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The North Jersey Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1961 as the Tenafly Community Orchestra.  In 1980, our orchestra changed to its present name to reflect the greater geographical range of both its musicians and audience.   From 2002 until May, 2024, we were under the auspices of the Fair Lawn Community School.  Also, in May, 2024, our longtime conductor and musical director, Dr. Marvin von Deck, retired.  

Since October, 2024, we have continued to make our home in Fair Lawn, performing for our audiences at Congregation B'nai Sholom/Fair Lawn Jewish Center, with our rehearsals at The Cupola in Paramus.  Over the past two seasons, the orchestra board conducted a search for our next conductor and music director.  We are pleased to announce that Dr. Tamara Freeman has been selected to be our orchestra conductor and music director. 

We are a wonderfully heterogeneous mixture of professional, semi-professional and amateur musicians who enjoy creating music.  While many of us studied as children, there are some members who learned to play an instrument as an adult.  This orchestra provides the opportunity for us to maintain and grow our skillset, learn more about orchestral music and develop friendships with fellow musicians.  For our audiences, we are grateful to be able to provide high quality performances right here in our local community. We appreciate how warmly we have been received by our audiences and look forward to continuing to grow.