For questions or additional information, please call Judy Dowd at 609-397-4047.

The tour will be led by David Ault, a new member of the Mill staff who has a background in historic preservation. Any student participating in this year’s contest may attend. Parents welcome, too. Trustees of Friends of the Locktown Stone Church will also be on hand.

Meet in front of the Grist Mill a few minutes before 1:00 P.M. The tour should last about 1 ½ hours. Wear warm clothes, as some of it will be outside.

Directions to Prallsville Mills

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 Luise Wingerter

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.

City Winds Trio formed in December 2001 playing for the New York Lawyers Association, with Crispian Fordham (flute), Meredyth Coleman (oboe), and Yuki Higashi (Bassoon). In February 2002, they were one of only a few selected, out of 90 ensembles auditioning, for the prestigious Chamber series at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel in New York City. City Winds Trio has performed in over 100 notable Chamber Music Series including: Trinity Church, St. Paul's Chapel, Riverside Church, Cathedral St. John the Divine, St. Alban's, Bryant Park, Tudor City and more. Other performances include the Cathedral of St. John the Divine Chapel Series and United Methodist of Morristown Noon Day Series. Their performance in this last series won the 2005 award for Outstanding Arts Organization presented by the Arts Council of the Morris Area. In the summer of 2009 City Winds Trio made their debut at Musikfest 2009 in Bethlehem PA. City Winds Trio continues to perform up and down the East Coast each year.

David Bakamjian, returns this season with fellow cellists Benjamin Wolff and Christine Gummere. David Bakamjian performs regularly as a recitalist, ensemble player (Simon String Quartet, Brooklyn Baroque), and recording artist. He has performed several times on National Public Radio and WQXR and completed six critically acclaimed national tours and a month-long tour of China. He has soloed with the Allentown Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Beijing Symphony, Bachanalia Festival Orchestra, Musica Bella, the Lehigh University Philharmonic, and the Ensemble for Early Music in New York, and he has served as principal cellist for several NY area orchestras. Benjamin Wolff, who performs on modern and baroque cello, is adjunct Associate Professor of Music at Hofstra University, and a member of the Hofstra String Quartet. He performs with Concert Royal, Early Music NY, Vilas Baroque, and the Baroque Orchestra of Maine, among other area ensembles. He is the creator of “Galileo’s Muse,” a concert program that introduces audiences to Galileo’s elegant problem-solving methodology.  Christine Gummere has been playing baroque and classical cello since 1985, when she was invited by harpsichordist James Richman to be principal cellist for Concert Royal. She has also enjoyed performing with Concordia, a chamber symphony led by Marin Alsop; String Fever, a string swing band led by Ms. Alsop; and the Riverside Symphony, an orchestra specializing in 20th century music, where she was principal cellist for 19 years. In 2007, after 22 years of free-lancing in New York's early music community, Ms. Gummere, with Gene Murrow, co-founded Sinfonia New York, a period instrument orchestra that performs 17th, 18th, and early 19th century music.

***All concert goers are invited to an after-concert reception at the Wong's
(292 Locktown Road) to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the FLSC.***

Though he initially started on the electric guitar, Anton Del Forno switched to the classical guitar at age 17. Del Forno studied at Mannes College of Music in New York, under the esteemed Russian violinist, Leonid Bolotine, graduating with the highest distinction in 1972. Today, Anton Del Forno is an enthusiastic and acclaimed performer of the classical and modern guitar, and has enriched the guitar literature by his own compositions and transcriptions. In addition to solo concertizing and composing, Del Forno toured as lead guitarist with the Joffrey Ballet in ‘Viva Vivaldi’, performed on Broadway in the production of ‘Man of La Mancha’, and was lead guitarist with the Metropolitan Opera production of Kurt Weill’s ‘Mahagonny’. He also started the guitar department in St. John’s’ University in New York. The Guitar Review magazine stated, “While they were familiar with Del Forno as a fine interpreter of Villa-Lobos, they were no way prepared for the quality of his own compositions, presented in his ‘Del Forno plays Del Forno’ CD; While the New York Times said, ‘He is a classical guitarist of great accomplishment”. Del Forno’s largest work is his ‘Flirtation Concerto’ for guitar and orchestra.