DECADE…the music lives on Continuo Arts Celebrates a Decade of Music, Inspiration and Opportunity!

The Continuo Arts Foundation presents DECADE, a concert celebration on Saturday, May 20th at 7:30 pm at the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School. DECADE promises to be a sight and sound spectacular featuring Continuo Arts Chorale ensembles including the Children and Youth Choirs of New Jersey, Civic Chorale of New Jersey, Sonare, Seniors Sing!, Alumni Singers, special guest artists and the Continuo Arts Chamber Orchestra. Under the baton of Founder and Executive Director Dr. Candace Wicke members from Summit, Short Hills, Westfield, Roselle Park, Morristown, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Freehold, Parsippany and other towns across New Jersey will delight the crowd with selections from major performances and events from seasons past.

Repertoire from Carnegie Hall premieres, international tours, musical theater medleys and international performances will be featured with multi-media presentations interspersed throughout the show. One special guest artist is composer and conductor Gary Fry. Mr. Fry’s compositions can be heard in both the concert hall and commercially in jingles for McDonald’s and many other major US corporations. Mr. Fry will conduct the Children and Youth Choirs of New Jersey, both programs of the Continuo Arts Foundation, in his compositions “Hope” and the rousing “If You Believe in Music” with guest soloist Craig Sanphy.

Since its inception in 2007, The Continuo Arts Foundation has garnered the attention of the international music world as well as here in the tri-state area. Continuo Arts ensembles have appeared in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Music Center at Strathmore and other first tier venues of note. They have appeared on tour with Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra, premiered Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in 42 shows at the Paper Mill Playhouse and were the first US organization in history to present a concert inside the Sistine Chapel.

The Continuo Arts Conservatory of Music was opened in 2016, consolidating office, studios, ensemble and rehearsal hall space. The Conservatory is located at 36 Chatham Road and offers a full range of private music lessons, musical theater programs and is home to the Children and Youth Choir’s of New Jersey, Civic Chorale of New Jersey, Seniors Sing! and Sonare, a young professionals chamber ensemble.

DECADE concert tickets are $20 for Adults, $10 for Seniors and Students. Call 908-264-5324 for tickets and visit www.continuoarts.com for more information. Funding for this program is made available through the Local Arts Program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State, and local foundations, businesses, members and patrons.