Thanks for visiting! We are a community band of 75+ amateur and professional musicians who are dedicated to making and enjoying music, for over 25 years..
-January 17th, 2012
Time for some local promotion.
The Somerset Valley Orchestra will be performing this week on Sunday, January 22nd at 3:30 PM.
This orchestra is conducted by Larry Markiewicz, who is currently the Conductor and Music Director for the RVSB.
Larry and the orchestra will present “Postcards from Vienna” featuring the music of Beethoven, von Weber, Mozart and Strauss.
Special guess soloist Catherine Heiba performing the Clarinet Concerto #1 in F Minor by Carl Maria von Weber.
The article here provides more information about the soloist.
Please note! The performance will be held at the Bridgewater Raritan Middle School on Foothill Road in Bridgewater, not at BRHS, as originally scheduled. Location information for the middle school is provided here.
-December 10th, 2011
The December 4th RVSB Holiday concert, “War Horses”, will be on Somerville TV (Cablevision channel 15 and FIOS channel 30) this week at the following times:
Sunday, December 11th, 2:10 PM
Monday, December 12th, 7:40 PM
Tuesday, December 13th, 9:40 AM
Wednesday, December 14th, 2:10 PM
Thursday, December 15th, 7:40 PM
Friday, December 16th, 9:40 AM
Saturday, December 17th, 2:10 PM
http://somervilletv.granicus.
-December 5th, 2011
-November 10th, 2011
RARITAN VALLEY SYMPHONIC BAND TO HOST CONCERT OF CLASSICS
Musical “War Horses” and Holiday Classics
Bridgewater, NJ, December 4, 2011— The Raritan Valley Symphonic Band (RVSB) will present a concert titled Musical “War Horses” and Holiday Classics on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 3:00 pm in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School auditorium. The school is located at 600 Garretson Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey. Admission is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature a number of great concert hall classics including, “Festive Overture” by Soviet Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich; the first movement from Symphony in B Minor, “The Unfinished Symphony” by composer Franz Schubert; scenes from “The Louvre” based on Ancient Airs by composer Norman Dello Joio; John Philip Sousa’s “King Cotton” march and more widely familiar musical works.
A new feature will be added to this concert— Larry Markiewicz, RVSB Conductor, will be hosting a multimedia pre-concert chat on the music to be performed, with a focus on scenes from “The Louvre”. This free, informal session will be held in the choir room directly next to the auditorium, from 2:15-2:45pm and is open to the public.
Click here for the press release
-October 17th, 2011
The band is hard at work preparing for our Holiday Concert on December 4th. We are also preparing for a concert in February for the NJMEA. Keep an eye on this site for more information about these and all of our concerts as we get closer to the performance dates.
The band recently held elections for a few offices on the executive board. Please go here to see the new RVSB Executive Board.
Our concerts are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on on the Arts/Department of State, a partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and are administered by the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program. Support is also received from the Jointure for the Community Adult Education.
