About our Ensemble and its History

Classical Jam is a string ensemble whose members have come together because we share a love of making music. Our members come from Ardoch, Renfrew, McDonalds Corners, Godfrey, Almonte, Perth and Lanark, Ontario. The original group of five, encouraged by our founder, Cynthia Carver, first met playing Celtic music in the Blue Skies Community Fiddle Orchestra in Maberly. We decided we wanted to widen our musical horizon from “fiddle music” to classical music. At first, we played pieces largely from the baroque, classical and romantic periods. As time went by, we decided to expand our repertoire to include jazz, pop, folk, Celtic as well as music from many countries. Partly this was just for fun, and partly because we found that our audiences appreciated hearing a variety of music – some pieces to sing along with, some just to listen to, and some to remember times gone by.