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Weddings in the Church

The church provides a wonderful setting for a country wedding, with its spare architecture, its beautiful stone walls, surrounded by tall trees, standing next to a country road. The front courtyard is bordered by a low stone wall, making a perfect space for gathering after or before your event.

The interior is painted white, creating a quiet, peaceful elegance. Flower arrangements stand out and the light from the north window creates a special atmosphere. Thanks to the excellent acoustics provided by the vaulted ceiling, it is possible to have one or two musicians perform wedding music on instruments as quiet as unamplified guitars.

The church comfortably seats 100 people, but can easily acccomodate 125. Electricity, sanitary facilities and parking are available.

If you are interested in using the church for your wedding, we would be happy to show it to you. To arrange to view of the inside of the church, or to obtain information about reserving the church, write to Marfy Goodspeed

  
                       

Concerts in the Church

Every year, the Friends of the Locktown Stone Church sponsor a concert series to highlight the beautiful acoustics of this old building. We have found that classical music works especially well, and that Sunday afternoons in the fall are particularly enjoyable.

2009 Mimi Conklin Upmeyer Concert Series
                                                 

The 2009 Mimi Conklin Upmeyer Concert Series is made possible in part by the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through funds administered by the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission.

Sunday, October 11th : Scott Wiley and Guest Artist
4 p.m.
Classical guitarist Scott Wiley studied under the great Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes, earning first prize awards at the Conservatory of Barcelona. He earned a Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, studying under Michael Charry. Mr. Wiley continued his training at Pierre Monteux School for Conductors under Charles Bruck. He is music director and guitarist for Caprichos Boleros, and teaches theory, ear training, guitar, and conducting at the Mannes College of Music Preparatory Division. He has held the position of Musical Director of the South Shore Symphony of Rockville Center for eleven seasons. Mr. Wiley is also Music Director of Manhattan's Centre Symphony and Principal Conductor of Regina Opera in Brooklyn NY. This marks Mr. Wiley’s third performance at the Locktown Stone Church.

  
Sunday, October 18th : Richard Bordas and Margaret Kelly Cook 
4 p.m.
This marks the second time Mr. Bordas and Ms. Cook perform together at the Locktown Stone Church. A native of Barcelona, Ricard Bordas graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has performed as a concert and opera soloist in fourteen countries with world-renown conductors and in numerous International Music Festivals. Recordings include numerous programs for Radio and TV stations in the U.S, and in Europe. Mr. Bordas is the Artistic Director and sings with Barcino Baroque. He is currently choirmaster at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church in Charleston, artist-in-residence at Charleston Southern University, and teaches voice at the Summer International Baroque Institute at Longy in Cambridge.
 
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, soprano Margaret Kelly Cook earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. She returned to England for postgraduate at the Royal College of Music in London. She has appeared with the London Handel Society in numerous roles. On the concert stage, Ms. Cook has appeared as a guest soloist throughout England and Europe. She has also appeared in concert and solo recitals at the several International Festivals. In the United States Ms. Cook has appeared frequently with the Charleston Chamber Music Society, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and the South Carolina Philharmonic, as well as theatrical productions in New York.
Sunday, November 8th : Brooklyn Baroque
4 p.m.
Brooklyn Baroque debuted in the fall of 2000, and consists cellist David Bakamjian, ,Baroque flutist Andrew Bolotowsky, and harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky. Since then, the group has performed frequently in the New York area and has been invited to play in other states across the country. Brooklyn Baroque specializes in the music of Bach and his contemporaries, but its concerts often range further back into the seventeenth century or as far forward as Beethoven. About the ensemble’s debut CD, Northern Lights, Christopher Chaffee in the American Record Guide has written: “I cannot stop listening to this recording . . . The playing is fantastic, sensitive, well shaped, and engaging.”  The ensemble’s latest recording is of the flute works of J. S. Bach.
     
        

2008 Concert Series
The Albert String Quartet (with poet narrator Kate Light, off stage)
October 26, 2008		 The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet
November 9, 2008
Scott Wiley, Classical Guitar, & Soprano Juli Borst
November 26, 2008
                                                   
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