HAPPY NEW YEAR: The annual concert celebrating New Year’s Eve at Trenton’s Patriots Theater at the War Memorial is a Capital Philharmonic tradition. Sebastian Grand conducts. (Photo by James Beaver)

The Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey presents its annual New Year’s Eve concert at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31.

Preceding the concert at 7:10 p.m., Brett Miller gives a recital on the theater’s organ. Sebastian Grand conducts the concert, which includes Leonard Bernstein’s overture to Candide, a Strauss waltz, music from cinema, and Gershwin’s Strike Up the Band.

The orchestra is also planning its annual gala on February 25 at the Trenton Country Club. Outreach initiatives of the ensemble include the Mary G. Roebling Youth Concerto Competition; the Musicians’ Choice Chamber Music Concerts; efforts to Trenton area schools; music workshops; free pre-concert lectures; and Ten for Trenton, acknowledging individuals who make Trenton a more livable city for all.

For tickets to the New Year’s Eve concert, visit capitalphilharmonic.org or call (800) 514-3849.