Women - Hunterdon County, New Jersey

NANCY ROTH
"The Hunterdon Hills are alive with music because of
Nancy Roth's work in the community." These were the
words announcing the Chamber of Commerce’s Golden
Award in 1991 to Mrs. Roth. The driving force behind the
establishment first of the Hunterdon Symphony Orchestra
and then Hunterdon Musical Arts, Mrs. Roth has been a
fixture of the musical scene since the early 60's.
A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, she
taught privately for many years.
In 1980, she co-founded the Hunterdon Symphony, an
orchestra for the instrumental musicians, adult and student,
amateur and professional, of the county. In the nearly two
decades of its existence, the orchestra has performed for
almost 100 events in the Hunterdon community, in four of
the county's high schools, and in area churches. In the
summer, it performs in outdoor locations of Deerpath Park, Clinton Historical Museum,
Riegel Ridge, and at the Delaware River.
In the mid-eighties, the Hunterdon Choral Union was formed to perform choral
works with the orchestra. And to coordinate these groups, Mrs. Roth founded
Hunterdon Musical Arts, a non-profit organization that serves as support and
administration for the orchestra and chorus, for a professional chamber music series,
and for the youth program of ensembles and string orchestra.
Nancy Roth has also served as a concertmaster of the Plainfield, Central Jersey
and Hunterdon Symphonies. She has also been a member of the violin sections of the
Colonial Symphony, the Princeton Chamber Orchestra and the Lehigh Valley Chamber
Orchestra.
Before becoming so involved in musical activities, she was active for ten years with
the Hunterdon County Unit of the American Cancer Society, starting as a solicitor in the
annual fund drive and becoming president of the unit.
She and her husband, Flemington attorney Lee Roth, have raised their two children,
and are now grandparents of four. Her 60 th birthday was marked with a special concert
inaugurating the new professional chamber orchestra series, in which she performed
Vivaldi's Four Seasons with three of her former students.
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