Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Westminster College of the Arts November 2018 Events

Here are the events for November 2018:

 *****Holidays at Westminster
Tickets on sale November 1, 2018
Box Office phone and online sales begin at 10:00AM
In person sales begin at 1:00PM

December 1 and 2, 2018 at 4:00PM - Westminster Concert Bell Choir - See Amid the Winter's Snow
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ  08540
Box Office: 609-921-2663

Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors

December 7 at 8:00PM and  December 8, 2018 at 3:00PM and 8:00PM - An Evening of Readings and Carols
Westminster Chapel Choir, Concert Bell Choir, Schola Cantorum, Symphonic Choir

Princeton University Chapel
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ  08544

Tickets: Friday and Saturday evenings; $70, $55, $40
Saturday afternoon; $45 (general admission), $70 (includes $25 contribution to the Westminster Scholarship Fund and preferred seating)
Advance purchase is suggested. 
There is a SIX-TICKET LIMIT per event for all orders.
Box Office: 609-921-2663

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*****Rider University Art Gallery: Harry I. Naar Watercolors: Observed an Imagined

Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 from 5:00-7:00PM

Artist's Talk: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:00PM 

Exhibit on display: Wednesday, October 31 through Friday, November 30, 2018
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays through Thursdays 11:00AM until 7:00PM
Sundays Noon until 4:00PM

Admission is Free

Rider Art Gallery
Bart Luedeke Center
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ  08648
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*****Westminster Choir Half Acre
 Westminster Choir presents a program taking its title from Dan Messe's song Half Acre
 Includes works by Johannes Brahams, Claudio Moneverdi, Eric Whitacre, and Ted Hearne
American folk songs and spirituals will also be included
Featuring pianist J.J. Penna

Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00PM
Tower Hill Church
Red Bank, NJ
Admission: $20 adults, $10 students with ID

Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 3:00PM
Bristol Chapel
Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ  08540
Box Office: 609-921-2663
Admission: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors
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*****Rider Theater - Sophocles: These Seven Sicknesses
The author's seven surviving plays - Oedipus, In Trachis, In Colonus, Philoktetes, Ajax, Elecktra, Antigone
Combined to create a stunning portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance and fate yields disquieting results.

Warning: Contains strong language and intense violence. For mature audiences only.

Presented in two parts, tickets are required for each part.

Please click the link below to see dates and times for each part of the performances:
https://www.rider.edu/events/rider-theatre-sophocles-these-seven-sicknesses

Preview Performances: Tuesday, November 6 and Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Performances: Thursday, November 8, 2018 through Saturday, November 17, 2018

Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors and non-Rider students
Box Office: 609-896-7775

The Theater in the Bart Luedeke Center
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ  08648
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*****Westminster Williamson Voices: The Dreams That Remain
Performing music drawn from spiritual imagery inspired by life and meditation
Program includes works by: Rhinegerger, Whitbourn, Esenvalds, LaVoy, Relph, Gjiello, , Scheibe, Ames, Palestrina, and Chant Improvisation
Featuring two works by Thomas LaVoy, Westminster Williamson Voices alumnus: The Dreams That Remain and The Last Letter (work for baritone and choir commemorating the 100th Anniversary of World War I

Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00PM
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540

Box Office: 609-921-2663
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 students/seniors

Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 3:00PM
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA  19103

Tickets are $35 for premium reserved, $25 general admission, $15 students
Order online:
https://cathedralphilaconcerts.org/
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*****Westminster Conservatory at Nassau
High Winds

Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 12:15PM

Katherine McClure, flute
Melissa Bohl, oboe
Kenneth Ellison, clarinet

Music by Paul de Wailly, Marius Flothius, Sparre Olsen, Samuel Livingston

Niles Chapel
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ  08540

Admission is Free!
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*****Westminster Kantorei: Lily Among Thorns
Featuring works from the Italian Renaissance
Performs movemenrs of Palestrina's Missa Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas, Bach's Cantata 45 and works from the Italian Renassaince

Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8:00PM
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ  08540

Tickets are $20 adults, $15 students and seniors
Box Office: 609-921-2663
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*****Westminster Jubilee Singers - Examine Me
Explores the Psalter (book of Psalms) and performs settings by African American composers
Features Psalm I by Nathan Carter
The Lord is My Shepherd Alleluia from Adolph Hailstork's I Will Life Up Mine Eyes
Margaret Douroux's Day and Night Praise
Works by Cedric Dent and M. Roger Holland

Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 7:30PM 
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ  08540

Admission is $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors
Box Office 609-921-2663
or order online at:
https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1227989&presenter=WCCRU&venue=&event=&version= 
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Kaleidescope Chamber Series
The Great War
World War I 100 Year Retrospective
Members of the Westminster Conservatory wind faculty perform music from the first decades of the 20th Century and related to the impact of World War I.

Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 4:00PM

Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville, NJ  08648

Admission is Free! 
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*****Westminster Opera Theater: Die Zauberflote
Performed in German with English dialogue
Mozart's magical ale brings us Prince Tamino and Pamina, young lovers caught in a battle between darkness and light. With the help of Papageno the bird catcher and three spirits guiding the way, love and truth triumph over all.

Friday, November 30, 2018 at 7:30PM
or Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 7:30PM
Robert L. Annis Playhouse, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ  08540

Admission is $25 for adults, $20 for students and seniors
Box Office: 609-921-2663