WE ARE BACK!

WE ARE BACK!

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.…

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A Spring of Hope

A Spring of Hope

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…

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Board of Directors 3/31/2021

Board of Directors 3/31/2021

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…

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Happy and Healthy Holiday Wishes

Happy and Healthy Holiday Wishes

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…

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Christmas is Cancelled!

Christmas is Cancelled!

Due to restrictions we face from the COVID-19 pandemic, I am sad to announce that the Stone Soup Symphony will not be able to put on our holiday concert this year. Warmest wishes to all of our fans during these difficult times.

Fall Season CANCELLED

Fall Season CANCELLED

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.

New Repertoire for Fall 2020

New Repertoire for Fall 2020

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…

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A Glimmer of Hope?

A Glimmer of Hope?

Stone Soup Symphony has been in talks with Centenary Stage Company about participating in a summer concert series on the Centenary University campus. They are calling it the “back porch concerts” and will be outdoors. Right now we are scheduled for July 15th, 2020 at 7pm. This is HIGHLY tentative and all depends on whether…

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Rehearsals COVID-CANCELLED Until further notice.

Rehearsals COVID-CANCELLED Until further notice.

Hello all, I’m sure I hardly need to announce this given the current state of affairs, but just to be clear, there will be no rehearsal this Wednesday evening 3/25/2020. In fact, I have been contacted by the 1st Presbyterian Church and told that we’re not to use their facilities until further notice.  They’re not…

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3/18/2020 Rehearsal COVID-CANCELLED

3/18/2020 Rehearsal COVID-CANCELLED

Hello all,I have been thinking quite a bit lately about this whole COVID-19 issue and how it affects our orchestra.  I’ve been watching the chaos around this troubling issue and considered the many factors around it. We are currently under state and national states of emergency. To my knowledge, there haven’t been any Warren county cases reported yet but…

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