Capital Harmony Works, the home of Trenton Music Makers and Trenton Children’s Chorus, said the orchestra will again give a community concert in Princeton, N.J., in honor of Martin Luther King Day and the National Day of Service.
The concert, following the growing tradition among El Sistema-inspired organizations throughout the United States, will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Trinity Church Princeton.
Although in past years this concert was offered with free admission as a gift to the community, this year Capital Harmony Works is inviting the audience to lean into the holiday’s significance as a day of service, by contributing non-perishable foods, or a monetary donation, for the food bank at Arm in Arm. Trinity Church has long been a supporter of both organizations, as local ministry partners.
Trenton Music Makers, launched in 2015, is a five-day after school orchestra for Trenton students in grades 1-12, and is the sibling program of Music for the Very Young and Trenton Children’s Chorus. The orchestra includes string and percussion majors, daily orchestra rehearsal, small-group instruction, theory, improvisation and chamber music, together with academic support through the Learning Academy program, hot meals in partnership with the YMCA, and transportation from selected Trenton schools.
The Trenton Music Makers Orchestra has performed with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, with local and regional partner organizations in Paterson, Newark, Union City and Camden, for the Greater Trenton annual awards and the Mill Hill Historic House Tour, and as onstage guests of the NJ Symphony. They are members of the El Sistema NJ Alliance, and national partners of Carnegie Hall PlayUSA.
For information on the Jan. 16 concert, visit capitalharmony.works/events.
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