Thursday, March 28, 2019

Youth Orchestra of Bucks County Open Call for Auditions


The Youth Orchestra of Bucks County is holding auditions on May 18th and 19th, 2019

Open Call for the 2019-2020 Season

for students 3rd-12th grade who play brass, percussion, woodwind, and string instruments

Bucks County Community College 
275 Swamp Road
Newtown, PA  18940

2 Full Orchestras, 3 Concert Bands, 3 String Orchestras, 10 Chamber Ensembles

2020 International Concert Tour of Venice, Tuscany and the Italian Lakes

For audition guidelines and to request an audition, please visit www.yobc.org
or call 267-225-1908 

To schedule an audition, please go to:
https://yobc.org/audition-information/application/

Updated 4/23/19 Westminster College of the Arts April 2019 Events



*****Westminster Symphonic Choir
Phil the Hall

Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the NYPhil in celebrating the work of first responders and volunteers in this special concert.

Includes the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No.9 Ode to Joy
Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
Copeland's  Hoe-Down
Also music by Bernstein, Very Young Composers, and more

Miss America will be hosting this event 

Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7:30PM
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 8;00PM
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 2:00PM and 8:00PM

David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center
New York, New York   10023-6970

Box Office: 212-875-5656
Online: http://www.nyphil.org/http://www.nyphil.org/

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*****Rider Theatre
In Every Note

World-premiere production

During World War II, the famous Soviet composer, Shostakovitch, was trapped in the city. He was trying to finish his Seventh Symphony. He developed a relationship with one of his piano students which provided salvation through their music.

Preview performance:
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:30PM

$9 adults/non-Rider students, $5 seniors

Performances, Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14, 2019

Yvonne Theater
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey  08648

Admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and non-Rider students

Box Office: 609-896-7775
Online: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1180248&presenter=RIDER&venue=&event=&tck=true

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*****Westminster Symphonic Choir
Mozart: Requiem 

Mozart was 17 when he wrote Symphony No. 25.
He wrote the Masonic Funeral Music in his late 20s, in memory of two fellow Masons.
The Requiem was composed at the end of his life and was never finished.

Westminster Symphonic Choir joins the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Bernard Labadie

Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:30PM
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 2:00PM
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8:00PM

Verizon Hall
Kimmel Center
300 S Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA  19120

Tickets: 215-893-1999
Online: http://www. philorch.org

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*****Westminster Chapel Choir
Tapestry

Westminster Chapel Choir presents composers from around the world:
Kirchner
Estevez
Raminsh
Stanford

Guest Artist: Ken Cowan, organ

Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 7:30PM

Bristol Chapel
Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, New Jersey   08540

Admission: $20 Adults, $15 Students and Seniors 

Box Office: 609-921-2663
Online: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1256838&presenter=WCCRU&venue=&event=&tck=true 

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*****Westminster Conservatory at Nassau
En Famille

Pianist Mary Greenberg
Monologue in the character of Debussy's daughter, "Chouchou"
Reads letter written by Emma Bardac Debussy
Perform's Debussy's Bells Across the Leaves from Images, Book II: Children's Corner Suite

Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 12:15PM

Niles Chapel
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Admission is Free 

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*****Westminster Opera Theater
Love Opera Style

The complexity of different types of relationships

A Flourish of Green by Missy Mazzoli
Avow by Mark Adamo
Service Provider by Christopher Weiss and John de los Santos
Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein

Friday, April 26, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Both shows at 7:30PM

Robert L. Playhouse
Westmnster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, New Jersey  08540

Admission: $25 adults, $20 students and seniors

Box Office: 609-921-2663
Online: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1256839&presenter=WCCRU&venue=&event=&tck=true

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*****Vox Blue Spring Concert

New student compositions
works from Great American Songbook
Popular music by artists like Becca Stevens, John Legend, and more

Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2:00PM

Gill Memorial Chapel
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648

Admission: $20 adults, $15 students and seniors
Box Office: 609-896-7774 
Online: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=RIDER&tck=true

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*****Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Celebrating Marmark's 45th Anniversary

Favorites of spring and summer with one of the world's largest range of handbells and Choirchime Instrsuments

Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 7:00PM

Salem United Church of Christ
186 E Court Street
Doylestown, PA  18901

Admission: Free will offering

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*****Westminster Williamson Voices
Annelies

Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank (1929-1945)

Annelies conducted by composer James Whitborn
Caroline Shaw's To The Hands conducted by Jame Jordan

Monday, April 29, 2019 at 7:30PM

Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Ave NM
Washington, DC   20016

Admission: from $18
Online: https://cathedral.org/event/annelies/