveted award were judged on five parameters, including the leader's reputation, educational background, professional experience, creative thinking, and decisive leadership.

2022-03-23 | The New Jersey Youth Symphony will donate 25% of its proceeds from the 2022 Playathon event to Doctors Without Borders for their efforts in Ukraine. This will be the organization's second fundraiser for Ukraine this month.

2022-03-18 | Supporting Ukraine, all of the proceeds from the gala's silent auction -- $8,865 – was donated to Doctors Without Borders.

2022-03-11 | The New Jersey Youth Chorus, entering its 30th anniversary season, will be joining the Wharton Arts family of educational performing arts programs effective July 1, 2022.