An Evening of Readings and Carols
WESTMINSTER ALUMNI CHOIR
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR
THE WESTMINSTER CHOIR
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS
WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Chaequan Anderson ‘16
Tyrone Clinton, Jr.
Gillian Erlenborn ‘18
Donald Nally ‘87 with
MICHAEL DIORIO ‘00, ORGAN
THE BRASS PROJECT
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*We invite everyone to stand and join in singing the carols. The audience is asked to withhold all applause until the end of the program.
Prelude
Paean on Divinum mysterium
Michael Diorio ‘00, organ
John Cook (1918-1984)
Fancy à 6 Giovanni Coperario (c. 1575-1626) arr. Raymond Mase
Pat-a-Pan
The Brass Project
Traditional French Carol arr. Gregory M. Pysh
Westminster Concert Handbell Choir
Divinum mysterium Richard Purvis (1913-1994)
Michael Diorio ‘00, organ
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Traditional French Carol arr. Joel Raney and Arnold B. Sherman
Westminster Concert Handbell Choir
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Simme, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) BWV 140, no. 4 arr. David J. Miller
The Brass Project
Advent Supplication
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 Bach
Michael Diorio ‘00, organ
Gathering
Divinum mysterium
Of the Father's love begotten, Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the ending He, Of the things that are, that have been, And that future years shall see, Evermore and evermore.
Exordium
Peaceful Was The Night
DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Hymn of Aurelius Prudentius (fl. Late 4th-c.)
James McCarthy Poem of John Milton (1608-1674)
“On the Morning of Christ's Nativity” (excerpt)
Westminster Chapel Choir
But peaceful was the night, Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began: The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist, Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars with deep amaze Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence, And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
Readings & Carols
CAROL IN PROCESSION:
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending* HEMSLEY Thomas Olivers (1725-1799) arr. John Rutter Hymn of Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand, thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! God appears on Earth to reign.
Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in glorious majesty; Those who pray and kneel before Him, Longing, waiting faithfully; Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see.
Yea, amen! Let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the power and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own: O, come quickly; O, come quickly; O, come quickly. Alleluia! Come, Lord, come.
READING:
When night came
Jean Dawkins (1916-2019) Sean Haugh ‘26
RESPONSES:
O magnum mysterium Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Medieval Chant for Christmas Matins
Westminster Symphonic Choir
O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio!
Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. Alleluia!
Sing
O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed virgin, whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord [Jesus] Christ. Alleluia!
We Now of Christmas Traditional French Carol arr. Kevin McChesney
Westminster Concert Handbell Choir
See Dat Babe Christmas Spiritual arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Westminster Jubilee Singers
See dat babe in de lowly manger, He gon' take all my sin away. He gon' reign wit my God in glory
One of dese days, yes one of dese days.
He was born of de Virgin Mary
To bring peace to a weary lan’.
He come down from de God in heaven, Oh, behol’ de Son of Man.
Was no room in de inn, dey tol’ him, An’ dey sent my Lawd away. He was wrapped in swaddlin’ clothes
An’ He was born in a manger hay.
Oh, come behol’ de Baby Jesus, See dat Baby, see dat Baby, Oh behol’ de newborn King.
See dat Babe, oh, see my Lawd
One of dese days, yes one of dese days. One of dese days, O yes He gon’ reign, One of dese days.
In the Bleak Midwinter Gustav Holst (1847-1934) arr. Karen Lakey Buckwalter ‘74
Westminster Concert Handbell Choir
MEDITATION:
Christmas 1945 Michael J. Diorio ‘00 Poem of James Agee (1909-1955)
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Once more as in the ancient morning, The slow beasts, the fierce newborn cry; And, in the heart the dreadful warning: Is it I?
All each heart holds of love, resolves Once more today in angry grief, Enduring courage; and dissolves In unbelief.
The Magi’s gifts are subtle bribes: The shepherds worship clock and wage: In rattling arms, roared diatribes, Wakes the new Age.
And, even now, at the town gate, Welcomed by many, fought by few, The clangor grows of Herod's hate In the morning’s blue.
And, in the straw, they hear, and stay. All that is brave and innocent, all that is love, reborn today, Is its time spent?
Where shall He flee, whose force is naught? Where lies that Egypt which sufficed of old, Now that each man is wrought Herod, and Christ?
CAROL:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear* CAROL Edmund Sears (1810-1876) Hymn of Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900)
It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, From heaven's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
For lo! The days are hastening on, By prophet seen of old, When with the ever-circling years Shall come the time foretold When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing.
READING:
On The Beach at Night Alone
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
John Loyack (December 12) President, Rider University
Jason Vodicka ‘03, ‘09 (December 13)
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
RESPONSES:
What Sweeter Music
John Rutter
Poem of Robert Herrick (1591–1675)
Westminster Symphonic Choir
What sweeter music can we bring Than a carol, for to sing
The birth of this our heavenly King? Awake the voice! Awake the string!
Dark and dull night, fly hence away, And give the honor to this day That sees December turned to May.
Why does the chilling winter's morn Smile, like a field beset with corn?
Or smell like a meadow newly shorn Thus on the sudden? Come and see The cause, why things thus fragrant be:
‘Tis He is born, whose quickening birth Gives life and lustre, public mirth, To heaven and the under-Earth.
We see Him come, and know Him ours, Who, with His sunshine and His showers, Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
From Hesperides (1648)
The darling of the world is come, And fit it is, we find a room To welcome Him
The nobler part
Of all the house here, is the heart, Which we will give Him; and bequeath This holly, and this ivy wreath, To do Him honour; who's our King, And Lord of all this reveling. What sweeter music can we bring Than a carol, for to sing
The birth of this our Heavenly King?
Holy Innocents
Judith Weir
Poem of Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Westminster Chapel Choir
Sleep, little Baby, sleep; The holy Angels love thee, And guard thy bed, and keep A blessed watch above thee. No spirit can come near Nor evil beast to harm thee: Sleep, Sweet, devoid of fear Where nothing need alarm thee.
The Love which doth not sleep, The eternal Arms surround thee: The Shepherd of the sheep In perfect love hath found thee. Sleep through the holy night, Christ-kept from snare and sorrow, Until thou wake to light And love and warmth to-morrow.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Kile Smith
Hymn of Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)
The Westminster Choir
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern voll Gnad und Wahrheit von dem Herrn, die süße Wurzel Jesse!
Du Sohn David aus Jakobs Stamm, mein König und mein Bräutigam, hast mir mein Herz besessen, lieblich, freundlich, schön und herrlich, groß und ehrlich, reich an Gaben, hoch und sehr prächtig erhaben.
How beautifully the morning star shines full of grace and truth from the Lord, the sweet root of Jesse!
Son David of Jacob's tribe, my king and my bridegroom, you possess my heart, lovely, friendly, beautiful and glorious, great and honest, rich in gifts, high and very magnificently raised.
Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara und laßt die süße Musika
ganz freudenreich erschallen, daß ich möge mit Jesulein, dem wunderschönen Bräutgam mein, in steter Liebe wallen.
Singet, springet, jubilieret, triumphieret, dankt dem Herren; groß ist der König der Ehren.
Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh, daß mein Schatz ist das A und O, der Anfang und das Ende.
Er wird mich doch zu seinem Preis aufnehmen in das Paradeis; des klopf ich in die Hände. Amen, Amen, komm, du schöne Freudenkrone, bleib nicht lange; deiner wart ich mit Verlangen.
CAROL:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing*
Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With the angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Refrain: Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King!
Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold Him come Offspring of a virgin’s womb: Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Refrain
Strum the strings in Cythara and let the sweet music resound with joy, that I may live with Infant Jesus, my beautiful bridegroom, in constant love.
Sing, jump, rejoice, triumph, give thanks to the Lord; great is the King of Glory.
How heartily glad I am, that my treasure is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He'll win me at his price into Paradise; I clap my hands. Amen, Amen, come, you beautiful crown of joy, do not stay long; I am longing for yours.
MENDELSSOHN Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1947) arr. David Willcocks (1919 - 2015) Hymn of Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788)
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise us from the earth, Born to give us second birth.
Refrain
READING:
Water Hall Jean Dawkins (1916-2019)
Sharon Mirchandani (December 12)
Professor & Department Chair, Department of Music Studies
Susan S. Ashbaker (December 13)
Professor & Director of Westminster Opera Theatre, Department of Performance Studies
RESPONSES:
O magnum mysterium
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
The Westminster Choir
Text as heard in Francis Poulenc’s setting, above.
I Wonder as I Wander
John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980) arr. Steve Pilkington Carol of Appalachia
All Choirs
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, how Jesus the Savior did come for to die for poor ord’n’ry people like you and like I. I wonder as I wander, out under the sky.
When Mary birthed Jesus, ‘twas in a cow's stall with wise men and farmers and shepherds and all. But high from God’s heaven a star's light did fall, and the promise of the ages it then did recall.
If Jesus had wanted any wee thing, a star in the sky, or a bird on a wing, or all of God's angels in heaven to sing, he surely could have had it, 'cause he was the king
CAROL:
Silent Night* STILLE NACHT Carol of Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child!
Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, Shepards quake, at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
READING:
Isaiah 60
Constance Fee, '71 (December 12)
Ronald Baltimore, '86 (December 13)
RESPONSE:
Where Shepherds Lately Knelt
Carl Schalk Poem of Jaroslav Vajda (1919-2008)
All Choirs
Where shepherds lately knelt and kept the angel's word, I come in half belief, A pilgrim strangely stirred; But there is room and welcome there for me.
In that unlikely place I find him as they said: Sweet, newborn babe, how frail, And in a manger bed: A still small voice to cry one day for me. How should I not have known Isaiah would be there, His prophecies fulfilled? With pounding heart, I stare: A Child, a Son, The Prince of Peace for me.
Can I, will I forget how love was born, and burned its way into my heart: Unasked, unforced, unearned, To die, to live, and not alone for me
Ringing in the Season
RESPONSE:
Westminster Concert Bell Choirs
O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen All Choirs
Text as heard in Francis Poulenc’s setting, above.
Postlude/Conclusion
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Keith Chapman (1945-1989)
Michael Diorio ‘00, organ
The Artists
WESTMINSTER SYMPHONIC CHOIR *
Donald Nally, conductor
Seth Trumbore, collaborative keyboardist
Juliana Lynch and James T. Moyer, graduate assistant conductors
WESTMINSTER CHAPEL CHOIR –
Tyrone Clinton, Jr., conductor
Tyler Miller and Ricky Sazon Salazar, graduate assistant conductors
Akiko Hosaki, accompanist
THE WESTMINSTER CHOIR +
Donald Nally, conductor
Michael Diorio, associate conductor and accompanist
Claire Fritz and Lucas Heredia, graduate assistant conductors
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR I /
Gillian Erlenborn, conductor
Claire Fritz and Tyler Miller, graduate assistant conductors
WESTMINSTER CONCERT BELL CHOIR II \
Gillian Erlenborn, conductor
Claire Fritz and Tyler Miller, graduate assistant conductors
Westminster Concert Bell Choirs are grateful to have on loan the lower eighth and ninth octave bass handbells, the lower seventh octave Choirchime® Instruments, and the C6 to C8 CymBells® from Malmark, Inc. – Bellcraftsmen, Plumsteadville, PA. malmark.com
WESTMINSTER JUBILEE SINGERS ^
Chaequan Anderson, conductor
Akiko Hosaki, accompanist
Lucas Heredia and Daniel J. Piver, graduate assistant conductors
WESTMINSTER ALUMNI CHOIR !
Tyrone Clinton, Jr., rehearsal conductor
Sarah J. Adams, Cherry Hill, NJ –
Nidhi Advani, Columbus, NJ *+
Allison Alexis-Goulbourne, Bloomfield, NJ –
Marie Altobelli ‘93, ’98 !
Nathan Anderson ’25 !
Joshua D. Bacomo, West Babylon, NY *+
Kaitlyn P. Baird, Phoenix, AZ –
Emilie Beals, Carlisle, PA *+
Kamanay Belcher, Easton, PA ^
Samantha Belinski ’23 !
Kenzie J. Bella, Wood River, NE *
Jessica Bella, Naperville, IL *
Reese A. Bennett, Frederick, MD –/\
Elizabeth Berger, Hereford, MD *^
Kayla Blaisdell ’16 !
Katie Blowitski, Southampton, PA */
Emmanuel Bonilla-Acosta ’15 !
Connor Bowden, Washington Crossing, PA *+
Alyssa Brode ’09 !
Esther Brodsky, Baltimore, MD *
Jacqueline Burkholder, Philadelphia, PA *
Jeremy Burt, Winfield, NJ \^
Susan Cadwalader Johnson ’01 !
Kevin Catalon, Fords, NJ +
Carlo Stephen Ciliberti III, Lumberton, NJ ^
Emma Clark ’25 !
Natalie Cook, Hackettstown, NJ –
Jillian Corn ’19 !
Elizabeth Couchoud ’15 !
Evan Courtney, Asbury Park, NJ *
Natalie Cunningham, Fairfield, CT –
Chloe A. Davis, Lawrence, NJ *^
Sam Day ’23 !
Casey E. Decker, Edison, NJ *+^
Louise M. Del Vecchio ’77 !
Missy Denton Schenck ‘01 !
Xavier Desrosiers, Southampton, PA */
Jonah DeVinney, Boca Raton, FL *+
Olivia Dixon ‘25 !
Diego Dominguez ‘25 !
Patricia Dunkin ‘73 !
Daniel C. Erdozain, New Orleans, LA *
Alexa Farah, Northvale, NJ *+/
Richard Farris ‘80 !
Sarah Febonio, Flemington, NJ *^
Lisa Ferraro ‘92 !
Mikayla Filetto, Manorville, NY –
Ronan Flynn, West Babylon, NY *
Brendan M. Fritz, Elizabethtown, PA *\
Claire Fritz, Elizabethtown, PA *+/\
Matthew Fritz ‘90 !
Jiayun Gao, Shanghai, China */
Julia N. Gerst, West Milford, NJ *^
Benjamin Glick, Lancaster, PA *+/
Haley Goodfellow, Mineola, NY *
Lucy S. Grath, Long Island, NY –
Lauren Gregorovic, Hamilton, NJ *
Analyse S. Guerrero, Flemington, NJ –
Susie Guida, Jackson, NJ –
Ashley Hansell ‘17 !
Sean D. Haugh, Point Pleasant, NJ *
Lucas Heredia, East Brunswick, NJ *+^
Oliver Hu, Doylestown, PA *
Emily Huguenin ‘24, ‘25 !
Laura Isabella ‘18 !
Grisha P. Ivanov, Brooklyn, NY *+
Malik M. Jardine, Queens, NY ^
Peyton A. Karycinski, Matawan, NJ –
Ana Klarmann, Waldorf, MD –
Jessica Koscak, Tamaqua, PA */\
Katherine Kovács, Rochester, NY –\
Cameron Krauss, Langhorne, PA *
Bev Kugele ‘75 !
Kole Lawrence, Lancaster, PA *+
Alyssa M. Lester, Monroe Township, NJ *+^
Duomi Liu, Beijing, China *+
Deirdre LoCascio ‘88 !
Aaron M. Lynch, Rochester, NY *+
Juliana Lynch, Frederick, MD *+
Anna Maher, Ipswich MA *^
Amy Charlotte Majewski, Glen Ridge, NJ –\
Noel Avi Marootian, Essex Fells, NJ –
Annie McCasland ‘25 !
Sela McMullen, Towson, MD *
Caressa R. Meglino, Marlton, NJ –
Franziska C. Meyer, Wilmington, DE –\
Tyler Miller, Frederick, MD *+/\
Kianna Mitchner, Groton, CT *+
Sophia Morrone, Haddon Township, NJ –
James T. Moyer, Yardley, PA *+
Briseis R. Muñoz, Laveen, AZ *+
Samantha Murphy, Washington Township, NJ *^
Jordyn Navata, Hamilton, NJ –
Alivia G. Nawrocki, Marlton, NJ *
Steve Nolen ‘10 !
Sarah Ounsworth, Pottstown, PA *
Mary S. Page-Hoffmann, Boca Raton, FL –\
Natalie Paitchel, Budd Lake, NJ –
Genesys Perez-Berrios, Lansdale, PA ^
Brad Pickard ‘13 !
Cendny Pierre, East Orange, NJ –
Octevia G. Pierre, Newark, NJ –
Daniel J. Piver, East Hampton, NY *+^
Try Y. Quain, Jersey City, NJ –^
Nadia Rego, Westfield, NJ –\
Lucille Reilly ‘74 !
Ashley Reinhardt ‘23 !
Joyce Richardson ‘79, ‘81 !
Jay Risser ‘74 !
Samaad Robinson ‘08 !
Ariel F. Roycroft, Cochecton, NY *
Ildikó Rozs ‘03 !
Kelly Ruggieri ‘19 !
Dari Russoniello, Somerset, NJ *
Crystal Saar, Bayville, NJ –^
Lena Santore, Buena, NJ –/
Michaela Sazak ‘19 !
Ricky Sazon Salazar, Queens, NY *+
Victoria Scheirer ‘14 !
Noley T. Schenck, Upper Township, NJ –
Jessica Orr Shawaluk ‘05 !
Bailey Shay, Matamoras, PA *+
Constance Shearer ‘04 !
Lilian L. Showers, Pemberton, NJ –
Lloyd P. Silikovitz, Randolph, NJ *\^
Jenna Sims ‘23 !
Joseph Smith, Browns Mills, NJ ^
Haley Soule, Middleboro, MA */
Jennie Mae Sprouse ‘25 !
Alastair Stewart, Quebec, Canada *+
Sarah Swahlon ‘22,’23 !
Kathryn Thomas ‘86 !
Melissa Thornton ‘00 !
Elena C Trapasso, West Milford, NJ *^
Olivia Trumper, Bayville, NJ –
Jameson Van Horn, Ivyland, PA *
Arseniy Vasilyev ‘25 !
Sarah Vawdrey, Teaneck, NJ *+/
Shaye Walker, Old Bridge, NJ *^
Amy Wells ‘99 !
Julia Wilder, Carmel, NY *+
Sandra Dianne Wilson ‘08 !
THE BRASS PROJECT
Melissa Munoz, trumpet
Sam Nester, trumpet
Brian Olson, trumpet
Atse Theodros, trumpet
Oliver Barrett, trombone
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Nate Reit, trombone
Addison Saxon, trombone
Cort Roberts, french horn
Jake Fewx, tuba
Dan Schwartz, percussion
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Jason Vodicka ’03, ’09
Chair, Department of Performance Studies Margaret Cusack
Chair, Department of Music Studies Sharon Mirchandani
Director of Choral Studies Donald Nally ‘87
Former Director of Performance Management Kristen Rodgers ’14, ‘19
Interim Director of Performance Management Zach Kent ‘19
Associate Director of Performance Management Leandra Acosta ’19, ‘25
Verger Benjamin Shively ‘24
An Evening of Readings & Carols Patrons
– as of November 20
MAESTRO
Robert and Leslie Doll
CONCERTMASTER
Cathy and Frank Greek
Robert E. Hedlund
Bob Thomson
IMPRESARIO
Lizanne Ceconi
BENEFACTOR
Margaret Cusack Absalom
Anthony M. Celentano ’78, ’80
Margaret DeAngelis and Ronald Costanzo
Dorothy Flynn
The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A.
Monica Winter
In recognition of the students of Westminster Choir College
CHORISTER
Bruce H. Davidson
Lisa Gloeckner Dunn ’91, ’97
Catherine Mallette
CONTRIBUTOR
Walter R. Darr ‘78, ‘91
Jason Devinney
Support for this concert has come from the Magdalena Houlroyd Concert Endowment. Westminster Choir College of Rider University is grateful to Miss Houlroyd for establishing this fund.
About Rider University & Westminster Choir College
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Culturally vibrant and historically rich, Westminster Choir College has a legacy of preparing students for thriving careers as well-rounded performers and musical leaders on concert stages, in schools, universities, and churches, and in professional and community organizations worldwide. Renowned for its tradition of choral excellence, the college is home to internationally recognized ensembles, including the Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the major orchestras and conductors of our time. In addition to its choral legacy, Westminster is known as a center for excellence in musical pedagogy and performance.
