After a FAR too long hiatus, the Stone Soup Symphony is BACK ON! Our first rehearsal will be Wednesday May 19th, 7:30pm at the Hackettstown 1st Presbyterian Chapel. 291 Main Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 For all of us who have forgotten how we run rehearsals, I’ll review the basics. Please bring your own music stand.…
Hello friends and fellow musicians. As the weather warms up and we begin to emerge into the world, there is hope. Stone Soup was forced to abandon our 2020 calendar, but we are feeling encouraged that we can get something to happen in 2021. While we will not be able to put together a spring…
In an attempt to get our bearings as spring arrives, we will be holding a Stone Soup Symphony Board of Directors meeting at 7:30pm on March 31, 2021. This will be via Zoom for reasons of covid and convenience. If you have topics for the meeting or need the Zoom info, reach out to Rob…
Hello friends,2020 has been a crazy year, and I hope you all came through it as well as can be expected. For those of us who may have been hunkered down, quarantined, or otherwise lost touch with the Stone Soup Symphony (including myself), I thought I’d give a short recap.We were sadly forced to cancel…
Sadly, due to COVID-19 concerns, we have decided to completely cancel our Fall season. At this time, we are hoping to get back on our feet in time to get our Holiday concert together in December. More info to come as situations evolve. In the meantime, we hope to keep busy with small ensembles.
I know we’re all stuck in the house, so let’s make the best of it. Practice!Our spring events have all been cancelled, but there is hope that we will be able to start rehearsals over the summer and have our fall concerts go on as usual.I want to be prepared when that time comes, and…
All strings are encouraged to attend. All others have the night off. Please practice at home. We’ll see everyone back on Wednesday 3/18/2020!
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The Stone Soup Symphony is a non-profit community orchestra based in Hackettstown, NJ and we are RECRUITING STRING PLAYERS. Violin – Viola – Cello – Bass No audition, but please be comfortable in at least 3rd position. All ages from High School through Retirees are welcome. Scholarships available for graduating High School seniors We rehearse every Wednesday…
Happy New Year! Stone Soup Symphony will be starting off 2020 on Wednesday January 8th, 2020, 7:30pm If you’ve been considering joining up, this is the ideal time to start. We’re going to sight-read new music on Wednesday, and it’s some great stuff featuring Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Vivaldi, Sibelius, and Beethoven.Whew! Quite the who’s who of…