Ocean County College’s 2025 commencement is scheduled for May 21. That means many college musical groups will be performing at the college’s Grunin Center for the Arts before the semester comes to a close.

HEAR THE CLASSICS: OCC faculty members (from left) violinist Jee Sun Lee and cellist DoYeon Kim will be joined by special guests in a celebration of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. (Supplied Photos)
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 the OCC Concert Band, directed by Anthony Tafrow, will perform a program at the Toms River Intermediate East School auditorium. The reason for that venue is that the Grunin Center’s main stage has been closed for renovations since January.
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