Saturday Strings
The Saturday Strings program, open to students in middle school through adult, is dedicated to ensemble training - the engaging art of making live music with others - and has included Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Orchestras, coaching in Chamber Music of many configurations, and Fiddling and Gypsy Jazz.
Rehearsals are on Saturday mornings at the Flemington Baptist Church (170 Main Street, Flemington NJ, 08822).
Orchestra: $250
Chamber/Quartet/Trio: $250
Spring Term Schedule:
March 7 - May 16, 2026
Intermediate Orchestra: 9:00 - 9:55 am
Advanced Orchestra: 10:00 - 10:55 am
Chamber Music: Options between 9:00 am - 12:00
March 7 - First day of classes
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
(No classes on April 25)
May 2
May 9
May 16 - End of term concert at Noon
Note: If one Saturday is lost due to weather, there will be no make up. If two Saturdays are lost due to weather, one will be made up on April 25.
Faculty:
- Liam Reilly, Orchestra Conductor, Chamber Music Coach
- Nancy Roth, (Violin and Viola) Chamber Music Coach
- Richard Hotchkiss, (Cello) Chamber Music Coach
- Janis Kaplan, (Violin and Cello) Coach
- Arturo Baguer, (Bass)
- Barbara Volkov, Director
For questions about Saturday Strings, please send us a message using the Contact Us form
A visit from Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, composers of "Ashokan Farewell," the theme song from Ken Burns' "The Civil War," and "Lover's Waltz," which the Saturday Strings orchestras were rehearsing.