Music is back on the back deck.
The Morris Museum in Morris Township is reprising its parking deck concert series for 2021, with Jazz on Thursdays (rain dates are Fridays) and the Lots of Strings Music Festival on Sundays (rain dates are Wednesdays).
All blocks are $50 for an 8 foot-by-8 foot block that accommodates up to two patrons. Bring your own chairs. At 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township, 973-971-3706.
UPDATE: An extended rainy forecast has pushed this concert to Saturday, April 17, at 7 pm: On Thursday, April 15, at 7 pm, the jazz ensemble Amani performs a tribute to Lionel Richie.
On May 6, it’s Mike Davis’ Belated Bix Beiderbecke Back Deck Birthday Bash.
On May 20, the museum presents Dan Levinson: Singin’ and Swingin’ the Clouds Away.
On May 27, experience The Antoinette Montague Experience.
On June 3, see Empire Wild: Americans in Paris.
Sunday, April 25, at 7 pm, Nicholas Tzavaras Plays Bach’s Cello Suites 1-3
May 9: Rhythm Method: Hidden Mothers
May 16: Catalyst Quartet
May 23: Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Woodwind Quintet
May 30: Members of American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Trio
June 6: Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Play Kenji Bunch and Mendelssohn
June 13: Tesla Quartet
June 20: Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Play Turina and Dvorak Turina
June 27: Nicholas Tzavaras Bach Cello Suites 2
July 11: Members of American Symphony Orchestra
July 18: Alumni from Perlman Music Program play Brahms and Bruch
July 25: Montclair Orchestra
Aug. 8: PUBLIQuartet
Aug. 15: Tesla Quartet
Aug. 22: Imani Winds
Aug. 29: Ethel
Sept. 5: Attacca Quartet
Sept. 12: Tesla Quartet
Sept. 19: The NJ String Quartet Plays Schubert
Sept. 26: Acme
For some reason the Morristown Green only published the first few jazz concerts of the year while it published the entire season of classical. There are just as many jazz concerts, actually, as classical this year. I suggest you check the museum’s website for the full listing s.
Over the past year or two, the management of the Morris Museum seems to have changed its focus. Over the years, they had presented a regular series of jazz concerts, for which they had built a large, devoted following. Most of the jazz concerts were sold out or close to it. Now they’ve cut back their jazz concerts in favor of classical string programs five to one. One would ask, “If it ain’t broke, why try to fix it?”