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  • Musicians in a string quartet perform while being surrounded by lit candles.

    Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and More

    Pollak Theatre

    Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Long Branch. This concert series was created with the intention of democratizing access to classical music, and the space and performers are illuminated by thousands of candles to create a truly magical experience. The String Quartet has a tentative program that includes works such as The Four Seasons and Thaïs: Méditation.

    Tickets starting at $36
  • Met Opera poster for their production of El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.

    El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

    Pollak Theatre

    On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live
    transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez.

    $23 (general public); $21 (seniors), $10 (child) and $5 (Monmouth U. Students)

  • Musicians in a string quartet perform while being surrounded by lit candles.

    Mozart vs. Beethoven

    Pollak Theatre

    Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Long Branch. This concert series was created with the intention of democratizing access to classical music, and the space and performers are illuminated by thousands of candles to create a truly magical experience. The String Quartet has a tentative program that includes works such as Bagatelle No. 25 en A menor: Für Elise and Las Bodas de Fígaro, K. 492: Obertura, and many more.

    Tickets starting at $30

  • Singer/Songwriters in the ’70s

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Class Schedule: September 3, 10, 17, 2026 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    Part one of this two-part course will closely examine the beginnings of the singer/songwriter movement, demonstrating how country artists such as Hank Williams, Sr. set the template for confessional lyric writing.  Bob Dylan transformed folk music by shifting from protest to the personal, with albums such as Bringing It All Back Home (1965) exploring themes concerning heartbreak and turmoil.  Early artists such as Taylor, Laura Nyro, and Leonard Cohen forged the sound, which would become a dominant force in the 1970s.

    $50

  • A string quartet performs while being surrounded by candles.

    90s Hip-Hop on Strings

    Pollak Theatre

    Featuring works from the 90s Hip Hop genre, Candlelight Concerts allow audiences to connect with the most iconic pieces of the greatest composers and listen to the top hits of well-known artists in a different way. The string quartet has a tentative program that includes Killing Me Softly, Can I Kick It, Gin and Juice, Hypnotize and many more! 

    Tickets starting at $30
  • Adult Education Series flyer for the class called "Bruce Springsteen in Long Branch"

    Springsteen and Long Branch

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Class Schedule: October 15 and 22, 2026 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    Join music historian Carlee Migliorisi as she takes listeners on a guided tour of the many connections between Bruce Springsteen and the City of Long Branch, New Jersey.

    $50
  • Adult Education Series flyer for the class "Classic for a Reason featuring Queen"

    Classic for a Reason: Queen

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Join music historians Ken Womack & Kit O’Toole as they revisit classic record albums. With Classic for a Reason, Ken & Kit will take listeners on a guided tour of our history’s most enduring popular musical accomplishments.

    $20

  • The Beatles’ Revolver

    The Beatles’ Revolver
    Virtual (Zoom)

    The Beatles’ Revolver proved to be a crucial artistic leap in the band’s career and sound, forever altering what was possible within pop music and the concept of the album overall. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of this landmark release, this course will explore the personal, cultural, and sonic landscapes that shaped the record, from the new sights and sounds The Beatles were consuming, through the impact upon their writing, their peers, and the music world thereafter.

    $20

  • Flyer for the Adult Education class "Singer Songwriters in the 70s"

    Singer/Songwriters in the ’70s, Part 2

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Class Schedule: December 3, 10, 17, 2026 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

    Through multimedia presentations and discussions, the class explores the major artists of the era, such as Taylor, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, and Gordon Lightfoot.  Another topic will study the growth of female artists, with singer/songwriters such as Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Carole King, and Janis Ian achieving even greater success—and creative control—for women in music.  While the genre may have peaked in the 1970s, it continued to influence popular music in the 1980s and beyond; the veterans still produced fascinating songs, and artists such as Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Fogelberg, and Tracy Chapman updated the format for younger generations.  Part two traces the peak of the movement and its lingering influence.

    $50

  • Classic for a Reason: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Join music historians Ken Womack & Kit O’Toole as they revisit classic record albums. With Classic for a Reason, Ken & Kit will take listeners on a guided tour of our history’s most enduring popular musical accomplishments.

    $20