Greetings to you from Raritan River Music!

Music is Joy.  Music is Peace.  Music is Harmony.  Music is Love.  Music is Expression.  Music is Community!

“Raritan River Music: Weaving Music into Fabric of the Community”  -NJ.com

 “Music Where It’s Needed”  -Hunterdon County Democrat/NJ.com

 “Math & Music: Perfect Together”  -Courier-News/MyCentralJersey.com

 “A diamond in sylvan reaches”  -The Star-Ledger

 “Artistically, I have never heard anything less than excellence.  But it’s more than just the music; it’s the feeling of being part of a festival which has its roots in a wide community.”  -Classical New Jersey Society Journal

You are a part of the Raritan River Music family, a community that has brought so much joy, peace, harmony, love, and expression to so many people for 35 years.

You can read more details throughout the web site, but here are just a few highlights of all the folks who have been touched by Raritan River Music’s programs this year:

  • Work with media partner WWFM/The Classical Network to produce the concerts of Raritan River Music Festival for broadcast and archival podcasts.

  • Hi-definition video and hi-resolution audio recordings of all festival concerts, available to those music lovers unable to attend the concerts in person.

  • Ukrainian Cultural Connection, bringing together Ukrainian musicians and our local high school students, in-person and online.

  • New music legacy, developing recording of recent commissions for Raritan River Music, including prize-winning composers from New Jersey, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey.

  • Return to in-person interactive enrichment programs at schools, healthcare facilities, senior living and senior cultural centers.


This month, we are proud to be recipients of a new $9,000 grant from the Augustine Foundation. You can help us match that grant, along with grants from the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission / New Jersey State Council on the Arts, with your gift to Raritan River Music today. Gifts can be made either by mail or online through this web site. We also invite you to learn about making contributions of stock, estate planning, and employer matching funds.

Thank you for everything you do for Raritan River Music and for our shared community!

We wish you and yours a healthy and a very Happy New Year,

Founding Directors